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Peer reviewedDodds, A. G.; Davis, D. P. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1989
The article describes the development of a visual assessment and training program designed to predict initial and final low-vision mobility performance. The program's tasks were determined to be better predictors of visual performance than existing clinical measures, and task learning could be transferred to real-life mobility situations.…
Descriptors: Partial Vision, Predictive Measurement, Rehabilitation, Student Evaluation
Vopata, Alvin E. – 1981
An orientation and mobility curriculum developed in Tulare County, California, includes 30 units for legally blind, partially sighted, multi-impaired, and low functioning sighted students in grades K through 12. Each section includes eight steps to teach basic concepts. Assessment guidelines are used to determine strengths and deficiencies. The 30…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Body Image, Elementary Secondary Education, Partial Vision
Rossi, Peter, Jr.; Fagan, John – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1974
Described is a 1-month residential summer program for blind and partially-seeing high school students to provide pre-college preparation and experience on an actual campus. (LH)
Descriptors: Blindness, College Preparation, Counseling, Exceptional Child Education
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
Lapham, E. Virginia Sheppard, Ed.; And Others – 1980
The conference report contains background information on organizing the April, 1979, New York, conference on educational issues of students with visual impairments; results of a preliminary needs assessment questionnaire; texts of 12 conference presentations; the conference evaluation results; and the program. The needs assessment questionnaire…
Descriptors: Career Education, Child Advocacy, Educational Policy, Individualized Education Programs
Peer reviewedPadula, William V.; Shapiro, Jannie B. – RE:view, 1993
This article considers the visual rehabilitation of patients recovering from traumatic brain injuries. Characteristics, symptoms, and associated neuromotor difficulties of posttrauma vision syndrome are listed, as are common posture and gait adaptations. A neuro-optometric rehabilitative and orientation/mobility evaluation is recommended, as is…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Head Injuries, Human Posture, Low Vision Aids
Active Exploration of the Environment by Young Children with Low Vision: A Review of the Literature.
Peer reviewedO'Donnell, L. M.; Livingston, R. I. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1991
Young children with low vision tend to experience delays in cognitive development, motor development, and social skills because of insufficient motivation and opportunities to explore their environments actively. This literature review explores the resulting difficulties in acquiring practical knowledge and spatial/environmental concepts,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Early Intervention, Interpersonal Competence, Motivation
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
Gray, P.G.; Todd, Jean E. – 1968
A random sample of registered blind people in England and Wales (5% of those aged 16 to 65 and 1.7% of those aged 65 to 79) was interviewed in 1965 regarding mobility, orientation, and reading. Data included age, age when blindness occurred, sex, residual sight for mobility, residual sight for reading, other disabilities, and ability to walk…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Blindness, Braille, Exceptional Child Research
Peer reviewedHill, Mary-Maureen; Hill, Everett W. – Peabody Journal of Education, 1990
Discusses diversity in the population of individuals with visual impairments, the changing role of orientation and mobility (O&M) specialists, and the broadened definition of O&M. An overview of best practices and model demonstration programs for providing O&M services to a diverse population of persons with visual impairments is presented. (SM)
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Multiple Disabilities
Peer reviewedDodds, Allan G.; Davis, Denis P. – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1987
To develop a battery of tasks to predict and improve mobility performance, a series of functional vision tasks (texural shearing, degraded images, embedded figures, and parafoveal attention) were generated by a microcomputer. Sixty visually impaired subjects given either computerized task training or real-life training improved their low vision…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Diagnostic Tests, Low Vision Aids, Microcomputers
Thompson, William W. – 1967
To train blind persons in the use of the long cane mobility technique and to reach a variety of clients, a demonstration used the trainee's home as a base of operation. Of 198 referrals during the 3-year project, 61 persons started training and 42 persons between the ages of 12 and 92 successfully completed the instruction. Trainees began to learn…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Age Differences, Attitudes, Blindness
CLARK, LESLIE L.; AND OTHERS – 1965
THESE PROCEEDINGS WERE PREPARED FROM THE WEST COAST REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH RELATED TO BLIND AND SEVERELY VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN HELD MARCH 8-10, 1965. SURVEY RESULTS WERE PRESENTED WHICH INDICATED THE NUMBER OF BLIND, SEVERELY VISUALLY IMPAIRED, AND MULTIPLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN IN CALIFORNIA AND THE INCIDENCE OF BLINDNESS IN CHILDREN…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Auditory Perception, Blindness
Schiltz, Constance, Ed. – 1974
Intended to help classroom teachers develop basic orientation and mobility skills in young visually impaired children, the curriculum guide contains five interrelated sections that deal with body image, basic sensory concepts and abilities, motor coordination, sensory modalities, and pre-cane skills. Each section contains a brief introduction and…
Descriptors: Blindness, Body Image, Check Lists, Curriculum Guides
Juurmaa, Jyrki – 1967
In the analysis of ability structure and loss of vision, 228 blind persons (153 male, 75 female) heterogenous in respect to chronological age, sex, degree of blindness, age at onset, and duration, were compared to sighted controls. A test battery was administered which included tests for verbal comprehension, mental arithmetic, spatial ability,…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Auditory Perception, Blindness, Cognitive Ability
