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Kruger, Irving J. – New Outlook for the Blind, 1972
Descriptors: Employment, Homebound, Program Descriptions, State Programs
Peer reviewedStocker, Claudell S. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1979
The article describes how a 60-hour training program helped 32 blind persons use biofeedback techniques to improve blood flow to arms, hands, legs, and feet (especially important for diabetics), and to reduce anxiety through relaxation. (Author)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Blindness, Feedback, Physical Therapy
Johnston, Benjamin C. – New Outlook for the Blind, 1971
Described is a vocational rehabilitation program for mentally retarded blind persons that attempts to duplicate real life living and working situations. (CB)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Mental Retardation, Multiple Disabilities, Program Descriptions
Kullberg, Kjell; Lindstrom, Jan-Ingvar – 1977
The document reports on a 10-day tour to study rehabilitation facilities for the visually handicapped in the Soviet Union. Briefly described are the programs of the following institutions that were visited: Helmholtz Institute of Opthalmology, Specialized School Number 5 for Partially Sighted Children, Scientific Research Institute of Defectology,…
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Foreign Countries, Low Vision Aids, Medical Services
Mayers, Friedericka – New Outlook for the Blind, 1976
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Services, Practicums, Professional Education, Program Descriptions
Wilson, Edouard L. – New Outlook for the Blind, 1972
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Services, Multiple Disabilities, Program Descriptions
Peer reviewedCampbell, L. F. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1990
This article describes organizations providing services for blind and visually impaired people, with special emphasis on programs for developing countries. Included are United Nations agencies, nongovernmental organizations concerned with blindness, governmental development agencies, professional associations, and international organizations…
Descriptors: Blindness, Developing Nations, International Organizations, Networks
Peer reviewedBauserman, Charles M.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1977
Described is the Vocational Rehabilitation Field Services Program within the Virginia Commission for the Visually Handicapped, which incorporates orientation and mobility for the blind and competitive vocational placement. (Author/IM)
Descriptors: Blindness, Case Studies, Exceptional Child Services, Job Placement
Peer reviewedJaekle, Robert – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1977
A 5-year research and demonstration project in rural India which trains rehabilitation workers to provide services to blind persons is described. (CL)
Descriptors: Blindness, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Foreign Countries
Canter, Patricia; And Others – 1977
The services of the Living Skills Center for the Visually Handicapped, a habilitative service for blind young adults, are described. It is explained that the Center houses its participants in their own apartments in a large complex and has served over 70 young people in 4 years. The evaluation section describes such assessment instruments as an…
Descriptors: Cleaning, Clothing Instruction, Daily Living Skills, Hygiene
