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Peer reviewedLayton, Carol A.; Lock, Robin H. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2001
This article discusses issues in the identification of learning disabilities in students with low vision and examines the academic performance of one 8-year-old student and the methods that his multidisciplinary team used to document a dual diagnosis of low vision and learning disabilities. (Contains references.) (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Disability Identification, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities
Baechle, Cathy L.; Rittenhouse, Robert K. – 1986
The authors describe personal experiences with Usher's Syndrome, a condition involving visual impairment (due to Retinitis Pigmentosa) and deafness. Prevalence and onset of Usher's Syndrome are described along with characteristics of two different types. Problems connected with diagnosis are reviewed, including genetic aspects and the progressive…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Clinical Diagnosis, Deaf Blind
Peer reviewedKlein, B.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1988
The article describes the Parent and Toddler Training Project, a research-based early intervention program for visually impaired and blind multihandicapped infants, toddlers, and their families in the Western Pennsylvania area. Project purposes include increasing infant social responsiveness, developing parenting skills, reducing family…
Descriptors: Blindness, Evaluation Methods, Infants, Interpersonal Competence
Peer reviewedBrennan, V.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1992
The Low Vision Service of Perkins School for the Blind (Massachusetts) developed a model project to provide comprehensive vision evaluations and follow-up services to 169 children with dual sensory impairments throughout New England. This article describes the project's objectives, the population served, and the procedures for implementing…
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Demonstration Programs, Hearing Impairments, Intervention
Peer reviewedSchanel-Klitsch, E. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1992
The visual acuity of 8 children, aged 2-7, with low vision and multiple handicaps was effectively tested using the Teller Acuity Cards and a preferential-looking procedure with operant modification. This inexpensive procedure was found to be suitable for at-home testing by itinerant vision specialists in developing countries or rural areas. (DB)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Multiple Disabilities, Operant Conditioning, Outreach Programs
Download full textNational Association of State Directors of Special Education, Alexandria, VA. – 1997
This document reports on the purpose, design, implementation, and outcomes of a policy forum entitled "Training Educators To Work with Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired." Participants included representatives of universities, public schools, schools for the blind, organizations that work with this population, state departments of…
Descriptors: Blindness, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
