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National Accreditation Council for Agencies Serving the Blind and Visually Handicapped, New York, NY. – 1981
Standards are presented for self evaluation of low vision services as part of the National Accreditation Council accreditation program. Participants rank their services on a scale from excellent to minimal for the following areas: planning and organization, personnel, low vision evaluation, continuing services, facilities and equipment, and…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Low Vision Aids, Partial Vision, Program Evaluation
Peer reviewedLaGrow, S. J.; Murray, S. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1992
This article illustrates use of the alternating treatment design to assess effectiveness of individualized interventions in low vision rehabilitation. The design was used to determine whether enlarging copy (to one of two magnification levels) and adding contrast would be effective in reducing the time a visually impaired student required to read…
Descriptors: Adults, Intervention, Low Vision Aids, Outcomes of Treatment
Peer reviewedD'Allura, T.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1995
A telephone survey of 147 participants, ages 27 to 96, in a low-vision service program of an urban vision rehabilitation agency found that most respondents continued to use their devices every day for months after low-vision services were completed, and three-fourths reported that the services had a positive impact on their everyday functioning.…
Descriptors: Adults, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Daily Living Skills, Low Vision Aids
Download full textBikson, T. K.; And Others – 1978
The report presents the results of an evaluation of the educational impact in two Los Angeles County, California, elementary schools, of Interactive Classroom Television Systems (ICTSs -- closed circuit systems that permit continuous two-way visual communication between teachers and partially sighted students and enable such students to make the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitudes, Audiovisual Aids, Classroom Communication
Jose, Randall T.; And Others – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1988
A project integrating low-vision services into children's educational programs comprised four components: teacher training, functional vision evaluations for each child, a clinical examination by an optometrist, and follow-up visits with the optometrist to evaluate the prescribed low-vision aids. Educational implications of the project and project…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
O'Brien, Maureen B.; And Others – 1980
A two-year project was conducted by St. Mary's Junior College to improve the science literacy of visually-impaired students (VIS) through the adaptation of instructional methods and materials. A four-step process was used: (1) learning materials were reviewed to identify problem areas; (2) preliminary adaptations were made based on the review; (3)…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Blindness, Braille, College Science
