A Toledo, Ohio, private agency has provided vision screening services for preschool and school age children, adults, and the elderly. This cost effective screening and sight conservation program involves both volunteers and professionals and screened 30,150 people in 1985 at a cost of $1.50 per individual. (DB)

A simulation of the decreased visual acuity of individuals with amblyopia is used in one optometry program to help students understand how amblyopia patients see. Students act as patient, then as doctor, proceeding through clinical diagnosis. (MSE)

A visually impaired high schooler learned a series of operator call tasks in the real work environment as part of a community-based, secondary vocational training program. Over a five-month period the student maintained and generalized 10 different telephone calls at high rates of performance. Performance on live telephone call tasks was also high…

A new image magnifier system that enlarges color picture images for visually impaired children consists of home video components following the closed-circuit television model. The technique seems especially effective in enriching visual experience of children with severely impaired vision and bridging the interest development gap between picture…

The University of Texas at Austin has developed a modular tactual map of the campus and outlying areas to aid visually impaired students. Construction information is summarized. (CL)

Retinitis Pigmentosa includes a number of inherited diseases which usually result in blindness. The disease is progressive in nature and begins with the deterioration of cells in the eye responsible for peripheral vision. As the condition worsens there is a gradual loss of peripheral vision and night blindness. Proper educational planning requires…

A weekend seminar provided by a county cooperative school program's vocational rehabilitation counselors for 21 visually impaired clients, aged 17 to 20, consisted of vocational information and suggestions on ways to manage transportation and socialization at the onset of a job. (MC)

The University of South Carolina used an educational television format for an introductory braille course to reach a population of teachers scattered throughout the state. Results indicated that this format is a viable alternative to oncampus sessions. (Author)

Contrast thresholds for sine-wave gratings of spatial frequencies of 2, 4, 12, and 16 cycles per degree were determined for normal and disabled readers at a range of stimulus durations. The differences in sensitivity pattern across spatial frequencies was greatest at stimulus durations approximately equal to fixation durations during reading.…

Explains the important role administrators have in providing opportunities for blind and partially sighted students. (JM)

The article describes the development and content of a comprehensive career education program for blind elementary and secondary students. Eight areas are explored in the program: job search skills, job behavior, hygiene and grooming, purchase habits, budgeting, banking, home management, and health care. (CL)

Twelve integration techniques, such as tracing shapes on paper, are described and suggestions for five activities (including materials needed, activity directions, implications, positioning, cautions, and adaptations) are provided. (For related material, see EJ 216 140 and EJ 216 239.) (PHR)

The article describes the process and activities of the outreach phase of the Model Vision Project (Tennessee) for multihandicapped and visually impaired children and youth. The project has two replication sites for the purpose of stimulating awareness and for which the model provides technical assistance. (PHR)

The article describes a program in Sweden in which visually handicapped students are integrated at a residential school's center of assessment, counseling, and training. (Author/CL)

Discusses the need to introduce dogs to elementary children with visual impairments and describes a program in Delaware that uses a curriculum that provides information about dogs, a video about dogs, and introduces children to the animals to help overcome fears or apprehension about dogs. (CR)