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 pathologists may make modifications of visually based assessments, but this decreases spontaneity of speech and complicates direct comparison with the assessment's norm sample. For these reasons, an auditory cue-based assessment would be a step forward for assessment, research, and thereby evidence-based methods. In addition, this assessment would be accessible to children of all sight levels, increasing the likelihood of more refined research of developmental patterns and treatment methods in all children. While the results of this pilot study need to be replicated in larger numbers and with expanded demographics, these early results are a positive step towards improved assessment methods for children with VI.

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