Correlational analysis was undertaken between occupational success and 46 visual, biographical, psychological, and educational parameters in 169 visually handicapped Ss. Small but statistically significant correlations were obtained for sex and the academic qualifications, one measure of distance visual acuity, and attitudes to visual impairment…

The author examines research on the reading skills of students with partial vision, noting the educationally handicapping consequences (including problems in rapidly implementing alternative scanning strategies), and suggesting implications for placement and instructional decisions. (CL)

The three-year Interactive Classroom Television System (ICTS) Project (a multicamera, multimonitor closed circuit TV system with videotaping and videoreplay capacity), involving a total of approximatey 40 partially sighted students, was assessed for three years. Results showed significant improvement in reading and mathematics, and positive change…

Ten children (ages 7-10) with visuoperceptual problems were compared to sighted children on lexical decision tasks with words, nonwords, and format distorted items. The partially sighted children relied on phonological mediation as well as the "visual" route in word recognition. Regularity effects, as well as effects of intact and disrupted…

Israeli legally blind infants and children (N=182) between the ages of 6 months and 5 years were systematically assessed over a period of 13 years. Behavioral problems were documented in 49%. The most frequent disorders were anxiety disorders, oppositional disorder with or without attention deficit hyperactivity, and avoidant disorder with or…

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…