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Bibliography - Understanding Childhood Visually Impairing Conditions
Books
Aitken, Stuart & Buultjens, Marianna
Vision for doing: assessing functional vision of
learners who are multiply disabled (Sensory Series No 2)
Moray House Publications, 1992
ISBN: 0901580392
Result of 4-year study based on research & in-service work from
schools, adult training centres etc. For all who work with young VI & multiply
disabled people. Sensory Series No 2.
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
Coakes, Roger & Sellors, Patrick Holmes
Outline of ophthalmology 2nd edition
Butterworth, 1995
ISBN: 0750617691
Corn, Anne L & Koenig, Alan J (Eds)
Foundations of low vision: clinical and functional
perspectives
AFB, 1996
ISBN: 0891289410
Crossman, Heather L
Cortical visual impairment: presentation, assessment
and management
North Rocks Press, 1992
Galloway, Nicholas R & Amoaku, Winfried M K
Common eye diseases and their management (2nd ed)
Springer-Verlag, 1999
ISBN: 1852330503
Hill, Eileen
Assessing the visually impaired: an annotated bibliography
of educational, vocational and psychological tests and procedures
University of Birmingham, 1994
Hubel, David H
Eye, brain and vision
Scientific American Library, 1995
ISBN: 0716760096
Hyvärinen, Lea & Lindstedt, Eva
Assessment of vision in children
SRF Tal & Punkt, 1981
Review of methodology with particular reference to the early identification
of visual impairments and the evaluation of visual function in children
with impaired vision and/or multiple handicaps.
Ighe, Siv
What you see and what you do not see: information
and assessment material for people with low vision
Siv Ighe, 1988
ISBN: 0952192101
Jacobson, Lena
Visual dysfunction and ocular signs associated with periventricular
leukomalacia in children born preterm
Karolinska Institutet, 1998
ISBN: 9162833251
Jose, Randall T (Ed)
Understanding low vision
AFB, 1989
ISBN: 0891281193
Presents the ideal model for a low vision service and discusses how
to effectively put the model into practice.
Khaw, A R & Elkington, P T
ABC of eyes (2nd edition)
BMJ Publishing Group, 1994
ISBN: 0727907662
McBride, Sheena
Patients talking: Hospital outpatient eye services
- the sight impaired user's view: a pilot study
RNIB, 2000
ISBN: 1858784530
Based on structured discussions with patients, friends and family in
focus groups nationwide.
Millodot, Michel & Laby, Daniel M
Dictionary of ophthalmology
Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002
ISBN: 0750647973
Illustrated guide to eye conditions and specialist terminology.
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
Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)
Taking the time: telling parents their child is
blind or partially sighted
RNIB, 1996
Report of the RNIB Parent Support Study investigating parents' experiences
of the help & support they received when learning that their child
was visually impaired.
Scottish Executive
Review of community eyecare services in Scotland: final
report
Scottish Executive, 2006
ISBN: 0755952979
Recommendations and report from a review of eyecare services in Scotland.
weblink
Scottish Executive
Review of eyecare services in Scotland: interim
report
Scottish Executive, 2005
ISBN: 0755948580
Review of services in Scotland relating to eye care, from opticians
to hospital ophthalmology departments.
weblink
Sense & NDCS
Vision care for your deaf child: information for
families
Sense, 2006
A guide for parents of deaf childen on the importance and use of eye
care services in the UK.
weblink
Taylor, Hugh R
Eye care for the community
Centre for Eye Research Australia, 2001
Looks at the eye care situation in Australia.
weblink
White, Glen
Glossary of terms related to vision and vision impairment
in children
RVIB, 2002
Dutton, Gordon
Visual problems in children with brain damage
Eye Contact Summer 1997, No 18, p13-14
Discusses the variety of visual problems that can occur in children
with damage to the brain.
Lennon, Julie; Harper, Robert; Biswas, Sus; Lloyd, Chris
Paediatric low-vision assessment and management in a specialist
clinic in the UK
British Journal of Visual Impairment May 2007, Vol 25 (2),
p103-119
A study of partially sighted children attending a low vision assessment
clinic in Manchester.
Masters, Anne
Planning for a sight test: my way
Focus June 1997, No 21, p1-8
Describes the challenges of giving eye tests to people with learning
difficulties.
McLaughlan, Barbara
Low vision services in the UK: a survey
NB Sept 2006 No 9, p23-25
Results from a survey of low vision service providers.
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.
Norowzian, Mary
Emotional impact of diagnosis
NB Oct 2006, No 10, p20-23
Looks at the role of eye health professionals supporting clients as
they come to terms with their diagnoses.
Understanding Visual Fields
Books
Crossman, Heather L
Cortical visual impairment: presentation, assessment and management
North Rocks Press, 1992
Hubel, David H
Eye, brain and vision
Scientific American Library, 1995
ISBN: 0716760096
Rowe, Fiona
Visual fields via the visual pathway
Blackwell, 2006
ISBN: 1405115254
Keeler
Amsler charts manual
Keeler, n.d.
Field of vision test
Hyvärinen, Lea
Extrafoveal fixation recorder
Precision Vision, n.d.
Cat No: 2553
Includes pad of test sheets, fixation target and instruction sheet
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.
Eskirovic, Branka
Importance of visual field for low vision definition, classification
and other aspects of low vision
Paper presented at International Council for Education of people
with Visual Impairment (ICEVI) European Conference, Cracow, Poland,
July 2000
weblink
Emphasises the importance of considering the visual field of people
with low vision.