VIDBE-Q Volume 69 Issue 2
college students and future teachers of students with visual impairments with a
visual impairment.
Next, Katie Ericson, doctoral student, and Mackenzie Savaiano, Associate
Professor of Practice, from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, share their
research on the evaluation process for itinerant teachers of students with visual
impairments and orientation and mobility specialists.
The following article is by Paige Furbush, clinical instructor, Sarah Ivy,
associate professor, and Meridith Karppinen, Ph.D. student, from the University of
Utah. These authors share their research on the use of the Picture Exchange
Communication System (PECS) to examine whether PECS could be used to teach
students with visual impairment and additional disabilities to differentiate among
tangible symbols.
Then, Colleen Kickbush, Vision and Therapy Services Manager from Vision
Forward Association, provides information about using a functional vision
screening tool for early identification. The issue concludes with an article by Katie
Armstrong that she completed during her Ed.D. program in Leadership and
Innovation at Arizona State University. She shares her work from a single subject
study with three paraprofessionals to implement hand under hand instruction.
Take some time to read this issue and gain some new insights on work
happening in our DVIDB community.
