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Students with Visual Impairment (What Are the Characteristics of…
Students with Visual Impairment
What Are Visual Impairments?
Most commonly accepted term for people with decreased vision, regardless of the severity of loss.
People with low vision have some vision but have difficulty accomplishing some typical visual tasks.
Blindness refers to having no vision or only light perception.
IDEA defines visual impairment, including blindness, to mean an impairment in vision that, even with correction, adversely affects a child's educational performance.
What Are the Characteristics of Individuals with Visual Impairments?
Cognitive: range and variety of experiences, differences in mobility, and differences in interaction with the environment.
Academic: Braille literacy, Print Literacy
Social and Emotional: students must often receive direct instruction on social interactions
Behavior characteristics: some stereotypic behaviors that have no apparent constructive functions.
How is Visual Impairment Identified?
Visual function assessment, learning media assessment
possible adaptations.
How do Learners with Visual Impairments Receive their Education?
Early childhood: often in the home
Elementary and Secondary: consultant model, itinerant services, resource model, or specialized school settings.
Transition: Coordinated efforts starting in preschools
What Are Recommended Educational Practices for Students with Visual Impairments?
Expanded core curriculum: addresses visual impairment in every lesson
Needs: Concrete Experiences, Unifying Experiences, Learning by Doing
What Are the Perspectives of Parents and Families?
Supportive, but parents have stresses about the future and about social interactions.
What Trends and Issues Are Affecting the Field of Visual Impairment?
Shortage of Personnel
Limited placement options