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Rogow, Sally M. – Canadian Journal for Exceptional Children, 1986
Responses of itinerant, resource room, and residential school teachers to a questionnaire regarding adaptive hand function of blind, visually-impaired, and visually/multiply-handicapped 2- to 19-year-olds (N=148) indicated that physiological integrity was not a sufficient condition for development of adaptive hand function, suggesting that manual…
Descriptors: Blindness, Elementary Secondary Education, Multiple Disabilities, Object Manipulation
Daugherty, Kathryn M.; Moran, Michael F. – 1980
Fifty partially sighted children (7 to 18 years old) were studied along 143 variables to provide a comprehensive profile in the areas of cognitive, psychomotor, academic, and neuropsychological development. The Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery was the principal data collection instrument, supplemented by the Stephen's Piagetian Battery…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedSchanel-Klitsch, E. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1992
The visual acuity of 8 children, aged 2-7, with low vision and multiple handicaps was effectively tested using the Teller Acuity Cards and a preferential-looking procedure with operant modification. This inexpensive procedure was found to be suitable for at-home testing by itinerant vision specialists in developing countries or rural areas. (DB)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Multiple Disabilities, Operant Conditioning, Outreach Programs
Peer reviewedGoetz, L.; Gee, K. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1987
A 3-year-old (severely retarded and visually impaired) was trained in a program emphasizing functional, age-appropriate visual motor tasks requiring use of vision for successful task completion. Use of a repeated prompting procedure was successful in establishing visual attention, and generalization of visual attention to untrained tasks was…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Case Studies, Generalization, Motor Development
Harley, Randall K.; And Others – 1978
The report details the project to develop programed instruction (in which each lesson is programed in small sequential steps) in visual orientation and mobility for multi-impaired low vision children (from preschool age to early adulthood). An introductory section reviews literature showing a need for orientation and mobility instruction; and…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Exceptional Child Research, Field Studies, Instructional Materials
Download full textKansas State Dept. of Education, Topeka. – 1974
The report of a 1974 cooperative study focuses on current educational service delivery for 708 visually impaired (VI) Kansans (up to 21 years old). Provided is a summary of data from unified school districts (USDs), state services for the blind (SFB), and institutions on such topics as age, sex, geographic distribution, handicapping conditions,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Blindness, Educational Needs, Educational Planning
Peer reviewedBauman, Mary K.; Kropf, Carol A. – School Psychology Digest, 1979
Questionnaire results from l04 psychologists serving the blind and partially sighted indicated disagreement on the tests used and on the evaluation of these tests. Tests of all kinds from 45 publishers were rated, and appropriate ages and populations (blind, partially-sighted) were suggested. (CP)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Blindness, Cognitive Development
