"WHAT and HOW Does this Child See?" is a question that is asked each day by many professionals in early intervention and education about children with disabilities. This book attempts to help you structure your questions so that you can look for answers together with other members of your team. This book is a collection of questions and answers from lectures presented by Lea Hyvärinen, MD, PhD, FAAP, and Namita Jacob, PhD, in a number of countries. It is written for teachers and members of early intervention and rehabilitation teams of children with disabilities, but it also provides valuable information to ophthalmologists, optometrists, neurologists, pediatricians, psychologists, and research workers in early intervention and special education. Chapters include: Planning and Conducting Visual Functioning Assessments, Ocular Motor Functions, Visual Acuity, Contrast Sensitivity, Visual Field, Color Vision, Motion Perception, Visual Adaptation, and Visual Information Processing. Includes 238-page book and CD with book text and additional material and resources, including videos.
"WHAT and HOW Does this Child See?" is a question that is asked each day by many professionals in early intervention and education about children with disabilities. This book attempts to help you structure your questions so that you can look for answers together with other members of your team. This book is a collection of questions and answers from lectures presented by Lea Hyvärinen, MD, PhD, FAAP, and Namita Jacob, PhD, in a number of countries. It is written for teachers and members of early intervention and rehabilitation teams of children with disabilities, but it also provides valuable information to ophthalmologists, optometrists, neurologists, pediatricians, psychologists, and research workers in early intervention and special education. Chapters include: Planning and Conducting Visual Functioning Assessments, Ocular Motor Functions, Visual Acuity, Contrast Sensitivity, Visual Field, Color Vision, Motion Perception, Visual Adaptation, and Visual Information Processing. Includes 238-page book and CD with book text and additional material and resources, including videos.