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Aitken, S.; Buultjens, M. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1991
This article reports on a study of the methods that 21 ophthalmologists used to assess the visual acuity of children with multiple impairments and the difficulties they encountered. Additional means of assessing visual function and alternative means of communicating the results are suggested. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Children, Evaluation Methods, Multiple Disabilities, Ophthalmology
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Hall, A.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1991
Techniques used by the Special Visual Assessment Clinic for the Handicapped at the University of California-Berkeley School of Optometry are designed to serve handicapped children and adults generally considered "difficult to assess." This article describes the clinic's assessment goals, clientele, and methods for assessing visual ability and…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Clinics, Evaluation Methods
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Jose, Randall T.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1980
Techniques for evaluating the multiply impaired child's functional level of vision are described and a sequence of visual stimulation instruction for children with visual impairments is presented. (PHR)
Descriptors: Children, Evaluation Methods, Multiple Disabilities, Observation
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Friedlander, Bernard Z.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1974
Descriptors: Children, Deaf Blind, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation
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Geruschat, D. R. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1992
This study found that, of 18 children with severe visual and multiple impairments assessed using the Acuity Card Procedure (originally developed for assessing the visual acuity of infants), 42 percent responded. A similar group received a simple instructional intervention prior to testing and that group's response rate was 85 percent. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Blindness, Children, Interpersonal Communication, Multiple Disabilities
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Morse, M. T. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1992
This article describes addition of a "learn a routine" procedure to functional visual assessments of children with severe neurological and physical disabilities. The procedure capitalizes on the child's interest of the moment and provides information on the child's patterns of responses, ability to accommodate to variations of a stimulus, and…
Descriptors: Children, Evaluation Methods, Multiple Disabilities, Neurological Impairments
Blea, William A. – 1977
Provided is a collection of presentations from a conference for ophthalmologists, optometrists, and educators meeting to exchange their concerns and share knowledge on various types of sensory handicaps of deaf blind children. The conference is seen as an introduction to the needs of deaf blind children and to the importance of stating diagnostic…
Descriptors: Children, Clinical Diagnosis, Conference Reports, Deaf Blind
Huebner, Kathleen Mary, Ed.; And Others – 1995
The items in this collection of reprints and an annotated bibliography were selected because of their value to classroom teachers working with deaf-blind students. Reprinted articles, originally published in various periodicals between 1978 and 1993, are grouped into five categories: (1) communication, (2) orientation and mobility, (3) functional…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills, Check Lists