Exam 13: Visual Disabilities: Low Vision and Blindness

Mr. Smith has two students with visual impairments in his honors English class. One student is legally blind and the second student has low vision. Mr. Smith wants to know what accommodations he can implement that will assist both students. The vision specialist suggests the following accommodation for all students with visual impairments EXCEPT ________.

Leona is a student with low vision. She uses vision as her primary method of learning. Leona's teachers talk to the vision specialist to get suggestions of accommodation that can be made for Leona. The vision specialist recommends all the following accommodations EXCEPT ________.

Mr. Vaugh, the teacher of the visually impaired (TVI), has been asked to give a presentation at the first faculty meeting of the year. Mr. Vaugh wants teachers to know the type of supports that he can provide as a TVI. All the following are supports that Mr. Vaugh can provide except ________.

All the following are advantages of specialized schools EXCEPT ________.

Crystal is a premature baby. She was born at 20 weeks and placed immediately in an incubator. Based on age of onset, Crystal is ________.

Rose has been identified as a student with a visual impairment. Now, the teacher wants to know how to accommodate Rose in the classroom. Rose's teacher consults with the teacher of the visually impaired (TVI). Describe two suggested accommodations offered by the TVI that the teacher can make for each of the following categories: students with low vision, students with blindness, and all students with visual impairments.

This stage of the career education process may be difficult for students with visual impairments, as training and practice in the expanded core curriculum may take up time during summer, weekends, and evenings. During this time their sighted peers are holding part-time jobs.

What percentage of children require special education services because of visual impairments?

This new medical technology can detect changes in eye fluid buildup for patients with glaucoma.

In this stage of the career education process, students with visual impairments may have gaps in their knowledge base that can be addressed by explicitly describing everyday sights, allowing students to tactilely explore job-related items, and explaining what might otherwise be considered common knowledge.

Bill is a six-year-old student with visual impairments. The teacher and his family have been concerned about Bill's social skills. The teacher has been recording observations of Bill during classroom interactions. The teacher noticed all the following indicators of Bill's social skills challenges EXCEPT ________.

What home-based instruction can support the gross motor development of infants with visual impairment?

Gretchen was in a car accident when she was 3 years old. Although she was in a car seat, she was hit in the face by the air bag. Consequently, Gretchen was left with a visual impairment. Based on age of onset, Gretchen is ________.

Recent research findings indicate that two predictors of post-school employment are: the ability to travel independently outside the home, use public transportation, and arrange train or plane trips; and ________.

Mrs. Green has just been notified that when school starts in the fall, she will have a legally blind student join her third-grade class. Mrs. Green has been discussing with the vision specialist how to make the classroom safe for the new student with a vision impairment. What suggestions did the vision specialist offer Mrs. Green concerning classroom safety?

Which of the following is the IDEA definition of visual impairment?

All the following are components of the expanded core curriculum for students who are blind, and some students with low vision, EXCEPT ________.

Rose's teacher suspects that she may have a vision problem. Describe the signs of vision problems that the teacher may see in the appearance of Rose's eyes, in her school work, and in her behavior and movement. Then identify the professional to whom Rose should be referred and explain why.

In 1821, this person opened the first U.S.A. school for students who are blind, the New England Asylum for the Blind.

Susan was seen by an eye specialist and was identified as having tunnel vision. This means that Susan ________.