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 2025 Volume 70 Issue 4 Study (Authors, Year) Design Participants Study Aims Key Results Lieberman, Stuart, Hand, Robinson (2006) Mixed Methods N=14 (ages 10– 12; Females=8; Males=6; M=11.6, SD=1.7) Assess steps taken during sports camp using talking pedometer. Pre-camp steps below recommended levels; during camp, steps met/exceeded recommendations. Pedometer perceived as motivating and useful. Perreault, Haibach- Beach, Foster, Lieberman (2020) Correlational N=37 (ages 3–16; Females=20; Males=17; M=9.6, SD=3.7) Measure locomotor, control skills, and balance in youth with CHARGE. TGMD-2: best locomotor = slide, jump, run; best object control = kick, throw. Balance tests correlated strongly with motor skills. Age of walking negatively correlated with anticipatory control, sensory orientation, reactive postural control, running, and throwing. Perreault, Haibach- Beach, Lieberman, Foster (2021) Descriptive N=71 (33 with CHARGE, M=6.75, SD=2.57; 38 controls, M=6.97, SD=2.27) Compare locomotor and ball skills in youth with vs. without CHARGE. Controls performed significantly better on all 13 skills, especially hop, underhand roll, skip. Controls walked earlier (12.52 months vs. 36.71 months). No gender differences. Lieberman, Perreault, Beach (2025) Descriptive N=14 (Females=10; Males=4; M=15.0, SD=3.5) Identify barriers to physical activity in youth with CHARGE syndrome. Youth reported personal, social, and environmental barriers limiting participation. the ten studies. The range of the median ages was 2.34 years to 15.5 years. The inclusion criteria state that the participants had to be 21 years old or younger. Only one study included a participant who was above 21 years old and, therefore, was excluded from the data pool. Of the 438 participants in this review, 206 did not have deafblindness. The remaining 232 participants had various levels of deafblindness. Of the 232 participants, 87.5% (n=203) had CHARGE syndrome, 4.7% had Usher syndrome, and 7.8% (n=18) of the participants had some level of blindness and were hard of hearing. 99