NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 5 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Hall, A.; Bailey, I. L. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1989
The paper addresses the need to define terms used in vision training before successful programs can be formulated. Critical behaviors in three categories (visual attending, visual examining, and visually guided motor) are considered as are program alternatives focusing on visual environment management, visual skills training, and visually…
Descriptors: Attention, Definitions, Perceptual Motor Learning, Program Development
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Carey, K. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1990
The efforts of Sight Savers, a service program of the Royal Commonwealth for the Blind, to stem the outward flow of hard currency from developing countries are described. Sight Savers furthers program sustainability by emphasizing local manpower development, selecting equipment that requires less and cheaper maintenance, and using local currency…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Developing Nations, Monetary Systems, Policy
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Klee, K.; Klee, R. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1990
The Christoffel-Blindenmission helps support 26 schools, centers, and rehabilitation programs for individuals with visual impairments in South America. This article discusses the organization's limited use of foreign specialists to discourage overdependency on the agency and to encourage local personnel to establish their own programs. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Developing Nations, Empowerment, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Jones, G. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1991
This article describes a successful four-year student recruitment effort initiated by Florida State University's teacher preparation program in visual disabilities. The article discusses a survey to determine the target population, use of current students to attract new ones, harnessing of campus resources, and obtaining funds for recruitment…
Descriptors: College Programs, Enrollment, Financial Support, Higher Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Yeadon, A. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1990
Nongovernment organizations providing services to visually handicapped persons in developing nations should direct increased efforts toward project evaluation, monitoring, documentation, and dissemination, to ensure that innovative, flexible strategies direct self-help information to the "grassroots" level in forms that are familiar,…
Descriptors: Adults, Delivery Systems, Developing Nations, International Organizations