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Lopez-Justicia, Maria D.; Martos, Francisco J. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1999
This study compared improvements in visual function of 20 Spanish children with low vision, ages 4 to 6 years. Children received either the Barraga and Morris program or the Frostig program, or placebo control or no treatment. No significant differences between treatment groups were found. (DB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Instructional Effectiveness, Outcomes of Treatment
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Gompel, Marjolein; Janssen, Neeltje M.; van Bon, Wim H. J.; Schreuder, Robert – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2003
A study investigated whether the reading difficulties of 60 Dutch children with low vision were a matter of reduced visual input or a consequence of a lack of orthographic knowledge. Results indicated that reduced visual input was the only cause of the children's lower reading performance. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Environmental Influences, Foreign Countries, Knowledge Level
Lansdown, Richard – Special Education: Forward Trends, 1975
Compared was the performance of 30 nonhandicapped controls and 30 partially sighted British children (6-to 10-years-old) without other handicaps on tests of shape and letter recognition, visual perception and visuomotor skill, and spelling or reading accuracy or comprehension. (LH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Foreign Countries, Partial Vision
Harvey, Donald James – CORE: Collected Original Resources in Education, 1978
Practice in interpreting the critical features of incomplete line drawings and integrating fragmentary visual information was shown to enhance the visual efficiency of partially sighted children, aged 5 to 8. (BW)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Partial Vision, Perception Tests
Palmer, Lillian, Ed.; And Others – 1987
This symposium focused on the special needs of visually handicapped infants and young children. Texts of 48 papers are presented, including keynote addresses by W. Aubrey Webson ("The First Steps") and Heather Hewitt ("First Steps--Parenting, Prevention and Programming"). Regional reports are provided for Japan, Bangladesh, the…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Child Rearing, Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Development