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Download full textNational Academy of Engineering, Washington, DC. Committee on the Interplay of Engineering with Biology and Medicine. – 1973
To stimulate research proposals, the report stresses the need for a comprehensive research and development program regarding sensory aids for the visually handicapped and describes 17 representative projects viewed as warranting immediate attention. The 17 projects are categorized in two different ways. In a brief summary section, projects are…
Descriptors: Blindness, Exceptional Child Research, Partial Vision, Program Development
Hazekamp, Jack; Lundin, Janet, Ed. – 1986
These California state guidelines are intended as a resource for parents, staff, and administrators in assessing, identifying, planning, providing, evaluating, and improving the quality and cost effectiveness of programs serving visually impaired students. Chapters have the following titles and sample subtopics: (1) "Introduction"…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Blindness, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Needs
Harley, Randall K. – 1969
To develop and test materials to be used in a later 2-year study to compare six approaches in teaching braille reading, materials in grade 1 and grade 2, braille, and phonemic braille media (both analytic and synthetic approaches), 39 subjects from six residential schools were evaluated. Special books were embossed in grade 1 and phonemic braille,…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Blindness, Braille, Exceptional Child Research
Kuipers, J. W.; Thorpe, R. W. – 1974
A study was made to aid in planning for future operations of the "listening services" for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (DBPH), Library of Congress. Available data was gathered and organized. DBPH operations were analyzed as were economic models and functional factors for decision-making regarding recording media and playback…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Audiodisc Recordings, Blindness, Educational Specifications
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Bureau of Education for Exceptional Students. – 1991
This resource manual provides guidelines for development, management, and evaluation of Florida school district programs for students with visual impairments. In each section rules are presented first and are in script type. General rules are followed by rules specific to programs for the visually impaired. Following the rules, recommended best…
Descriptors: Blindness, Curriculum, Educational Legislation, Educational Practices
Multnomah County Intermediate Education District, Portland, OR. – 1968
An introduction on blindness is followed by a summary of the initial planning grant proposal for cooperative statewide orientation and mobility program for blind children. Background, development, and utilization of mobility-orientation training are discussed in conjunction with educational programs, guide dogs, canes, mobility readiness,…
Descriptors: Administration, Blindness, Cooperative Programs, Demography
Michigan State Board of Education, Lansing. – 1966
GUIDELINES COVER THE PLANNING AND OPERATION OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN. PROCEDURES ARE STATED FOR DEVELOPING SERVICES FOR THOSE WITH HEARING, VISUAL, OR PHYSICAL HANDICAPS AND THE HOMEBOUND OR HOSPITALIZED. ACCOMMODATING THE CRIPPLED IN REGULAR BUILDINGS, PROVIDING PHYSICAL, OCCUPATIONAL, AND SPEECH THERAPY, AND ARRANGING…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blindness, Boarding Homes, Children
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1965
THIS BULLETIN INCLUDES INFORMATION FOR THE INITIATION, ORGANIZATION, AND OPERATION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN TEXAS. PROGRAMS DESCRIBED ARE FOR THE BLIND, PARTIALLY SIGHTED, PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, HOMEBOUND OR HOSPITALIZED, MINIMALLY BRAIN-INJURED, DEAF AND SEVERELY HARD OF HEARING, EDUCABLE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED, TRAINABLE MENTALLY…
Descriptors: Blindness, Deaf Blind, Deafness, Emotional Disturbances
Dillman, Caroline M.; Maloney, Patricia – 1977
One of a series of seven modules developed to improve the knowledge and skills of vocational educators who are or will become involved in the instruction of handicapped students in regular (mainstream) classes, this module is intended for inservice training of vocational educators (including administrators, coordinators, counselors, and preservice…
Descriptors: Agencies, Audio Equipment, Blindness, Educational Equipment
