Section Objectives:

1. Training and preparing students of the first seminar at the Institute on basic skills in dealing with the computer.
2. Visiting the blind students in the integration schools and training them in the skills of dealing with the computer and how to involve it in the educational learning process.
3. Confining the blind students who are most in need of continuous training on computer use and continuous communication with the guardian.
4. Follow-up of the blind students receiving laptops and providing them with the talking program.
5. Work out a training program that takes into account other disabilities besides the sight of the sight with the training of teachers supporting the speaking programs.
6. Communicate with the school administration and the computer teacher in the integration schools and introduce them to the speaking programs and install them in the school computers.
7. Ensure the participation of blind students in school activities and external events related to information technology.
8. Integration of blind students into the digital empowerment programs applied in integration schools.

The blind person needs a special approach that suits him in the following rationales:

1. The order of subjects according to priority for the blind user, where the trainer begins by identifying the parts of the computer, giving him the opportunity to examine them with his hands and identify their places, and then move to the definition of the cables connected to the electricity and speakers (speakers) and then to identify the USB ports for the delivery of the tool Protection and so on ... dropping what the trainee does not need, such as the chapter on the painter's program, and postponing what is not as important as editing the pictures so that they are not given more importance than their size.
2. Rely on the keyboard in the implementation of commands and the operation of functions and to perform navigation and transition and the implementation of various applications as possible, because the blind trainee cannot deal with the "mouse", which is usually used by the trainer when explaining the various applications of computer trainees from the sight.
3. Supplying the blind user correctly with the display, which is a completely different picture from the screen reader, which only reads items under the cursor.
4. Nvda Screen Reader: A free, open-source screen reader that supports both audio and Braille technologies, works in the Windows environment with its various versions, and enables users to handle many applications running under the system as text processors and players Audio, web browsers, e-mail readers, and many, many other daily and advanced applications and applications.
5. Data entry, coordination, classification, arrangement and modification, and even comparison and preservation in a manner that allows retrieval and utilization of them when needed.
6. Expanding the circle of human communication and knowledge exchange through the global information network in addition to local networks, thus achieving cultural integration and fruitful cooperation.
7. Supporting talents, activating abilities, and opening up a wide range of skills through educational and recreational computer programs and so on, which enhances the individual's confidence in himself, develops his potential, and allows him to benefit from others who share his interests.

Excerpts from the achievements of the Computer Department:

1. Provide support courses at the Saudi Bahraini Institute for the Blind for all students of integration schools using computer to review the previous exams.
2. Involving blind students in classroom activities by participating in computer-based solutions.
3. Participate in external and internal competitions by employing digital tools such as (Bleakers - Google Form).
4. Listen to stories, novels and educational films using computer.
5. Implementation of training workshops by blind students on the speaker program for visual students.
6. Continuous communication with the administrative and educational bodies in the integration schools.
7. Continuous communication with parents of blind students.
8. Implementation of the preparatory day for blind students with the beginning of the new academic year.
9. Prepare greeting cards for the New Year by the students of the Institute and distribute them to members of the administrative and educational staff and students at the Institute.
10. Preparation of distributions containing expressions of writing the students of the Institute using the computer sent to schools of integration and institutions of special education on the occasion of the International Day of the white stick.
11. Reception of visiting delegations to the Institute (Department of Curricula - Ophthalmologists - a group of public and private schools - Management of the King Hamad School for the Future - Royal Charity Foundation - Secondary Registration Department - Department of Technology and Learning Resources to familiarize them with the computer department.
12. Number of distributions containing expressions encouraging the blind to speak to the Institute's visitors.
13. Participate in the Yes project I can implement at the primary school for girls, which aims to integrate the computer in the educational process.
14. Participating in the World Disabled Day under the auspices of the Minister of Education to introduce the devices to be employed by the blind to facilitate the educational process.
15. Integration of gifted students in the computer in the talent committees in the integration schools.
16. Formation of a range of laptops for blind students and providing them with speaking programs.
17. Participate in the Techno-No-Impede Conference under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Khalid Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa to see what is new in the field of special education.
18. It is one of the organizers of the celebration of the National Day of the Kingdom of Bahrain.
19. Raise professional competence through attending special training courses in the field of visual disability including (basic skills in Braille writing - behavior modification - Diakam methodology workshop - workshop to learn about the latest technologies in the field of visual disability)
20. Participating in the organization for the effective launch of the novel of the blind student Fatima Habeel employing modern techniques to listen to the novel by the students of the Institute.
21. Participation in the annual sports festival carried out by the Saudi Bahraini Institute for the Blind.
22. Implementation of a training workshop for the program of computer teachers in schools for the integration of blind students.
23. Organizing a competition at the level of a group of schools entitled (Integration, Empowerment, Participation) in cooperation with the Future School for Girls, employing the tools of digital empowerment in education for the blind students from the elementary and preparatory levels.
24. Preparation of awareness cards for the Bahraini sports day by the students of the Saudi Bahraini Institute using the computer.
25. From the team that organizes the Braille reading competition for students of integration from the preparatory and secondary level.
26. Participate in the sixth talent and creativity forum under the slogan of our talents to adopt the homeland implemented by the school Aldir primary school for girls.
27. Participate in the photography competition for the safe use of technology and win the third place at the level of junior high and high school.
28. Participation in a digital creativity exhibition sponsored by the Minister of Education at Al-Shorouk Secondary School for Girls.
29. From the team organizing the effectiveness of the struggle of the executor by the Saudi Bahraini Institute for the Blind on the occasion of International Women's Day and Family Day.

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Physical education is important for all students including those who are blind or visually impaired. Children who are visually impaired consistently exhibited lower levels of fitness than their sighted peers. Keeping this in mind, The Saudi Bahraini Institute for the Blind has arranged a well-equipped gymnasium with well-designed games, activities and exercise for the children and physical education program is included in the standard curriculum.

Being blind or visually impaired doesn’t mean one has to live a sedentary life! There are countless activities people with vision loss can and do participate in. In order to make the gymnasium accessible to students, some may require modifications or special equipment, while others can be done with minimal or no assistance or adaptation. Students participate in common group games with beeping balls or balls with bells, beeping goal posts, beeping bases or radios to locate targets. The more physically active individuals are, the more easily they can move through activities of daily living. As the activities of daily life become easier to manage, the quality of a person’s life improves.

Achievements and contributions of the Saudi Bahraini Institute for the Blind Scientific and Cultural During its years of participation, the Institute participated in many cultural, educational, national and musical forums.

- First place in the radio competition for the primary stage - for the academic year 1999-2000.
- Radio Cultural Competition for Secondary Stage - Outstanding Audio Activity 2000-2001.
- Music and Folklore Festival Competition 2001-2002.
- Third place in the magazine competition for the secondary stage 2001-2002.
- First place in the cultural competition of primary schools - Audio activity 2001-2002.
- First place in the competition of the music festival and the song heritage (musical track) 2002-2003.
- First place in the radio contest for the preparatory stage 2002-2003.
- First place in the second cultural competition in May 2003.
- Award of Excellence in the second written competition (Umm Salma Preparatory School for Girls) 2003.
- The first place repeats the competition of the Music Festival and the Heritage Song.
- First place in the cultural competition 2004.
- The 10th Great Bahrain Competition for memorizing the Holy Quran and its interpretation and interpretation.
- First place in the electronic competition (you read and I see).
- Second place in the electronic competition (you read and I see).
- Fourth Talent Ceremony for the academic year 2006.
- Shield of participation in a celebration in love with the king and the homeland - for the academic year 2009-2010.
- Shield of participation in the musical talent ceremony - for the academic year 2011-2012.
- Shield of participation in the ceremony of writing and singing the educational songs 2012-2013.
- Shield of participation in the musical talent concert 2012-2013.
- Shield of participation in Musical Talent Concert - for the 2013-2014 academic year.