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Ihirig, Carolyn – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2016
Telehealth clinical applications, which allow medical professionals to use telecommunications technologies to provide services to individuals remotely, continue to expand in areas such as low vision rehabilitation, where evaluations are provided to patients who live in rural areas. As with face-to-face low vision rehabilitation, the goal of…
Descriptors: Partial Vision, Telecommunications, Health Services, Clinical Diagnosis
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O'Mally, Jamie; Steverson, Anne – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2017
In a competitive employment climate, college graduates with visual impairments (that is, those who are blind or have low vision) face challenges securing work. Employment barriers among visually impaired individuals include: limited early work experience, negative employer attitudes, transportation issues, lack of exposure to successful role…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Blindness, College Students, Mentors
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Walker, Brad R.; Bozeman, Laura A. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2002
This article describes a collaborative process that parents, teachers, consumers, and advocacy groups in North Carolina used to successfully establish a permanently funded university training program specializing in visual impairments, the Visual Impairment Training Program. Within this process several factors were identified that contributed to…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Parent Participation, Postsecondary Education, Preservice Teacher Education
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Jacobson, William H. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2005
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) has offered a personnel preparation program in orientation and mobility (O&M) since 1975. Since that time, nearly 400 individuals from the United States and numerous foreign countries have either received degrees or have become eligible for national U.S. certification in O&M. However, it…
Descriptors: Travel Training, Visually Impaired Mobility, Visual Impairments, Online Courses
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Ferrell, Kay Alicyn; Persichitte, Kay A.; Lowell, Nathan; Roberts, Stephanie – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2001
This article discusses the design, development, and implementation of a distance-delivered master's degree program leading to licensure as a teacher of students with visual impairments. The evolution of the program, based on improvements in technology, growth in faculty expertise, and students' enhanced performance, is described. (Contains five…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Distance Education, Higher Education, Masters Programs
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Bruce, Susan M.; Hwang, Tom T. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2001
The development and teaching of Web-based courses places new demands on university faculty and students. Development structures, online pedagogical practices, and issues of evaluation are presented by two faculty with online experience in the areas of visual impairment and orientation and mobility. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Design, Distance Education, Higher Education