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Bishop, Virginia E. – 1996
Intended for either the general educator or the specialist, this text offers principles and teaching strategies for teaching students with visual impairments including both blind students and those with low vision. The book is organized into three sections: "Vision,""Learning," and "Testing and Transitions." The four chapters in the "Vision"…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Blindness, Child Development, Clinical Diagnosis
Ontario Dept. of Education, Toronto. – 1987
This resource guide assists teachers in offering optimum educational opportunities to visually impaired students. Introductory material describes the range of visual impairments and the cooperative process recommended for the planning and implementation of students' education programs. Answers are provided to some common concerns of teachers with…
Descriptors: Blindness, Clinical Diagnosis, Cooperative Planning, Curriculum
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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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Williams, Johanna K. – RE:view, 1990
An itinerant teacher of multiply handicapped students with low vision shares learning activities in which students learn to use coins with the aid of a computer program and make a shopping list using advertising flyers. (DB)
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Daily Living Skills, Learning Activities, Money Management
Gothelf, Carole R.; And Others – 1988
Intended for use by New York City special education teachers with little or no experience serving students with dual sensory impairments as well as cognitive disabilities, the manual identifies teaching strategies that are easy to implement yet based on direct experience and the current research. Chapter titles and sample topics include the…
Descriptors: Auditory Evaluation, Communication Skills, Curriculum Development, Deaf Blind
Efron, Marvin; DuBoff, Beth Reilly – 1975
The guide for teachers of deaf blind children deals with visual functioning, evaluation, and instruction. An overview of the fundamentals of visual functioning in deaf blind children includes concepts basic to an understanding of the process. Assessment and evaluation of the child's visual functioning is discussed, and procedures for determining…
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Definitions, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education
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Rogow, Sally M. – RE:view, 1992
The development of visual perception skills in children with partial vision as well as developmental disabilities is considered. A model of visual learning is offered which incorporates the role of visual experience, movement, and visual learning. Specific teaching suggestions for developing visual attention and visual search skills are offered.…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Learning Activities, Models, Multiple Disabilities
Zemstova, M. I., Ed.; And Others – 1969
This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a monograph providing a comprehensive clinical, educational, and psychological study of children in special schools for the blind and poorly sighted. It summarizes investigations aimed at planning ways of differentiating teaching procedures for children with severe visual…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Blindness, Cognitive Development, Handicapped Children
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
American Association of Instructors of the Blind, Washington, DC. – 1966
THE THEME OF THE CONVENTION WAS "RESEARCH--KEY TO PROGRESS," AND PAPERS WERE DELIVERED IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS (1) RESEARCH ON THE TEACHING OF READING AND IMPROVING READING SKILLS, (2) RESEARCH ON INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS AND ORIENTATION, MOBILITY, AND TRAVEL, (3) RESEARCH ON THE CHILD WITH LIMITED BUT USEFUL VISION, (4) RESEARCH ON THE…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blindness, Braille, Children
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