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| New Outlook for the Blind | 151 |
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Brown, Charles E. – New Outlook for the Blind, 1974
Recommended to administrators of social welfare agencies serving the blind is use of the United Way of America's Services Identification System as an effective tool for program definition and measurement. (LH)
Descriptors: Accountability, Administration, Agencies, Blindness
Gottesman, Milton – New Outlook for the Blind, 1976
Two studies using the concepts and research techniques of J. Piaget were conducted to compare cognitive processes in 45 blind children (2-to-12-years-old) and a random sample of sighted children. (SB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Blindness, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Fluharty, William; And Others – New Outlook for the Blind, 1976
Anxiety is defined, along with a contrasting definition of fear, and is discussed in terms of the blind student as a frequent concomitant of an instructional situation. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Blindness, Exceptional Child Education, Student Teacher Relationship
Boe, Eric N.; Zubrycki, Theodore H. – New Outlook for the Blind, 1976
Two blind adult males, both of whom were labeled mentally retarded and institutionalized for 34 years, were able to achieve a level of independence enabling them to integrate into society through orientation and mobility training and guide dog training. (IM)
Descriptors: Adults, Blindness, Case Studies, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled)
Connor, Gordon B.; Muldoon, John F. – New Outlook for the Blind, 1973
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Age Differences, Blindness, Educational Needs
Rossi, Peter, Jr.; Marotta, Michael – New Outlook for the Blind, 1974
Descriptors: Agencies, Blindness, Exceptional Child Education, Job Placement
Zadnik, Donna – New Outlook for the Blind, 1973
Descriptors: Agency Role, Blindness, Child Abuse, Exceptional Child Services
Kidwell, Ann Middleton; Greer, Peter Swartz – New Outlook for the Blind, 1972
Reported were the research, design and production of a sophisticated, challenging tactual mobility map (of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Campus) for highly motivated and mobile blind users. (GW)
Descriptors: Blindness, Exceptional Child Research, Map Skills, Mobility Aids
Kenmore, Jeanne R. – New Outlook for the Blind, 1973
The article, based on a speech given to a biennial conference of agencies and schools for the blind in France, discusses the roles of governments and schools in providing job training and job opportunities for blind persons. (GW)
Descriptors: Blindness, Employment, Employment Opportunities, Exceptional Child Education
Selvin, Hanan C. – New Outlook for the Blind, 1976
The author, a professional sociologist who lost his sight, provides practical advice and information to people who are becoming blind or who have recently become blind, and others who know or work with blind persons. (Author/IM)
Descriptors: Agencies, Blindness, Guidelines, Low Vision Aids
Eaglestein, A. Solomon – New Outlook for the Blind, 1975
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blindness, Exceptional Child Research, Foreign Countries
Fuller, Gloria J.; And Others – New Outlook for the Blind, 1975
A study involving five blind students (17-19 years old) was conducted to develop taped instructions for use in teaching food preparation skills. (SB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blindness, Cooking Instruction, Exceptional Child Education
Welsh, Richard L.; Blasch, Bruce B. – New Outlook for the Blind, 1974
Descriptors: Blindness, Exceptional Child Education, Labor Needs, Professional Education
Yoder, Norman M. – New Outlook for the Blind, 1975
Descriptors: Adults, Blindness, Community Resources, Daily Living Skills
Clark, Leslie L. – New Outlook for the Blind, 1975
An overview of the past, present, and future of research and development (R and D) related to severely visually impaired persons covers the following subjects: documentation, creation of an armamentarium of aids (including both ordinary and highly sophisticated devices), the financing of R and D, the problem of technology transfer, dealing with…
Descriptors: Blindness, Financial Policy, Mobility Aids, Research Needs
