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Bibliography - VI medical

Causes of visual impairment and how they impact upon a child's education

Understanding Childhood Visually Impairing Conditions

Understanding Visual Fields

Devising strategies to optimise home and school life for children with visual impairment due to damage to the brain

Books

Bowman, Richard; Bowman, Ruth; Dutton, Gordon
Disorders of vision in children: a guide for teachers and carers
RNIB, 2001
ISBN 1858782139
Explains how disorders of visual function can impair visual performance under different circumstances and allows readers to determine how best to devise educational strategies.

Chapman, Elizabeth K; Tobin, Michael J; Tooze, F H; Moss, S
Look and think: a handbook for teachers
RNIB, 1989
ISBN 0901797502
Visual perception training for VI children (5-11). Contains information about procedures & materials for use at home & school to encourage young VI children to use their remaining vision more efficiently.

Cratty, Bryant J & Sams, Theresa A
Body-image of blind children
AFB, 1968
Research report on a project seeking to assess the extent and nature of visually impaired children's body-images.

Crossman, Heather L
Cortical visual impairment: presentation, assessment and management
North Rocks Press, 1992

Fielder, Alistair R; Best, Anthony B; Bax, Martin C O (Eds)
Management of visual impairment in childhood
Cambridge U P, 1993
ISBN 0521451507
A practical & theoretical guide aimed at all who are involved in the day-to-day management of children with VI.

Hubel, David H
Eye, brain and vision
Scientific American Library, 1995
ISBN 0716760096

Jacobson, Lena
Visual dysfunction and ocular signs associated with periventricular leukomalacia in children born preterm
Karolinska Institutet, 1998
ISBN 9162833251

Mangold, Sally S
Teachers' guide to the special educational needs of blind and visually handicapped children
AFB, 1982
ISBN 0891281088

Mason, Heather & McCall, Stephen (Eds)
Visual impairment: access to education for children and young people
David Fulton, 1997
ISBN 1853464120
A comprehensive guide including medical issues, education, curriculum, transition and multiple disabilities.

Mills, Anne E (Ed)
Language acquisition in the blind child : normal and deficient
Croom Helm, 1983
ISBN 0709917686
A collection of articles which discuss the impact of visual impairment on language acquisition and the study the role of vision in language.

Milner, A David & Goodale, Melvyn A
Visual brain in action
Oxford University Press, 1995
ISBN 0198524080
Series: Oxford Psychology series; No 27

Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)
Getting started: a guide to understanding your child's eye condition
RNIB, 1995
ISBN 1858780454
Valuable introduction to key services, offering parents a wealth of info about support from LEA & Health Authorities, social services, voluntary organisations & other parents. Series: Early Years

White, Glen
Glossary of terms related to vision and vision impairment in children
RVIB, 2002

Assessment Materials

James, Merle; Plant, Gordon T; Warrington, Elizabeth K
CORVIST: Cortical vision screening test
Thames Valley Test Company, 2001
ISBN 1874261717
Includes Manual and test materials book, viewing aperture and score sheets

Articles

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.

Lueck, Amanda Hall; Dornbusch, Helen; Hart, Jeri
Effects of training on a young child with cortical visual impairment: an exploratory study.
Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, Dec 1999, Vol 93(12), p778-93
This exploratory study investigated the effects of the components of visual environmental management, visual skills training, and visually dependent task training on the performance of visual behaviors of a toddler with multiple disabilities including cortical visual impairment. Training components were implemented by the mother during daily routines.

Morse, Mary
Teaching children with cortical visual impairment
Eye Contact, Summer 2001, No 30, p10-12
Discusses the characteristics of CVI and teaching strategies to help support pupils with this condition.

Morse, Mary T
Cortical visual impairment: some words of caution
RE:view, Spr 1999, Vol 31 (1), p21-26
Describes cortical visual impairment (CVI) as a complex condition that is not an eye condition but a brain condition. Cautions practitioners that children with CVI do not exhibit similar behaviors, that a single approach does not work for all children, and that treatment is a dynamic process.

Southwell, Catherine
"But what can they really see?"
Eye Contact, Summer 1998, No 21, p17-20
Functional vision assessments for children with multiple disabilities and their impact on learning.

Causes of visual impairment and how they impact upon a child's education

Books

Bowman, Richard; Bowman, Ruth; Dutton, Gordon
Disorders of vision in children: a guide for teachers and carers
RNIB, 2001
ISBN 1858782139
Explains how disorders of visual function can impair visual performance under different circumstances and allows readers to determine how best to devise educational strategies.

Cassin, Barbara
Dictionary of eye terminology (2nd edition)
Triad Publishing, 1990
ISBN 0937404330

Chapman, Elizabeth K; Tobin, Michael J; Tooze, F H; Moss, S
Look and think: a handbook for teachers
RNIB, 1989
ISBN 0901797502
Visual perception training for VI children (5-11). Contains information about procedures & materials for use at home & school to encourage young VI children to use their remaining vision more efficiently.

Coakes, Roger & Sellors, Patrick Holmes
Outline of ophthalmology 2nd edition
Butterworth, 1995
ISBN 0750617691

Cratty, Bryant J & Sams, Theresa A
Body-image of blind children
AFB, 1968
Research report on a project seeking to assess the extent and nature of visually impaired children's body-images.

Crossman, Heather L
Cortical visual impairment: presentation, assessment and management
North Rocks Press, 1992

Fielder, Alistair R; Best, Anthony B; Bax, Martin C O (Eds)
Management of visual impairment in childhood
Cambridge U P, 1993
ISBN 0521451507
A practical & theoretical guide aimed at all who are involved in the day-to-day management of children with VI.

Galloway, Nicholas R & Amoaku, Winfried M K
Common eye diseases and their management (2nd ed)
Springer-Verlag, 1999
ISBN 1852330503

Hubel, David H
Eye, brain and vision
Scientific American Library, 1995
ISBN 0716760096

Jacobson, Lena
Visual dysfunction and ocular signs associated with periventricular leukomalacia in children born preterm
Karolinska Institutet, 1998
ISBN 9162833251

Khaw, A R & Elkington, P T
ABC of eyes (2nd edition)
BMJ Publishing Group, 1994
ISBN 0727907662

Mangold, Sally S
Teachers' guide to the special educational needs of blind and visually handicapped children
AFB, 1982
ISBN 0891281088

Mason, Heather & McCall, Stephen (Eds)
Visual impairment: access to education for children and young people
David Fulton, 1997
ISBN 1853464120
A comprehensive guide including medical issues, education, curriculum, transition and multiple disabilities.

Millodot, Michel & Laby, Daniel M
Dictionary of ophthalmology
Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002
ISBN 0750647973
Illustrated guide to eye conditions and specialist terminology.

Mills, Anne E (Ed)
Language acquisition in the blind child : normal and deficient
Croom Helm, 1983
ISBN 0709917686
A collection of articles which discuss the impact of visual impairment on language acquisition and the study the role of vision in language.

Milner, A David & Goodale, Melvyn A
Visual brain in action
Oxford University Press, 1995
ISBN 0198524080
Series: Oxford Psychology series; No 27

Murray, Philip I & Fielder, Alistair R
Pocket book of ophthalmology
Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997
ISBN 0750623713

O'Neill, Damian
Perkins and Hansell's atlas of diseases of the eye
Churchill Livingstone, 1994
ISBN 0443048223

Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)
Getting started: a guide to understanding your child's eye condition
RNIB, 1995
ISBN 1858780454
Valuable introduction to key services, offering parents a wealth of info about support from LEA & Health Authorities, social services, voluntary organisations & other parents. Series: Early Years

White, Glen
Glossary of terms related to vision and vision impairment in children
RVIB, 2002

Articles

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.

Morse, Mary T
Cortical visual impairment: some words of caution
RE:view Spr 1999, Vol 31 (1), p21-26
Describes cortical visual impairment (CVI) as a complex condition that is not an eye condition but a brain condition. Cautions practitioners that children with CVI do not exhibit similar behaviors, that a single approach does not work for all children, and that treatment is a dynamic process.