Visual impairment

Introduction Students with visual impairments need to study the same subjects within the core curriculum as their sighted peers, such as mathematics, language arts and history. However, individuals with visual impairments are unable to access the core curriculum on the same level because they lack visual skills that are responsible for casual learning. Without intentional and direct intervention by a highly specialized educator, students with visual impairments are at a disadvantage. In order for students to master the core curriculum and eventually become successful and independent adults, they need to learn a set of skills known as the expanded core curriculum. The expanded core curriculum is a set of deliberately taught skills that…

today. Lack of resources results in poor outcomes for students planning to go on to college, or planning to enter the workforce after high school (Rice, 2010). According to a journal article by Brenda Cavenaugh and J Martin Giesen students with visual impairments have a substantially lower rate of employment than their sighted peers (Cavenaugh & Giesen, 2012). Additionally, without certain basic skills students with a visual impairment will have difficulty with independence efforts. Factors…

Why or Why not? List the reasons that the assessment would or would not be appropriate for the child in your scenario. Do not focus only on age levels here. If the age level is or is not appropriate for your client, it may still not be appropriate for their dx or problems. Include this information in this column. The Test of Visual Perception Skills – 3rd ed. is an appropriate assessment for the client. The client needs to be evaluated in the area of visual-motor skills to determine if he has a…

dual sensory impairment (paragraph 1, page 243).” What is dual sensory impairment, well it 's the impairment if both vision and hearing. It is most prevalent in adults older than 70 years. So most of the experimental research conducted, the participants where of age 70 years or older with vision impairment, vision loss or dual sensory impairment. There are several known causes for vision impairment such as glaucoma, cataracts, diabetic retinopathy, or age related physiologic and psychosocial…

The instructions and activities the teacher creates should be mostly visual and kinesthetic. When teaching directly teach the routines and structures of the classroom.” Provide an outline of what is to be learnt and focus on key concepts”. When possible the teachers should break the work into small achievable steps. During class if possible using other adults and students to help the student can be useful. The child might look up to some of their classmates and enjoy the task they are learning…

infants will be the main discussion in this paper. Speech perception is when language is spoken heard and understood. The level of comprehension of language is based on intellectual capacity, age, and experiences. The basics of speech start with sounds and breaking them down into manageable units (Goldstein, 2010). Infants start to develop taste, smell, touch, sight, and hearing all while still developing in the womb. Some senses are not fully developed upon birth but will continue to…

It is present in both the healthcare field and within employment. Research has been done over the years to understand and correct any problems that have arisen with this stigma. Results have been good and bad. With employment, visually impaired individuals have shown the competency to perform at most job sites with adequacy even though most people would assume they would fail. And then there is the healthcare field. This is an area of struggle for the visually impaired because I think that most…

When a person has low vision or a visual impairment they often need a support network that is composed of their family and friends. Most people instinctively agree to support their loved ones, but they may not truly understand the level of support that might be required. The article, Family Functioning and Low Vision: a systematic review, by Jennifer K. Bambara examines the issues faced by individuals with low vision and the family members that choose to support them. People with low vision are…

Onchocerciasis, or river blindness, is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) that can cause visual impairment and debilitating and disfiguring skin disease. It is the world’s second leading cause of blindness due to infection and the world’s fourth leading cause of preventable blindness. It is a parasitic disease, caused by a filarial worm, and is transmitted by repeated bites from infected blackflies. It is called river blindness because the infected blackflies breed in rapidly flowing streams;…

speaking beyond his scope” (VLR). Marla is talking about how her doctor was predicting the future for her. By telling Marla that she couldn’t do certain things that she could before, he was motivating her to do better. “ I remember becoming very angry. It kind of became the fire to motivate me” (VLR). She wanted to prove him wrong. Marla’s parents helped Marla overcome her disease by letting her try new things. “They were leaving the door open to just kind of go for it. They knew I might not…