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Merbler, John B.; Wood, Thomas A. – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1984
The relationship between chronological age, social age, motor, sensory and concept skills, and the orientation and mobility skills of 37 mentally retarded visually impaired children was examined. Results revealed a strong relationship between developmental level in the areas of motor, sensory, and concept skills, and mobility proficiency.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Mental Retardation, Motor Development
Peer reviewedMori, Allen A.; Olive, Jane E. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1978
Presented is a rationale for implementing early transdisciplinary intervention in behalf of blind and visually handicapped, mentally retarded infants. (Author/BD)
Descriptors: Infants, Intervention, Language Acquisition, Mental Retardation
National Accreditation Council for Agencies Serving the Blind and Visually Handicapped, New York, NY. – 1979
Standards for programs serving multiply handicapped-visually handicapped students are presented in one of 16 self study and evaluation guides. Standards encompass the following 10 areas: planning and organization, personnel, basic personal independence, communications, development of personal awareness, music, motor development, prevocational…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Administrative Organization, Motor Development, Multiple Disabilities
Out of the Classroom: Multiply Handicapped Visually Impaired Children: Instructional Materials Needs
Peer reviewedLeach, Fay – Exceptional Children, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Daily Living Skills, Educational Needs, Exceptional Child Research
Fieber, Nancy M. – 1974
The paper addresses issues involved in the management of and curriculum for children with sensory impairments combined with cerebral palsy. The first part details typical deformities and their causes in children with cerebral palsy, and describes (with illustrations) techniques for therapeutic handling and positioning in daily living tasks at home…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Curriculum Development, Daily Living Skills, Deaf Blind
Clarke, Kay L. – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1988
This article discusses the need for mobility devices for visually impaired and multihandicapped infants and preschoolers, describes a range of suitable mobility devices, and outlines considerations in evaluating and selecting mobility devices to encourage independent movement. A chart of approximately 20 types of mobility devices specifies their…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Infants, Mobility Aids, Motor Development
Peer reviewedHarley, Randall K.; Merbler, John B. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1980
To test a programed instruction in orientation and mobility, 44 multiply impaired low vision children and young adults (ages 5 to 28) were instructed over a six-week period. Instruction was in the areas of motor development, sensory training, concept development, and mobility skills. The experimental group using the materials showed significant…
Descriptors: Children, Concept Formation, Exceptional Child Research, Field Tests
Peer reviewedDunnett, Jenefer – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1999
Describes the use of activity boxes with 43 young children with blindness, deaf-blindness, or severe learning disabilities and visual impairments. Discusses the contribution such boxes make to intellectual development, particularly the development of voluntary hand function from the integration of the primitive grasp-and-release instincts shown by…
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Infants
Peer reviewedErhardt, Rhoda P. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1988
A set of developmental norm data for reflexive and voluntary visual-motor development was compiled, revised after extensive clinical use, and found to have highly significant interrater agreement. Use of the resultant Erhardt Developmental Visual Assessment is illustrated with a multiply handicapped three-year-old. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Development, Clinical Diagnosis, Diagnostic Tests
Eustis, E. M.; Tierney B. – 1978
Intended for parents and teachers of blind, multihandicapped children in special schools; the booklet outlines practical suggestions for teaching children with varying degrees of handicap. Sections cover the following areas (subtopics in parentheses): visual handicap (degrees of blindness); motor development and mobility (suggestions for…
Descriptors: Auditory Training, Behavior Problems, Blindness, Daily Living Skills
