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Making Eye Health a Population Health Imperative

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309439981
Total Pages : 587 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)

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Book Synopsis Making Eye Health a Population Health Imperative by : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Download or read book Making Eye Health a Population Health Imperative written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-01-15 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ability to see deeply affects how human beings perceive and interpret the world around them. For most people, eyesight is part of everyday communication, social activities, educational and professional pursuits, the care of others, and the maintenance of personal health, independence, and mobility. Functioning eyes and vision system can reduce an adult's risk of chronic health conditions, death, falls and injuries, social isolation, depression, and other psychological problems. In children, properly maintained eye and vision health contributes to a child's social development, academic achievement, and better health across the lifespan. The public generally recognizes its reliance on sight and fears its loss, but emphasis on eye and vision health, in general, has not been integrated into daily life to the same extent as other health promotion activities, such as teeth brushing; hand washing; physical and mental exercise; and various injury prevention behaviors. A larger population health approach is needed to engage a wide range of stakeholders in coordinated efforts that can sustain the scope of behavior change. The shaping of socioeconomic environments can eventually lead to new social norms that promote eye and vision health. Making Eye Health a Population Health Imperative: Vision for Tomorrow proposes a new population-centered framework to guide action and coordination among various, and sometimes competing, stakeholders in pursuit of improved eye and vision health and health equity in the United States. Building on the momentum of previous public health efforts, this report also introduces a model for action that highlights different levels of prevention activities across a range of stakeholders and provides specific examples of how population health strategies can be translated into cohesive areas for action at federal, state, and local levels.

Cortical Visual Impairment

Author : Christine Roman-Lantzy
Publisher : American Foundation for the Blind
ISBN 13 : 0891288295
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (912 download)

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Book Synopsis Cortical Visual Impairment by : Christine Roman-Lantzy

Download or read book Cortical Visual Impairment written by Christine Roman-Lantzy and published by American Foundation for the Blind. This book was released on 2007 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The current leading cause of visual impairment among children is not a disease or condition of the eyes, but cortical visual impairment (CVI)-also known as cerebral visual impairment-in which visual dysfunction is caused by damage or injury to the brain. The definition, nature, and treatment of CVI are the focus of great concern and widespread debate, and this complex condition poses challenges to professionals and families seeking to support the growth and development of visually impaired children. On the basis of more than 30 years' experience in working with hundreds of children of all ages with CVI, Christine Roman-Lantzy has developed a set of unique assessment tools and systematic, targeted principles whose use has helped children learn to use their vision more effectively. This one-of-a-kind resource provides readers with both a conceptual framework with which to understand working with CVI and concrete strategies to apply directly in their work.

Diversity and Visual Impairment

Author : Madeline Milian
Publisher : American Foundation for the Blind
ISBN 13 : 9780891283836
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (838 download)

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Book Synopsis Diversity and Visual Impairment by : Madeline Milian

Download or read book Diversity and Visual Impairment written by Madeline Milian and published by American Foundation for the Blind. This book was released on 2001 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses how cultural, social, and religious factors play an important role in the way an individual perceives and copes with a visual impairment, and how it can affect their self-esteem and social relationships.

Vision and the Brain

Author : Amanda Hall Lueck
Publisher : AFB Press
ISBN 13 : 9780891286394
Total Pages : 720 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (863 download)

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Book Synopsis Vision and the Brain by : Amanda Hall Lueck

Download or read book Vision and the Brain written by Amanda Hall Lueck and published by AFB Press. This book was released on 2015-04 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cerebral visual impairment (also known as cortical visual impairment, or CVI) has become the most common cause of visual impairment in children in the United States and the developed world. Vision and the Brain is a unique and comprehensive sourcebook geared especially to professionals in the field of visual impairment, educators, and families who need to know more about the causes and types of CVI and the best practices for working with affected children. Expert contributors from many countries represent education, occupational therapy, orientation and mobility, ophthalmology, optometry, neuropsychology, psychology, and vision science, and include parents of children with CVI. The book provides an in-depth guide to current knowledge about brain-related vision loss in an accessible form to enable readers to recognize, understand, and assess the behavioral manifestations of damage to the visual brain and develop effective interventions based on identification of the spectrum of individual needs. Chapters are designed to help those working with children with CVI ascertain the nature and degree of visual impairment in each child, so that they can "see" and appreciate the world through the child's eyes and ensure that every child is served appropriately.

Visual Impairment in Children due to Damage to the Brain

Author : Gordon Dutton
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1898683867
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (986 download)

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Book Synopsis Visual Impairment in Children due to Damage to the Brain by : Gordon Dutton

Download or read book Visual Impairment in Children due to Damage to the Brain written by Gordon Dutton and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clinics in Developmental Medicine No.186 The increased awareness of cerebral visual impairment in children, combined with improved recognition of its wide ranging manifestations, has led to its recognition as the most common cause of visual impairment in children in the developed world. Yet the subject is in its infancy, with very little published to date. Information on this complex topic has been needed by all disciplines working with disabled children for many years. This ambitious book links the work of authors from many of the major research teams in this field, who have made significant contributions to the literature on the subject of cerebral visual impairment and provide a structured amalgam of the viewpoints of different specialists. The book contains some very novel concepts, which will be of great practical value to those who care for children with visual impairment due to brain injury. Summaries of the more specialist chapters as well as clear diagrams and a glossary have been provided to increase the book’s accessibility to a broader readership. This is an exciting and important field, to which this book makes a major contribution.

College Bound

Author : Ellen Trief
Publisher : American Foundation for the Blind
ISBN 13 : 9780891288039
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (88 download)

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Book Synopsis College Bound by : Ellen Trief

Download or read book College Bound written by Ellen Trief and published by American Foundation for the Blind. This book was released on 2005 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The transition from high school to college is a significant turning point in a student's life, and this easy-to-read guide gives students the tools they need to select and apply to college and move forward with skill and confidence. Everything a student needs to know is included, from developing organizational, note-taking, test-taking, and study skills to managing living space, student-teacher relationships, social and academic life, and extracurricular and leisure time activities is included.

Essential Elements in Early Intervention: Visual Impairment and Multiple Disabilities, Second Edition

Author : Deborah Chen
Publisher : American Foundation for the Blind
ISBN 13 : 0891284885
Total Pages : 671 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (912 download)

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Book Synopsis Essential Elements in Early Intervention: Visual Impairment and Multiple Disabilities, Second Edition by : Deborah Chen

Download or read book Essential Elements in Early Intervention: Visual Impairment and Multiple Disabilities, Second Edition written by Deborah Chen and published by American Foundation for the Blind. This book was released on 2014-01-17 with total page 671 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essential Elements in Early Intervention is a complete sourcebooks and guide for early interventionists, teachers of students with visual impairments, and other professionals who work with young children with visual impairments, dual sensory impairments, and multiple disabilities. It includes comprehensive information on vision and hearing examinations, functional vision and hearing assessments, and effective methods of providing early intervention services. The new edition includes expanded, updated information on federal special education legislation, best practices in early intervention, evidence-based outcomes, and the role of the early interventionist, as well as strategies for working with families and educational teams successfully.

Autism Spectrum Disorders and Visual Impairment

Author : Marilyn H. Gense
Publisher : American Foundation for the Blind
ISBN 13 : 9780891288800
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (888 download)

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Book Synopsis Autism Spectrum Disorders and Visual Impairment by : Marilyn H. Gense

Download or read book Autism Spectrum Disorders and Visual Impairment written by Marilyn H. Gense and published by American Foundation for the Blind. This book was released on 2005 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a child with an autism spectrum disorder is also visually impaired, the effects on learning and behavior and complex and varied. Two exceptional educators condense their years of personal and professional experience into a one-of-a-kind handbook of effective ways to work with such students, including suggestions and approaches for assessment, instruction, and program planning; forms and tools for capturing vital information; information on assessment instruments, instructional materials, and web sites rich in important advice. Professionals and educators, as well as parents, will find critical guiding principles and valuable strategies.

Visual Impairments

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309083486
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis Visual Impairments by : National Research Council

Download or read book Visual Impairments written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-08-17 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When children and adults apply for disability benefits and claim that a visual impairment has limited their ability to function, the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) is required to determine their eligibility. To ensure that these determinations are made fairly and consistently, SSA has developed criteria for eligibility and a process for assessing each claimant against the criteria. Visual Impairments: Determining Eligibility for Social Security Benefits examines SSA's methods of determining disability for people with visual impairments, recommends changes that could be made now to improve the process and the outcomes, and identifies research needed to develop improved methods for the future. The report assesses tests of visual function, including visual acuity and visual fields whether visual impairments could be measured directly through visual task performance or other means of assessing disability. These other means include job analysis databases, which include information on the importance of vision to job tasks or skills, and measures of health-related quality of life, which take a person-centered approach to assessing visual function testing of infants and children, which differs in important ways from standard adult tests.

The Routledge Handbook of Visual Impairment

Author : John Ravenscroft
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351618792
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)

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Book Synopsis The Routledge Handbook of Visual Impairment by : John Ravenscroft

Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Visual Impairment written by John Ravenscroft and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Visual Impairment examines current debates as well as cross-examining traditionally held beliefs around visual impairment. It provides a bridge between medical practice and social and cultural research drawing on authentic investigations. It is the intention of this Handbook to provide an opportunity to engage with academic researchers who wish to ensure a coherent and rigorous approach to research construction and reflection on visual impairment that is in collaboration with, but sometimes is beyond, the medical realm. This Handbook is divided into ten thematic areas in order to represent the wide range of debates and concepts within visual impairment. The ten themes include: cerebral visual impairment; education; sport and physical exercise; assistive technology; understanding the cultural aesthetics; socio-emotional and sexual aspects of visual impairment; orientation, mobility, habitation, and rehabilitation; recent advances in "eye" research and sensory substitution devices; ageing and adulthood. The 27 chapters that explore the social and cultural aspects of visual impairment can be taken and used in a variety of different ways in order to promote research and generate debate among practitioners and scholars who wish to use this resource to inform their practice in supporting and developing positive outcomes for all.

Teaching Pupils with Visual Impairment

Author : Ruth Salisbury
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135395667
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (353 download)

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Book Synopsis Teaching Pupils with Visual Impairment by : Ruth Salisbury

Download or read book Teaching Pupils with Visual Impairment written by Ruth Salisbury and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-08-07 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bursting with practical advice, suggestions and handy tips, providing readers with a positive starting point for sharing ideas and good practice, this is a key practical guide to making learning accessible for primary and secondary school pupils with visual impairment. This user-friendly book shows how, with appropriate support, pupils with visual impairment in mainstream schools can have as rewarding an experience of education as their sighted peers. The majority of contributors are qualified teachers for visual impairment, with many years' experience working with pupils in a variety of settings. Covering the curriculum and each subject area in detail, Teaching Pupils with Visual Impairment includes guidance on: activities within and outside the classroom making the school's physical environment accessible inclusion within the school's social environment. Teachers and support staff will have immediate access to a wealth of ideas, supported by invaluable resources on the accompanying CD/website, including a complete electronic version of the book in large print, allowing older pupils to take a more active role in the learning process.

When You Have a Visually Impaired Student in Your Classroom

Author : Joanne Russotti
Publisher : American Foundation for the Blind
ISBN 13 : 9780891288947
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (889 download)

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Book Synopsis When You Have a Visually Impaired Student in Your Classroom by : Joanne Russotti

Download or read book When You Have a Visually Impaired Student in Your Classroom written by Joanne Russotti and published by American Foundation for the Blind. This book was released on 2004 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This easy-to-understand guide explains the role of paraeducators (sometimes called classroom aides, teaching assistants, or paraprofessionals) in working with students who are visually impaired and assisting other members of the educational team. When You Have a Visually Impaired Student in Your Classroom: A Guide for Paraeducators provides basic information about visual impairment, the learning needs of visually impaired students, and the special devices and materials they use. Includes easy-to-use forms to help organize information and tasks.

Physical Education and Sports for People with Visual Impairments and Deafblindness

Author : Lauren J. Lieberman
Publisher : American Foundation for the Blind
ISBN 13 : 0891284540
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (912 download)

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Book Synopsis Physical Education and Sports for People with Visual Impairments and Deafblindness by : Lauren J. Lieberman

Download or read book Physical Education and Sports for People with Visual Impairments and Deafblindness written by Lauren J. Lieberman and published by American Foundation for the Blind. This book was released on 2013 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From three prominent educators and athletes comes this important new sourcebook on teaching the skills that will enable both children and adults with visual impairments and deafblindness to participate in physical education, recreation, sports, and lifelong health and fitness activities.Physical Education and Sports for People with Visual Impairments and Deafblindness includes methods of modifying physical skills instruction; techniques for adapting sports and other physical activities; teaching methods and curriculum points for physical skills instruction throughout the lifespan; and information about sports and related activities, providing rules, adaptations, and information about competition options. It is an ideal manual for physical educators, adapted physical education specialists, teachers of students with visual impairments, orientation and mobility specialists, occupational and recreational therapists, and anyone else interested in sports and recreation for persons who are visually impaired or deafblind.

Cortical Visual Impairment

Author : Christine Roman-Lantzy
Publisher : APH Press
ISBN 13 : 9781616480073
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Book Synopsis Cortical Visual Impairment by : Christine Roman-Lantzy

Download or read book Cortical Visual Impairment written by Christine Roman-Lantzy and published by APH Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CVI: Advanced Principles examines the needs of students with Cortical Visual Impairment in areas such as literacy, social skills, and O&M. It also explores the requirements of students with CVI who have accompanying disabilities. The text looks at tasks performed and environments encountered by students in order to help them build visual skills.

Foundations of Low Vision

Author : Anne Lesley Corn
Publisher : American Foundation for the Blind
ISBN 13 : 089128883X
Total Pages : 984 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (912 download)

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Book Synopsis Foundations of Low Vision by : Anne Lesley Corn

Download or read book Foundations of Low Vision written by Anne Lesley Corn and published by American Foundation for the Blind. This book was released on 2010 with total page 984 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foundations of Low Vision: Clinical and Functional Perspectives, the ground-breaking text that highlighted the importance of focusing on the functional as well as the clinical implications of low vision, has been completely updated and expanded in this second edition. The revised edition goes even further in its presentation of how best to assess and support both children and adults with low vision and plan programs and services that optimize their functional vision and ability to lead productive and satisfying lives, based on individuals' actual abilities. Part 1, Personal and Professional Perspectives, provides the foundations of this approach, with chapters focused on the anatomy of the eye, medical causes of visual impairment, optics and low vision devices, and clinical low vision services, as well as psychological and social implications of low vision and the history of the field. Part 2 focuses on children and youths, providing detailed treatment of functional vision assessment, instruction, use of low vision devices, orientation and mobility, and assistive technology. Part 3 presents rehabilitation and employment issues for working-age adults and special considerations for older adults.

Itinerant Teaching

Author : Jean E. Olmstead
Publisher : American Foundation for the Blind
ISBN 13 : 9780891288787
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (887 download)

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Book Synopsis Itinerant Teaching by : Jean E. Olmstead

Download or read book Itinerant Teaching written by Jean E. Olmstead and published by American Foundation for the Blind. This book was released on 2005 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the practical advice from itinerant teachers within the US, each chapter develops strategies for working with students with visual impairments. It discusses the rights, expectations and demands of itinerant teaching, as well as the provision of services within a variety of environments.

Teaching Social Skills to Students with Visual Impairments

Author : Sharon Sacks
Publisher : American Foundation for the Blind
ISBN 13 : 9780891288824
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (888 download)

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Book Synopsis Teaching Social Skills to Students with Visual Impairments by : Sharon Sacks

Download or read book Teaching Social Skills to Students with Visual Impairments written by Sharon Sacks and published by American Foundation for the Blind. This book was released on 2006 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book expands upon the knowledge base and provides a compendium of intervention strategies to support and enhance the acquisition of social skills and children and youths with visual impairments ... Part 1 ... addresses social skills from a first-person perspective. The second part ... examines how theory seeks to explain social development and influences assessment and practice ... Part 3, ties personal perspectives and theory to actual practice. Finally, Part 4 ... offers numerous examples and models for teaching social skills to students who are blind or visually impaired, including those with additional disabling conditions."--Introduction.