Neurolinguistic programming is a communication model whose basic principles are that human beings process information through the five senses (representational systems), tend to favor one of the primary representational systems (visual, auditory, or kinesthetic) over others, and display how they are thinking in subtle ways. This article describes this model in detail and discusses how orientation and mobility instructors can implement it to teach congenitally totally blind students, who have access to only the auditory and kinesthetic primary systems, to use a cane or a dog guide more effectively.
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