Current Issues in the Education of Students with Visual Impairments
- 1st Edition, Volume 46 - May 19, 2014
- Editor: Deborah Hatton
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 2 0 0 3 9 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 2 0 0 4 9 - 4
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Request a sales quoteInternational Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities is an ongoing scholarly look at research into the causes, effects, classification systems, and syndromes of developmental disabilities. Contributors come from wide-ranging perspectives, including genetics, psychology, education, and other health and behavioral sciences.
The current volume, number 46, addresses current issues in the education of students with visual impairments. Topics covered include the expanded core curriculum for students with visual impairment; assistive technology; Braille reading comprehension; communication development; orientation and mobility issues, and more.
- Provides the most recent scholarly research in the study of developmental disabilities
- A vast range of perspectives is offered, and many topics are covered
- An excellent resource for academic researchers
- Series Preface
- Preface to Special Issue on Visual Impairment
- Chapter One: Advancing the Education of Students with Visual Impairments Through Evidence-Based Practices
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Education of Students with Visual Impairments
- 3 Advancing Evidence-Based Practices
- 4 Implications for the Future
- Chapter Two: Assistive Technology for Students with Visual Impairments: A Research Agenda
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Methods
- 3 Results
- 4 Discussion
- 5 Conclusion
- Chapter Three: Teaching Skill Acquisition to Individuals with Blindness: A Systematic Review of Response-Prompting Procedures
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Method
- 3 Results
- 4 Discussion
- Chapter Four: Communication Development of Children with Visual Impairment and Deafblindness: A Synthesis of Intervention Research
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Method
- 3 Results
- 4 Discussion
- 5 Conclusion
- Chapter Five: Unified English Braille in the United States: A Research Agenda for Transition and Instruction
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Method
- 3 Results
- 4 Discussion
- Chapter Six: Reading Comprehension for Braille Readers: An Empirical Framework for Research
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Method
- 3 Results
- 4 Discussion
- Chapter Seven: Three Areas of the Expanded Core Curriculum for Students with Visual Impairment: Research Priorities for Independent Living Skills, Self-Determination, and Social Interaction Skills
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Method
- 3 Results
- 4 Discussion
- 5 Research Priorities
- Chapter Eight: Orientation and Mobility for Students with Visual Impairments: Priorities for Research
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Background and Rationale for Review
- 3 Method
- 4 Results
- 5 Discussion
- Index
- Contents of Previous Volumes
- No. of pages: 328
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 46
- Published: May 19, 2014
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780124200395
- eBook ISBN: 9780124200494
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