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Peer reviewedCaccamise, Frank; And Others – American Annals of the Deaf, 1981
The paper stresses the significant role of vision in the general developmental and educational process for hearing impaired students with and without visual impairments. (Author)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Hearing Impairments, Vision, Visual Learning
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
Download full textERIC Clearinghouse on Handicapped and Gifted Children, Reston, VA. – 1981
This fact sheet defines vision, outlines the visual skills needed for school achievement (ocular motility, binocularity, eye-hand coordination skills, and visual form perception), and describes how visual problems are evaluated and treated. The fact sheet also lists clues to look for when a visual problem is suspected, including the appearance of…
Descriptors: Optometry, Vision, Visual Acuity, Visual Impairments
Peer reviewedForrest, Elliott B. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1981
The role of visual imagery is explored as an information processing strategy, and its relationship is counterpointed to the linguistic system. The importance of visual imagery as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool to aid both visual and nonvisual performance and learning problems is discussed. (Author)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Processes, Imagery, Learning Disabilities
American Optometric Association, St. Louis, MO. – 1985
The booklet provides an overview on vision therapy to aid writers, editors, and broadcasters help parents, teachers, older adults, and all consumers learn more about vision therapy. Following a description of vision therapy or vision training, information is provided on how and why vision therapy works. Additional sections address providers of…
Descriptors: Optometrists, Strabismus, Therapy, Vision
Peer reviewedGetman, G. N. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1981
The author reviews aspects of visual integration which should be assessed in students with suspected learning problems: visually directed and monitored movements, visual tactual integrations, visual auditory language integrations, and visual systems integrations. (CL)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Sensory Integration
Muste, Jean; Fellows, Rae R. – 1985
Intended for parents, the manual contains suggestions for play and games with visually impaired children. Parents are advised to tell the children what they are doing and using while engaged in activities, to increase their knowledge of the world and of themselves. Ideas span eight areas: body awareness (touching body parts while naming them);…
Descriptors: Body Image, Early Childhood Education, Eye Hand Coordination, Games
