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Harrell, Rona L.; Strauss, Felice A. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1986
Components of assertive behavior are described with suggestions for enabling the visually impaired person to develop these skills. The underlying concepts of assertion training are explained along with specific techniques for use in schools or rehabilitative settings. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Adults, Assertiveness, Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
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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
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Hill, M.-M. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1991
The provision of high quality orientation and mobility (O&M) services to older persons with visual impairments requires consideration of problems in attitudes, client characteristics, financial resources, inservice training, and the availability of age-appropriate assessment instruments. This paper discusses research on O&M interventions and…
Descriptors: Human Services, Intervention, Older Adults, Program Development
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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
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Head, D. N.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1990
The article reviews the literature on growth and development, home environmental measures, and their interrelationships with children who are visually impaired. Noted are measures which can aid parents and educators in determining the form that early intervention strategies should take. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Early Intervention, Family Environment, Measures (Individuals)
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Aston, T. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1990
Two factors are discussed that should influence the planning and development of rehabilitation services for visually impaired people: social perceptions/expectations (media influence, leisure, health, quality of life, and equality of opportunity) and external environmental influences (demographic, economic, social, political, and physical).…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Environmental Influences, Expectation, Life Style
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Skellenger, A. C.; Hill, E. W. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1991
This article reports the findings of a survey of 37 orientation and mobility specialists who serve preschool-age visually impaired children. It presents demographics of the children and the specialists involved in long cane instruction and identifies the factors related to the decision to begin this instruction. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Blindness, Mobility Aids, Preschool Education, Program Development
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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
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Harley, R. K.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1989
This survey of local education agencies (N=40) examines educational placement of visually impaired students and related factors that might be helpful in development of placement procedures for day school programs. Widespread acceptance of multiply handicapped children in day school programs appears to be affecting educational placement and related…
Descriptors: Day Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Peer Acceptance, Program Development
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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
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Hall, A. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1990
The paper describes issues involved in a project to assist providers of services for the visually impaired to plan and initiate programs directed toward Nepal's low vision population. Discussed are demographic factors; organization of prevention, education, and rehabilitation programs; development of a systematic and coordinated national plan; and…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Financial Support, Foreign Countries, Partial Vision
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Neustadt-Noy, N. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1990
The paper contrasts the traditional model of referral for rehabilitation services for blind and visually impaired persons in Israel with a new model--the rehabilitation information station, which links administrative, social, medical, and functional rehabilitation and results in faster receipt of services and increased ophthalmologists' awareness…
Descriptors: Blindness, Delivery Systems, Foreign Countries, Medical Services
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Ooi, G. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1990
The article traces the experiences of the Malaysian Association for the Blind in developing rehabilitation services for rural blind persons. It explains the rationale for a community-based approach to rehabilitation and concludes that center-based and community-based approaches to rehabilitation complement each other in bringing services to rural…
Descriptors: Blindness, Community Programs, Delivery Systems, Developing Nations
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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
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LaGrow, S. J.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1992
This report describes the use of peer sampling procedures to develop individualized plans to familiarize an incoming visually impaired person to a university campus and community. Environmental specificity of the procedure is illustrated by application to two residences. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Campuses, College Students, Higher Education, Individualized Programs
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