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Direct linkNHSA Dialog, 2005
The Vision In Preschoolers (VIP) Study, is a multi-phased, multi-center study designed to identify screening tests that best detect vision problems in preschool children. The VIP Study uses mobile medical units that are specially equipped to conduct vision screenings and eye examinations. Known as Vision Vans, these mobile units are staffed by lay…
Descriptors: Vision Tests, Disadvantaged Youth, Screening Tests, Vision
van den Broek, Ellen G. C.; Janssen, C. G. C.; van Ramshorst, T.; Deen, L. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2006
Background: The prevalence of visual impairments in people with severe and profound multiple disabilities (SPMD) is the subject of considerable debate and is difficult to assess. Methods: In a typical Dutch care organization, all clients with SPMD (n = 76) participated in the study and specific instruments adapted to these clients (requiring a…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Incidence, Multiple Disabilities, Visual Acuity
Marks, Ron – 1990
The study evaluated the validity, reliability, and effectiveness in providing needed information of the Montana Functional Vision Assessment (MFVA) Instrument by comparing it with the Texas Education Agency Functional Vision Assessment and field testing the instrument in evaluations of nine multihandicapped students (ages 3-11). Evaluation led to…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Multiple Disabilities, Preschool Education
Start, Jay – 1989
A number of variables may affect the ability of students to perceive, and learn from, instructional materials. The objectives of the study presented here were to determine the projected color that provided the best visual acuity for the viewer, and the necessary minimum exposure time for achieving maximum visual acuity. Fifty…
Descriptors: Color, Higher Education, Human Factors Engineering, Instructional Design
Sautter, Edith M.; and others – J Sch Health, 1969
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Organizations, School Community Programs, School Health Services
Dougherty, Shirley; Levy, Debra – 1980
The paper describes an approach to assessing the visual functioning of severely and/or profoundly impaired students. The assessment consists of three phases: identification, testing, and formal assessment. A checklist is used for identification. Testing considerations include medical factors (such as medications and effects of other handicaps),…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Clinical Diagnosis, Environmental Influences, Evaluation Methods
McKinley, Mark B. – 1975
Test presentation mode significantly affected test performance in two randomized groups of college students exposed to audio/visual and visual test modes. A significant difference was found between test presentation mode and mean test scores; the audio/visual test mode was superior to the visual test mode; and the "brighter" students seemed to…
Descriptors: Auditory Tests, Comparative Analysis, Individual Differences, Responses
Download full textHealth Services and Mental Health Administration (DHEW), Bethesda, MD. – 1972
Reported were extensive statistical data on the prevalence of abnormal eye conditions found on examination, heterophoria test results, and history of eye problems as well as extent of interrelationship of the eye examination and vision test findings among children aged 6 to 11 years in the United States, based on findings from the Health…
Descriptors: Children, Demography, Exceptional Child Research, National Surveys
FORD, MARGUERITE P. – 1967
THE RELATIONSHIP OF AUDITORY-VISUAL AND TACTUAL-VISUAL INTEGRATION TO INTELLIGENCE AND READING ACHIEVEMENT WAS INVESTIGATED. IN ADDITION, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE TWO INTERSENSORY INTEGRATION TASKS TO EACH OTHER AND TO THE TYPE OF READING ERRORS MADE ON AN ORAL DIAGNOSTIC READING TEST WAS ALSO EXPLORED. THE SAMPLE WAS COMPOSED OF 121 WHITE…
Descriptors: Auditory Tests, Comparative Analysis, Intelligence, Measurement Instruments
Kirshner, A. J.; Saroj, Satish K. – 1976
Described is the Kirshner Saroj Visual Perception Speed Test (KSVPST), a measure of perceptual speed using pictures to identify children whose reading difficulties are due to visual processing deficiencies. It is explained that 323 children 6-13 years old were given the Keystone Visual Skills Test, the KSVPST, and reading readiness tests. Data are…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Identification, Learning Disabilities, Reading Diagnosis
Volkmar, Fred R.; Siegel, Alberta E. – 1976
This study attempted to assess how very young children respond to discrepant social communications. Forty children, ages 12 to 42 months, with their mothers were exposed to four trial situations: two discrepant, two nondiscrepant communication episodes. Two observers recorded each child's movement and behavior. Results indicated a significant…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Auditory Tests, Communication (Thought Transfer), Infants
Johnson, D. LaMont; And Others – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1977
The study was designed to investigate the validity and reliability of the Motor-Free Visual Perception Test (MVPT) when used with 46 educable mentally retarded Ss (6-8 years old). (Author/SBH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation, Mild Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedFillman, Robyn D.; And Others – American Annals of the Deaf, 1987
A screening program for vision problems and Usher's Syndrome (a common cause of deaf-blindness) among 210 hearing-impaired students found 44 percent had significant vision problems and 1 percent had Usher's Syndrome. The program involved an interagency network of school, health care, and support personnel and utilized a dilated ophathalmological…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Deaf Blind, Elementary Secondary Education, Hearing Impairments
Langley, Beth; Dubose, Rebecca F. – New Outlook for the Blind, 1976
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Multiple Disabilities, Screening Tests, Severe Disabilities
Fonda, Gerald; and others – Sight Saving Rev, 1969
Paper presented at the American Association of Workers for the Blind (Chicago, Illinois, July 23, 1969).
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Employment Experience, Exceptional Child Research, Followup Studies
