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Download full textWoosley, Terry; And Others – 1985
Three volumes contain the results of a projejct to develop an evaluation procedure and training program for young adults and adults with hearing impairments, visual impairments, or multiple handicaps. Four major components are included: (1) the National Independent Living Skills Screening Instrument, The National Independent Living Skills…
Descriptors: Blindness, Curriculum Guides, Daily Living Skills, Deafness
Henkind, Paul; Suarez, Michael F. – Sight-Saving Review, 1974
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged, Exceptional Child Services
World Health Organization, Geneva (Switzerland). – 1980
The manual contains three classifications (impairments, disabilities, and handicaps), each relating to a different plane of experience consequent upon disease. Section 1 attempts to clarify the nature of health related experiences by addressing reponse to acute and chronic illness; the unifying framework for classification (principle events in the…
Descriptors: Classification, Communication Disorders, Definitions, Disabilities
Peabody, Ralph L. – 1979
A 3 year project was initiated to develop, implement, and evaluate a program for training personnel to work with visually handicapped/multiply handicapped children. The ecological systems model proposed by N. Hobbs was examined as the primary consideration in the development of the program. Teachers under the project were prepared for roles which…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Demonstration Programs, Ecology, Higher Education
Sunland Training Center, Gainesville, FL. – 1964
PHILOSOPHY, GOALS, AND DESCRIPTION OF RESIDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM ARE PRESENTED. ACTIVITIES ARE OUTLINED FOR BEGINNERS, INTERMEDIATES, ADULT MEN, AND ADULT WOMEN IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS--(1) PERCEPTION DEVELOPMENT, (2) COMMUNICATION AND EXPRESSION SKILLS, (3) MOTOR SKILLS, (4) NUMBER CONCEPTS, (5) PERSONAL HEALTH AND GROOMING SKILLS,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Blindness, Children
Harley, Randall K.; And Others – 1978
The report details the project to develop programed instruction (in which each lesson is programed in small sequential steps) in visual orientation and mobility for multi-impaired low vision children (from preschool age to early adulthood). An introductory section reviews literature showing a need for orientation and mobility instruction; and…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Exceptional Child Research, Field Studies, Instructional Materials
Council for Exceptional Children, Arlington, VA. – 1968
Presentations on the visually handicapped include the following: curriculum for teachers of the visually handicapped by Evelyn Rex; a preparatory college program for visually impaired students by Walter Fitzgibbon; prevocational planning and rehabilitation for the visually handicapped by Mary Bauman; New Jersey's organization, cooperation and…
Descriptors: Abstracts, College Preparation, Conference Reports, Cooperative Programs
Boston Center for Blind Children, MA. – 1974
The Boston Center for Blind Children has prepared an annotated bibliography of pamphlets intended to be useful to persons working with multiply-handicapped, visually-impaired individuals. The pamphlets are organized under the following categories (number of entries in each category is listed in parentheses): bibliographies (4), epilepsy (4), facts…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Blindness, Class Activities, Community Services
Jones, Lloyd – 1972
The final report of the Garden Grove unified school district project for 1969 through 1972 (funded through Title III) involving six multiply handicapped, legally blind children, 7- to 10-years-old, who were previously excluded from special education (SE) classes is presented. Described as the main procedural objective is development of a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Objectives, Elementary School Students, Exceptional Child Education
Zimmermann, Sally-Anne – 1998
This booklet provides suggestions and techniques to promote and enhance the music education of British children who have visual impairments. The following issues are addressed: (1) recognizing early signs of interest; (2) choosing an instrument; (3) choosing a teacher; (4) getting started; (5) providing lessons; (6) practicing; (7) signs of…
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedMcLinden, Mike – British Journal of Special Education, 1995
The Progressive Tactile Timetable was developed to enable pupils with visual impairments and severe learning difficulties to progress from use of concrete symbols (objects of reference) to the abstract tactile Moon code (a simplified raised line version of the Roman print alphabet). A case study illustrates its application with an adolescent with…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Communication Skills, Decoding (Reading), Downs Syndrome
Peer reviewedRogow, Sally M. – RE:view, 1992
The development of visual perception skills in children with partial vision as well as developmental disabilities is considered. A model of visual learning is offered which incorporates the role of visual experience, movement, and visual learning. Specific teaching suggestions for developing visual attention and visual search skills are offered.…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Learning Activities, Models, Multiple Disabilities
Peer reviewedJeppsson-Grassman, E. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1993
In a long-term study of 14 adults with visual impairments, 11 of whom had diabetes, the concept of "the short life" emerged as a prevalent theme important for understanding the changing priorities, adaptive strategies, and general life planning of the participants, many of whose lives were marked by gradually deteriorating health and…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adults, Attitudes, Chronic Illness
Peer reviewedMancil, Rickilyn; Manuel, Stephanie; Siffermann, Eileen; Blasch, Bruce B. – RE:view, 1998
A survey of orientation and mobility specialists (N=26) was conducted to determine the mobility devices currently being used with visually impaired and elderly clients. These results were then used to design and develop an effective, commercially manufacturable adaptive-mobility device prototype which was tested with elderly individuals, multiply…
Descriptors: Adults, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Blindness, Children
Peer reviewedTroster, Heinrich – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2001
This study found that 51 mothers of children (aged 8-87 months) with visual impairments experienced more stress than did 47 mothers of typical children, particularly in areas involving the children's behavior and when the children had multiple disabilities. The major resource for the families was the availability of social support. (Contains…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Coping, Infants, Mothers
