Division on Visual Impairments

VIDBE-Q 65.3 Summer 2020

A quarterly newsletter from the Council for Exceptional Children's Division on Visual Impairments containing practitioner tips for Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments, Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and other professionals.

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VIDBE-Q Volume 65 Issue 3 Methods Participants The University of South Dakota institutional review board approved this study and the researchers obtained informed consent from all participants. The study took place in the upper plains region of the United States. Thirteen students who received special education services related to VI at public schools or at schools for the blind and visually impaired (BVI) were recruited through referral sampling. The researchers utilized direct communication with professional contacts to seek children who met the inclusionary criteria of being school age (five through 18 years old). Students with severe intellectual disabilities, syndromic conditions, or autism were excluded because these children exhibit cognitive-linguistic deficits that uniquely impact speech development differently than neurotypical children (Shriberg et al., 1997). Eleven participants were Caucasian, one was Hispanic or Latino, and one was African American. Four were females and nine were males. Eight had low vision, three were legally blind, and two were totally blind. The participant demographics are presented in Table 1.

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