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International Symposium on Visually Handicapped Infants and Young Children: Birth to Seven (2nd, Aruba, 1987). 'The First Steps.' Proceedings = Simpasio Internacional sobre Ninos Visualmente Deficientes de Nacimiento hasta Siete Anos (2nd, Aruba, 1987). 'Los Primeros Pasos.'

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Title: International Symposium on Visually Handicapped Infants and Young Children: Birth to Seven (2nd, Aruba, 1987). 'The First Steps.' Proceedings = Simpasio Internacional sobre Ninos Visualmente Deficientes de Nacimiento hasta Siete Anos (2nd, Aruba, 1987). 'Los Primeros Pasos.'
Language: English
Authors: Palmer, Lillian, International Inst. for Visually Impaired, East Lansing, MI.
Availability: Blind Children's Fund, 230 Central St., Auburndale, MA 02166-2399 ($28.00 plus $3.00 postage).
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 304
Publication Date: 1987
Intended Audience: Practitioners; Parents
Document Type: Collected Works - Proceedings
Descriptors: Area Studies, Child Rearing, Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Development, Deaf Blind, Developing Nations, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Handicap Identification, Infants, Interaction, Intervention, Language Acquisition, Multiple Disabilities, Partial Vision, Peer Relationship, Play, Rehabilitation, Siblings, Teaching Methods, Visual Impairments, Visual Perception, Young Children
Abstract: This symposium focused on the special needs of visually handicapped infants and young children. Texts of 48 papers are presented, including keynote addresses by W. Aubrey Webson ("The First Steps") and Heather Hewitt ("First Steps--Parenting, Prevention and Programming"). Regional reports are provided for Japan, Bangladesh, the Middle East, the United States and Canada, Oceania, and Latin America. Other selected papers include: "Identifying Children with Visual Impairments--Parents, Nurses, Teachers May Contribute to the Assessment of Visual Functions" (Eva Lindstedt); "Problems of Using Assessment Instruments with Deaf-Blind Handicapped Infants and Young Children" (Frieda Spivack); "The Development of Reaching in Blind Children" (Ann Bigelow); "Early Interaction between Infants Born Blind and Their Parents" (Anette Ingsholt); "Visual Perception Performance of Visually Impaired Infants" (Kay Ferrell); "Pedagogical Methods and Materials Helping Severely Multihandicapped Blind Children To Develop" (Lilli Nielsen); "Sibling Parenting: Is This Part of the Answer?" (Susan Ruff); "A Correspondence Course for Parents of Preschool Visually Handicapped Children" (Ralph Peabody); "The Visually Handicapped Child: Early Intervention in Developing Countries" (Theo Pauw); "Facilitating Peer Interaction of a Multihandicapped Blind Preschooler" (Susan Workman); and "Play Behavior and Language as Indicators of Cognitive Development in Young Children with Low Vision" (Sandra Parsons). (JDD)
Entry Date: 1989
Accession Number: ED297513
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This symposium focused on the special needs of visually handicapped infants and young children. Texts of 48 papers are presented, including keynote addresses by W. Aubrey Webson ("The First Steps") and Heather Hewitt ("First Steps--Parenting, Prevention and Programming"). Regional reports are provided for Japan, Bangladesh, the Middle East, the United States and Canada, Oceania, and Latin America. Other selected papers include: "Identifying Children with Visual Impairments--Parents, Nurses, Teachers May Contribute to the Assessment of Visual Functions" (Eva Lindstedt); "Problems of Using Assessment Instruments with Deaf-Blind Handicapped Infants and Young Children" (Frieda Spivack); "The Development of Reaching in Blind Children" (Ann Bigelow); "Early Interaction between Infants Born Blind and Their Parents" (Anette Ingsholt); "Visual Perception Performance of Visually Impaired Infants" (Kay Ferrell); "Pedagogical Methods and Materials Helping Severely Multihandicapped Blind Children To Develop" (Lilli Nielsen); "Sibling Parenting: Is This Part of the Answer?" (Susan Ruff); "A Correspondence Course for Parents of Preschool Visually Handicapped Children" (Ralph Peabody); "The Visually Handicapped Child: Early Intervention in Developing Countries" (Theo Pauw); "Facilitating Peer Interaction of a Multihandicapped Blind Preschooler" (Susan Workman); and "Play Behavior and Language as Indicators of Cognitive Development in Young Children with Low Vision" (Sandra Parsons). (JDD)