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Bibliography - Visual Impairment Education

The Mainstream Journey

Transition and Employment for VI Students

Inclusive Curriculum (VI)

Bibliography – The Role of Vision in Learning

Books

Gregory, R L
Visual perception
Oxford University Press, 1973
ISBN: 0199141401
Series: Oxford Biology Readers; 40 A basic guide to visual perception.

Gregory, Richard L
Eye and brain: the psychology of seeing (5th ed)
Oxford University, 1998
ISBN: 9780198524120
An introduction to visual perception including: illusion, what babies see and how they learn to see, motion sensing, brain imaging techniques and vision & consciousness.

Kurtz, Lisa A
Visual perception problems in children with AD/HD, autism and other learning disabilities: a guide for parents and professionals
Jessica Kingsley, 2006
ISBN: 9781843108269
Looks at some of the visual problems that children who have ADHD, autism, etc, may experience, particularly the more subtle visual problems they may experience.

Marr, David
Vision: a computational investigation into the human representation and processing of visual information
W H Freeman, 1982
ISBN: 0716715678

Wade, Nicholas J & Swanston, Michael T
Visual perception: an introduction (2nd ed)
Psychology Press, 2001
ISBN: 1841692042 1841692034

Yantis, Stephen
Visual perception: essential readings
Psychology Press, 2001
ISBN: 0863775985
A collection of both classic and contemporary articles in visual perception.

Assessment Materials

Ann Arbor tracking program: Letter tracking: Book 1
Ann Arbor, 1975
ISBN: 0878797251
The program is designed to improve visual discrimination.

Ann Arbor tracking program: Sentence tracking
Ann Arbor, 1987
ISBN: 0878797483
The program is designed to improve visual discrimination, reading and word recognition.

Bernell Corporation
Visual discrimination and memory (Vision Tutor Home Training Series)
Bernell Corporation, 1990
Workbook to enhance visual perception skills.  Series: Vision Tutor Home Training Series

Kratoville, Betty Lou
Word tracking: high frequency words
Ann Arbor, 1993
ISBN: 0878798706
The program is designed to improve visual discrimination, reading and word recognition.

Kratoville, Betty Lou
Word tracking: limericks
Ann Arbor, 1989
ISBN: 0878798846
The program is designed to improve visual discrimination, reading and word recognition.

Northway, Nadia
Visual motor and perceptual skills therapy II: improve visual memory, visual discrimination, visual spatial skills and left, right reversals
Rainbow Readers, 2005
Exercises to help visual motor and perceptual skills, suitable for children aged 5 upwards.
http://www.rainbowreaders.co.uk/

Northway, Nadia
Visual motor and perceptual skills therapy: improve tracking, visual discrimination, visual spatial skills and left, right reversals
Rainbow Readers, 2005
Exercises to help visual motor and perceptual skills, suitable for children aged 5 upwards.
http://www.rainbowreaders.co.uk/

Articles

Cobb, Rory & Rooms, Margaret
Joined up reading: [finding the parallels between dyslexia and sight loss]
Insight Jul/Aug 2007, No 10, p27-29
Looks at key principles of classroom practice that work well for both children with visual impairments and children with dyslexia.

Dutton, Gordon
Children with visual processing disorders. Part 1: A different view: Field loss and seeing movement
Insight Mar/Apr 2006, No 2, p12-16
An ophthalmologist's approach to dealing with children who have a visual field loss due to brain damage including practical advice to enable children to make the best use of their sight.

Dutton, Gordon
Children with visual processing disorders. Part 2: difficulty seeing information in complex scenes
Insight May/June 2006, No 3, p21-24
An ophthalmologist's approach to helping children who find it difficult to pick out information from complex scenes due to cerebral visual impairment.

Dutton, Gordon
Children with visual processing disorders. Part 3: difficulties with attention and communication
Insight July/Aug 2006, No 4, p20-24
An ophthalmologist's approach to helping children who find it difficult to communicate and pay attention due to cerebral visual impairment.

Goodale, Mel & Milner, David
One brain: two visual systems
The Psychologist November 2006, Vol 19 (11), p660-663
Describes work examining the functions of the dorsal and ventral streams.

Kurtz, Lisa
Visual perception problems
Insight Jan/Feb 2007, No 7, p36-39 
A range of activities for promoting the development of functional vision and perceptual skills for children who have difficulty understanding and interpreting the information they see.

Samar VJ, Parasnis I
Dorsal stream deficits suggest hidden dyslexia among deaf poor readers: correlated evidence from reduced perceptual speed and elevated coherent motion detection thresholds
Brain and Cognition Aug 2005, Vol 58(3), p300-11
Prelingual deafness and developmental dyslexia have effects on reading acquisition. Therefore, standard reading assessment methods for diagnosing dyslexia are ineffective for use with deaf people.  This medical study looks at alternative assessment methods.

Swann, Karen
Low vision and dyslexia
Insight Jan/Feb 2008, No 13, p14-17
A mother describes her son's difficulties with reading due to a combination of low vision and dyslexic traits. (Followed by a brief article by a professional qualified in VI and dyslexia issues)