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Benefits

When considering the value of The Picciano Method™, it is important to recognize the benefits that are available to program participant's, not only from the standpoint of intrinsic structure and purpose of the program itself, but in comparison to what conventional programs have to offer as well.

Conventional programs provide many valuable services for people with vision loss as well as training in independent living skills such as home and personal management, methods of communication, and orientation and mobility. However, by its very nature, this approach simply serves to help people cope and adjust to a life of blindness.

In contrast, The Picciano Method™ offers instruction on how to utilize natural "neurological" mechanisms to help people live their life in a manner that is consistent with having sight. Moreover, since The Picciano Method™ teaches fundamental behavioral skills that form the basis for managing our daily activities and day-to-day functioning, our program is totally supportive, complimentary and even pre-requisite for the programs being offered by other Centers and Agencies. Our program is the "other side of the coin" -one that does not ignore "the technician separate from the technique."

Specifically, a number of benefits can be cited as well, that find their basis not only in the design of the program methodology but also in the observations and testimonials that have been given by the program participants and those who are attendant to the participants. These benefits for adults and children vary somewhat and are therefore listed separately in Tables 1 and 2 below.

Table 1: Program Benefits Available To Adults

* a broadly based capacity for managing their daily activities
* an improved physical fitness and a greater sense of overall well-being
* an increased control and self management over their lives - since they themselves are trained to be the instrument of "seeing," doing and managing rather than having to rely primarily upon devices or others outside themselves
* Increased control helps bring about a greater feeling of competency, self-sufficiency and self-esteem
* a resolution of the psychological and emotional ramifications that often accompany blindness (such as fear, anger, loneliness, humiliation, hopelessness and depression)
* a greater sense of self-discovery and personal fulfillment - through recognition of their innate abilities and capacity for self-development
* a significantly greater sense of self-reliance, of being self-directed and of independence than they had prior to entering the program

Table 2: Additional Program Benefits Available To Children

* academic performance
* social interactions
* general and specific awareness
* general and applied movement
* balance, coordination and physical fitness

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