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Evans, James R.; And Others – Academic Therapy, 1976
Compared was the incidence of lateral phoria, a tendency for the eyes to turn in or out, in 45 elementary grade learning disabled children and 364 children in regular elementary education classes. (DB)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Incidence, Learning Disabilities, Vision
Academic Therapy, 1979
The interview with G. N. Getman, a developmental optometrist specializing in learning problems and disabilities, focuses on vision's impact on learning, the role of the vision specialist in the remediation of learning problems and disabilities, early screening programs, and visual training programs. (DLS)
Descriptors: Eyes, Identification, Interviews, Learning Disabilities
McPartland, Brian P. – Academic Therapy, 1985
Six common visual dysfunctions are briefly explained and their relationships to reading noted: (1) ametropia, refractive error; (2) inaccurate saccades, the small jumping eye movements used in reading; (3) inefficient binocularity/fusion; (4) insufficient convergence/divergence; (5) heterophoria, imbalance in extra-ocular muscles; and (6)…
Descriptors: Learning, Reading Processes, Vision, Visual Impairments
Wunderlich, Ray C. – Academic Therapy, 1979
A physician examines five noneducational factors (body chemistry, motor function, vision, allergy and infection, and social influences) which affect the nature of handicapped children. (CL)
Descriptors: Allergy, Biochemistry, Handicapped Children, Motor Development
Getman, G. N. – Academic Therapy, 1977
The author replies to the article titled "Controversial Medical Treatments of Learning Disabilities" (R. Sieben), and reviews the use of treatments for learning disabled (LD) children based on theories in developmental optometry. (IM)
Descriptors: Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Services
