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RECC Domain Results: 93 items found
Title	Author	Domain	Category	Problem?
'Orientation and Mobility'. Foundations of Education, 2nd Edition (Cost)	N. Griffin-Shirley, S. Trusty & R. Rickard	Assessment, O&M	Concept Development, Instructional Strategies, Sensory Training	Report a problem!
Description: Chapter devoted to explaining strategies for instructing orientation and mobility skills to visually impaired students.
'Specialized Assessments for Students with VI'. In Foundations of Education, 2nd Ed. (Cost)	Koenig, et al.	Assessment, Technology	Functional Vision Evaluation, Learning Media Assessment, Programming, Teaming	Report a problem!
Description: This chapter discusses the Functional Vision Evaluation, the Learning Media Assessment and the Assistive Technology Assessment for students with visual impairments.
'Students with VI and Additional Disabilities'. In Foundations of Education, 2nd Ed. (Cost)	J. N. Erin	Assessment, Deafblind, MIVI, O&M, Sensory Efficiency	Communication, Comprehensive Assessment, Curricula, Instructional Strategies, Routines, Transition/Future Planning	Report a problem!
Description: This chapter discusses the needs of children with visual impairments and additional impairments, intervention strategies and instructional techniques.
A Practical Guide for Teaching Self-Determination (Cost)	S. Field	Assessment, Self Determination	Instructional Planning, Instructional Strategies, Self-Advocacy and Leadership, Self-Awareness	Report a problem!
Description: This guide provides educators information on how to assess a student's self-determination skills, tips on instructing skills and promoting student involvement. (Not VI Specific)
A Selected List of Assessment Instruments and the Type of VI Student for Whom They Are Most Appropriate (in my humble opinion)	D. Mercer	Assessment	Comprehensive Assessment	Report a problem!
Description: Dr. Mercer gives her opinion on using 10 selected standardized tests on students with visual impairments.
A Teacher's Guide to the Special Educational Needs of Blind and Visually Handicapped Children (Cost)	Sally Mangold	Assessment, Deafblind, MIVI, Professional Resources, Science, Sensory Efficiency, Social Interaction, Social Studies	Concept Development, Functional Vision Evaluation, Instructional Strategies, Instructional Support, Learning Media Assessment, Sexuality, Teaching Advanced Mathematics, Teaching Mathematical Concepts	Report a problem!
Description: Designed for students who are between the ages of 6 and 22 who have visual impairments combined with other disabilities, such as hearing impairments or dual sensory impairments and/or severe developmental delays.
ACT (The American College Testing Program) Services for Students with Disabilities	N/A	Assessment, Career Education and Transition, Compensatory/Access, Math, Science	College, Family Resources, Transition/Future Planning	Report a problem!
Description: This site provides information on how to register for the ACT and obtain materials in the correct medium.
American Printing House for the Blind Instructional Products Catalog & Parts Catalog (APH Quota)	N/A	Arts, Assessment, Career Education and Transition, Compensatory/Access, Deafblind, Early Childhood, Family Resources, Independent Living, Math, MIVI, O&M, Physical Education, Professional Resources, Recreation and Leisure, Science, Self Determination, Sensory Efficiency, Social Interaction, Social Studies, Technology, Vision and Visual Impairments	Products	Report a problem!
Description: APH is the premiere vendor of materials used for instructing visually impaired students.(Many items available free of charge to local school districts through Texas quota funds.)
Assessment and Instructional Resources	N/A	Assessment	Comprehensive Assessment, Instructional Support	Report a problem!
Description: Lists of assessment tools used and recommended by teachers of visually impaired to evaluate student skills in all areas of the expanded core curriculum.
Assessment Kit: Kit of Informal Tools for Academic Students with Visual Impairments (Cost)	D. Sewell (Ed.)Â	Assessment, Career Education and Transition, Compensatory/Access, Early Childhood, Independent Living, Math, MIVI, Recreation and Leisure, Science, Self Determination, Sensory Efficiency, Social Interaction, Social Studies, Technology	Career Education, Choice and Decision Making, Family Resources, Functional Vision Evaluation, Instructional Aids/Materials, Instructional Strategies, Itinerant Issues, Job Descriptions, Learning Media Assessment, Low Vision Devices, Low Vision Solutions, Nemeth, Personal Control and Individual Performance, Resources, Scheduling, Self-Awareness, Sports/Games, Student Data, Teaching Advanced Mathematics, Teaching Mathematical Concepts, Writing Skills	Report a problem!
Description: This kit brings together informal checklists, suggestions for format; assessment materials that you may want to buy, informal reading inventories, and assessments of compensatory skill areas.
Assessment of Braille Literary Skills (ABLS) (Cost)	A. J. Koenig & C. Farrenkopf	Assessment, Compensatory/Access	Learning Media Assessment	Report a problem!
Description: This assessment provides teachers of students who are blind with a tool that provides meaningful assessment of braille literacy skills.
Assessment of Low Vision for Educational Purposes	L. Hyvarinen	Assessment	Functional Vision Evaluation, Vision Efficiency Skills	Report a problem!
Description: This on-line guide gives explanations of different assessments used with children and youth with low vision.
Assessment of Students With Visual Impairments: Sources For Assessment Materials	N. Bulla	Assessment	Comprehensive Assessment	Report a problem!
Description: This is a list of adaptable and adapted tests for visually impaired students and the location and publishing company of each.
Assessment Products from The American Printing House for the Blind (APH Quota)	N/A	Assessment, Math	Products	Report a problem!
Description: Tests that are available in braille are KeyMath, Brigance and Stanford Achievement Tests.
Assistive Technology For Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired: A Guide to Assessment (Cost)	I. Presley & F.M. D'Andrea	Assessment, Technology	Instructional Aids/Materials, Instructional Development, Instructional Planning, Instructional Strategies, Internet and Accessibility, Technology	Report a problem!
Description: Written by two experts in the field of blind education, this book provides instuctors information on how to perform AT assessments and how to evaluate tools for optimum student performance.
Braille Fundamentals (Cost)	J. Cleveland, N. Levack, D. Sewell & R. Toy	Assessment, Compensatory/Access	Beginning Reading, Curricula	Report a problem!
Description: Braille Fundamentals is a comprehensive program for teaching the Braille code. It is organized into 56 clusters of letters, numerals, contractions, short forms, punctuation and special signs, with specific clusters devoted to the reading and writing practice of previously learned contractions.
Braille Readiness Grid	A. McComskey	Assessment, Compensatory/Access, Early Childhood, Family Resources	Beginning Reading, Tactual Related, Tactual Sensitivities	Report a problem!
Description: Here is a grid showing the systematic learning progress of tactile skills in different areas of development.
Child-Guided Strategies for Assessing Children Who Are Deaf-Blind or Have Multiple Disabilities (Cost)	C. Nelson & J. van Dijk	Assessment, Deafblind, MIVI, Self Determination	Instructional Aids/Materials, Instructional Strategies	Report a problem!
Description: This interactive CD provides video clips of children with which the participant can perform assessments on and plan out intervention strategies. It also includes a bibliography of Van Dijk's literature.
College Board Services for Students with Disabilities	N/A	Assessment, Career Education and Transition, Family Resources	College, Parent Resources	Report a problem!
Description: This site provides information about the Advanced Placement (AP), PSAT/NMSQT, and SAT testing for the visually impaired.
Compendium of Instruments for Assessing Skills & Interests of Individuals with VI & MD	N/A	Assessment, MIVI	Comprehensive Assessment	Report a problem!
Description: This compendium is to be used as a resource of tests that can be used for assessment purposes with visual and multi-impaired children.
Comprehensive Assessment of Students with Visual Impairments: Suggestions for Assessment Personnel	N. Bulla & M. Loftin	Assessment	Comprehensive Assessment	Report a problem!
Description: These expert authors provide suggestions for the assessment staff in areas which may present concern while performing comprehensive assessments for students with visual impairments.
Comprehensive Assessment. In A. J. Koenig & M.C. Holbrook (Eds.) Foundations of Education, 2nd Ed. (Cost)	T. Heinze	Assessment	Comprehensive Assessment	Report a problem!
Description: This chapter discusses comprehensive assessment for students, modifications, appropriate tests and report writing.
Consultation Between VI and Assessment Staff	M. Loftin	Assessment	Comprehensive Assessment	Report a problem!
Description: Suggestions of topics for discussion when preparing for and assessing the student with visual impairment is given.
Critical Factors in Assessment of Students with Visual Impairments	M. Loftin	Assessment	Comprehensive Assessment	Report a problem!
Description: The author discusses the critical importance of assessment when planning an individualized educational program for a student.RE:view, 28(4), pp. 149-159.
Determining the Reading Medium for Students with Visual Impairments	A. Koenig, M. J. Sunscreen & M. C. Holbrook	Assessment, Professional Resources	CEC, Learning Media Assessment	Report a problem!
Description: Position Paper from the Division on Visual Impairments, Council For Exceptional Children supporting an individualized assessment to determine the most appropriate reading medium for students with visual impairments.
Developmental Assessment - The Role of the Teacher of the Visually Impaired/Deaf-Blind	T. Miller	Assessment, Deafblind, Early Childhood	Development, Instructional Planning	Report a problem!
Description: A very informative presentation explaining the importance of the role of the TVI/TDB in developmental assessment.
Developmental Visual Dysfunction: Models for Assessment and Management (Cost)	R. P. Ernhardt & G. Baune	Assessment, MIVI, Sensory Efficiency	Functional Vision Evaluation, Vision Efficiency Training, Visual Efficiency and Functioning	Report a problem!
Description: Ernhardt presents and compares four basic models for the management and remediation of visual problems in children with multiple impairments. These are medical, educational, developmental, and functional models. The book is intended to answer some of the questions therapists and transdisciplinary team members might have about visual deficits. Example goals and treatment programs are included.
EVALS: Evaluating Visually Impaired Students (Cost)	N/A	Assessment, Career Education and Transition, Compensatory/Access, Independent Living, Math, MIVI, O&M, Physical Education, Recreation and Leisure, Science, Self Determination, Sensory Efficiency, Social Interaction, Social Studies, Technology	Instructional Planning, Instructional Support, Program Planning, Signature Writing, Student Data, Tactile Graphics, Teaching Basic Number Facts and Operation, Teaching Mathematical Concepts, Vision Efficiency Training, Vocational Education Training, Writing Skills	Report a problem!
Description: 'Evaluation of students with VI is a complex, multi-faceted process of gathering info. using appropriate tools & techniques. Informal evaluation should be considered an essential supplement to the use of formal measures and published instruments. In order to determine curricular focus and plan effective instructional programming for students, the staff must know a student's levels of functioning in all areas of academic and unique need.'
Every Move Counts: Sensory-Based Communication Techniques (Cost)	Jane Edgar Korsten, Dixie K. Dunn, Teresa Vernon Foss & Mary Kay Francke	Assessment, Early Childhood, MIVI, Sensory Efficiency	Communication, Instructional Aids/Materials	Report a problem!
Description: This manual is designed to teach individuals unable to use formal language systems to communicate effectively through sensory-based strategies. (NOT VI SPECIFIC)
First Look: Vision Evaluation & Assessment for Infants, Toddlers & Preschoolers . . . (Cost)	B. Klingensmith, S. Smith & J. Swanson (Eds.)	Assessment, Early Childhood	Functional Vision Evaluation	Report a problem!
Description: This kit includes parent interview, observation page and definitions of skills watched for during the functional vision assessment of children birth through 5. Available through: Publications Division - Sales Office, CA Dept of Ed. PO Box 271 Sacramento, CA 95812-0271
FOCUSED On: Social Skills (Cost)	Karen Wolffe & Sharon Zell Sacks (Eds.)	Assessment, Self Determination, Social Interaction	Adolescents, Curricula, Self-Awareness	Report a problem!
Description: Series of video and print materials for helping youngsters who are visually impaired develop essential social skills. They are clustered for different age groups.
Foundations of Braille Literacy (Cost)	E. J. Rex, J. Koenig, D. P. Wormsley & R. L. Baker	Assessment, Compensatory/Access	Curricula, Instructional Strategies	Report a problem!
Description: This book looks at what we know about braille as a medium for literacy, the ways in which we teach and assess braille reading and writing, and the needs that should be addressed in the future.
Foundations of Low Vision: Clinical and Functional Perspectives, 2nd. Edition (Cost)	A. Corn & J. Erin, Eds.	Assessment, Sensory Efficiency, Vision and Visual Impairments	Instructional Strategies, Low Vision, Low Vision Device Training, Low Vision Devices, Low Vision Solutions, Program Planning, Vision Efficiency Skills, Vision Efficiency Training, Visual Efficiency and Functioning	Report a problem!
Description: The editors of this book discuss thoroughly assessment and support for persons with low vision of all ages.
Foundations of Orientation and Mobility (Cost)	R. L. Welsh & B. B. Blasch (Eds.)	Assessment, O&M	Low Vision Device Training, Low Vision Devices, Resources	Report a problem!
Description: This book is a presentation of the origins, history and present sate of orientation and mobility. This text is an effort to express in one volume much of the background information considered relative to mobility training along with how this information is useful to mobility specialists.
Fred's Head Blog	N/A	Arts, Assessment, Career Education and Transition, Compensatory/Access, Deafblind, Early Childhood, Family Resources, Independent Living, Math, MIVI, O&M, Physical Education, Professional Resources, Recreation and Leisure, Science, Self Determination, Sensory Efficiency, Social Interaction, Social Studies, Technology, Vision and Visual Impairments	Instructional Support, Training and Tutorials	Report a problem!
Description: This website provides tips, tutorials, articles, and information for those who are visually impaired and those who work with them.
Functional Auditory Performance Indicators (FAPI)	N/A	Assessment, Deafblind, Sensory Efficiency	Hearing Related	Report a problem!
Description: The Functional Auditory Performance Indicators (FAPI) assesses the functional auditory skills of children with hearing loss. It can be used by parents, therapists, early interventionists, and teachers. The profile lists auditory skills in an integrated hierarchical order. There are seven categories.
Functional Skills Screening Inventory (FSSI) (Cost)	H. Becker, S. Schur, M. Paoletti-Schelp & E. Hammer	Assessment, Career Education and Transition, MIVI, Self Determination	Curricula, Functional Skills, Instructional Aids/Materials	Report a problem!
Description: The FSSI assesses critical living and working skills in persons with moderate to severe impairments.
Guidelines for Documenting LD/VI	M. Loftin	Assessment	Comprehensive Assessment	Report a problem!
Description: Suggestions from a diagnostician and LSSP on the topic of students qualifying as Learning Disabled and Visually Impaired.
HELP (Hawaii Early Learning Profile) (Cost)	N/A	Assessment, Early Childhood, MIVI	Development, Development of Vision, Development-Communication	Report a problem!
Description: A family-centered, curriculum-based assessment for use with children 0-3 in age. HELP is a non-standardized assessment used for identifying needs and tracking growth and development. (NOT VI SPECIFIC)
HOPE - Home and Family Oriented Program Essentials (Cost)	N/A	Assessment, Deafblind, Early Childhood, MIVI	Development, Development-Communication, Early Intervention, Hearing Related	Report a problem!
Description: Shop online for Instructional materials for service providers and families of young children with disabilities.
Independent Living: A Curriculum with Adaptations for Students with Visual Impairments (Cost)	R. Loumiet & N. Levack	Arts, Assessment, Career Education and Transition, Deafblind, Early Childhood, Independent Living, MIVI, O&M, Physical Education, Recreation and Leisure, Self Determination, Social Interaction	Adapted PE, Adolescents, Choice and Decision Making, Communication, Curricula, Elementary	Report a problem!
Description: A curriculum used for assessment, teaching and evaluating students in these areas: social skills, self care and leisure skills. It is designed for students from school age to adulthood who will live independently or with minimal assistance.
Individual Sensory Learning Profile	T. Anthony	Assessment, Deafblind, Early Childhood, MIVI, O&M, Sensory Efficiency	Communication, Instructional Aids/Materials, Tactual Sensitivities	Report a problem!
Description: This profile is used to establish how a child is using his senses to learn about his environment.
INSITE Developmental Checklists (Cost)	N/A	Assessment, Deafblind, Early Childhood, MIVI	Instructional Aids/Materials, Professional Contacts	Report a problem!
Description: INSITE provides 3 different types of developmental checklists to use according to age. Protocols can be used with children who have severe developmental delays and multiple impairments.
Inventory of Purposeful Movement Behaviors	T. Anthony	Assessment, Early Childhood, MIVI, O&M	Curricula, Motor Involvement	Report a problem!
Description: This document is a list of skills children should gain from ages 5 months to 68 months for purposes of mobility training.
Iowa Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC) Resource Guide	K. Blankenship, et. al.	Assessment, Compensatory/Access, Early Childhood, Independent Living, Math, O&M, Physical Education, Professional Resources, Recreation and Leisure, Self Determination, Sensory Efficiency, Social Interaction, Technology	Adaptive Tools/Technology, Auditory Skills, Documenting Progress, Eligibility, Functional Vision Evaluation, IEP, IEP Prep, Instructional Development, Instructional Planning, Instructional Strategies, Learning Media Assessment, Program Planning, Student Data, Student Observation	Report a problem!
Description: An incredibly thorough tool written for TVIs and COMS to help instruct, assess, plan and evaluate in all areas of the ECC.
ISAVE (Individualized Systematic Assessment of Visual Efficiency) (APH Quota)	B. Langley	Assessment, Early Childhood, MIVI, Sensory Efficiency	Functional Vision Evaluation, Instructional Aids/Materials	Report a problem!
Description: This functional vision assessment kit is used with all levels and ages of students with visual and multiple disabilities.
Issues Regarding the Assessment of Vision Loss in Regard to Sign Language & Fingerspelling . . .	R. Blaha & B. Carlson	Assessment, Deafblind, Sensory Efficiency	Functional Vision Evaluation	Report a problem!
Description: The authors of this article discuss areas of consideration before, during and after performing a functional vision assessment for a student with deafblindness. Modifications and adaptations are also discussed.
JVIB (Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness) Subject Index for Articles (Cost)	N/A	Assessment, Career Education and Transition, Compensatory/Access, Deafblind, Early Childhood, Independent Living, Math, MIVI, O&M, Physical Education, Professional Resources, Recreation and Leisure, Science, Self Determination, Sensory Efficiency, Social Interaction, Social Studies, Technology, Vision and Visual Impairments	Instructional Support	Report a problem!
Description: This is a current list of articles available for download, indexed by subject area.
Language Assessment and Intervention with Children Who Have Visual Impairments (Cost)	M. L. Munoz	Assessment, Early Childhood, MIVI	Communication, Comprehensive Assessment, Development-Communication	Report a problem!
Description: This booklet helps give Speech and Language Pathologists guidelines for providing appropriate assessment and service intervention to children who are visually impaired.
Learn About The Power of Authentic Assessment Rubrics to Improve Instructional Practice	M.A. Siller	Assessment, Family Resources	Program Planning	Report a problem!
Description: These handouts, created for parents, give knowledge and power to them as they learn about the expanded core curriculum and the layout of assessments driving effective instruction.
Learning Media Assessment for Students with Visual Impairments A Resource Guide for Teachers (Cost)	A. J. Koenig & M. K. Holbrook	Assessment, Compensatory/Access, MIVI, Sensory Efficiency	Dual Media, Learning Media Assessment, Writing Skills	Report a problem!
Description: This book provides a conceptual framework and structured guidelines to follow in the decision making process for selecting the appropriate literacy media for students with visual impairments. A number of checklists and forms are provided to take the assessor through the steps of this process.
Low Vision: A Resource Guide with Adaptations for Students with Visual Impairments (Cost)	N. Levack	Assessment, Compensatory/Access, Sensory Efficiency, Vision and Visual Impairments	Eye Conditions and Diseases, Functional Vision Evaluation, Low Vision	Report a problem!
Description: This book provides guidelines for assessing a student's visual functioning and implementing programming that will enhance students' visual functioning. It also serves as a reference guide for information related to low vision. Specific directions are given for conducting a functional vision evaluation and a comprehensive evaluation tool is provided.
Making Evaluation Meaningful (Cost)	M. Loftin	Assessment, Family Resources, Professional Resources	Functional Vision Evaluation, Learning Media Assessment, Parent Resources	Report a problem!
Description: Written for the diagnostician, the TVI and the parent, this book provides guidelines on specialized and standardized testing for students with visual impairments. Case studies are provided in areas that may be difficult to discern.
Modifications and Accomodations	N/A	Assessment, Professional Resources	Instructional Strategies, Standardized Testing	Report a problem!
Description: Guidelines for using modifications and accomodations with special education students for instructional and testing (STARR and TAKS) purposes. (Texas Only)
Oregon Project for VI and Blind Preschool Children, Skills Inventory & Curriculum, 5th Ed. (Cost)	D. Brown, V. Simmons, J. Methvin, S. Anderson, S. Boigon & K. Davis	Assessment, Early Childhood, Independent Living, MIVI, O&M, Sensory Efficiency	Choice and Decision Making, Concept Development, Curricula, Self-Awareness, Vision Efficiency Skills	Report a problem!
Description: This curriculum focuses on teaching preschoolers with visual and multiple impairments and parent-teacher partnerships.
Parents and Visually Impaired Infants (PAVII) (APH Quota)	D. Chen, C. Taylor Friedman & G. Calvello	Assessment, Early Childhood, Family Resources	Instructional Strategies, Resources	Report a problem!
Description: These materials were designed to facilitate parents' role as primary interventionists and to develop strategies which are ecologically valid and chronologically age appropriate.
Peabody Mobility Kit For Blind Students (Cost)	R. Harley, T. Wood & J. Merbler	Assessment, MIVI, O&M	Goal Setting and Attainment, Personal Control and Individual Performance	Report a problem!
Description: This kit provides assessment and training for the blind multihandicapped child.
Peabody Mobility Kit For Infants and Toddlers (PMKIT) (Cost)	R.K. Harley, R. G. Long, J. B. Merbler & T. A. Wood	Assessment, Early Childhood, O&M	Goal Setting and Attainment, Instructional Strategies, Self-Advocacy and Leadership	Report a problem!
Description: This kit is used with infants and toddlers for the assessment and teaching of functional movements.
Peabody Mobility Kit for Sighted and Low-Vision (Cost)	R. Harley, T. Wood & J. Merbler	Assessment, O&M	Curricula, Goal Setting and Attainment, Self-Advocacy and Leadership	Report a problem!
Description: This kit provides assessment and training for the low vision child.
Preschool Orientation and Mobility Screening (Cost)	B. Dodson-Burk & E. W. Hill	Assessment, Early Childhood, O&M	Curricula	Report a problem!
Description: Screening, logging and programming instrument for O&M purposes.
Preschool Vision Stimulation: It's More Than A Flashlight! (Cost)	L. Harrell & N. Akeson	Assessment, Early Childhood, Sensory Efficiency	Development of Vision, Early Childhood Intervention, Vision, Vision Efficiency Skills, Vision Efficiency Training, Visual Efficiency and Functioning	Report a problem!
Description: This book gives tips and techniques for teachers working with preschool aged children in the development of vision efficiency skills and vision stimulation.
Program to Develop Efficiency in Visual Functioning (APH Quota)	N.C. Barraga & J. E. Morris	Assessment, Sensory Efficiency	Functional Vision Evaluation, Vision Efficiency Skills, Vision Efficiency Training	Report a problem!
Description: These materials help train students to use their vision more efficiently. The Diagnostic Assessment Procedure Kit identifies specific training needs and The Design for Instruction Kit contains lessons for vision training. For children 3 and older.
Psychoeducational Assessment of Visually Impaired and Blind Students: Infancy through High School (Cost)	S. Bradley-Johnson	Assessment, Family Resources	Comprehensive Assessment	Report a problem!
Description: This book is primarily written to aid psychologists and educational consultants who are responsible for carrying out psychoeducational assessments. This book is not overly technical and may be useful to VI professionals and families.
Psychological Testing of Blind and Visually Impaired Children	C. Evans	Assessment	Comprehensive Assessment, Teaming	Report a problem!
Description: This documents provides suggestions when performing standardized tests on visually impaired children.
Publications available from the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (Cost)	N/A	Assessment, Career Education and Transition, Compensatory/Access, Deafblind, Early Childhood, Family Resources, Independent Living, Math, MIVI, O&M, Professional Resources, Recreation and Leisure, Self Determination, Sensory Efficiency, Social Interaction, Technology, Vision and Visual Impairments	Curricula, Instructional Support	Report a problem!
Description: Catalog of books, curricula and kits for professionals who serve students with visual impairments and those with additional disabilities.
QIAT (Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology)	N/A	Assessment, Technology	Instructional Planning, Instructional Strategies	Report a problem!
Description: This website holds a collection of widely applicable forms, protocols and indicators for teachers to use when evaluating assistive technology
Screening Students for O&M Training Needs	R.A. Marsh	Assessment, O&M, Professional Resources	Referrals	Report a problem!
Description: This article provides information regarding the screening of a student with a visual impairment and his orientation and mobility instructional needs.
Selected Assessments That Are Used For Young Children Who Are Visually Impaired	C. Brown & A. Taylor	Assessment, Early Childhood	Early Childhood Intervention	Report a problem!
Description: This list provides information regarding age, content areas, strengths, weaknesses and type of tests used with assessing young visually impaired children.
Selecting Assistive Technology for Greater Independence	A. Hall, B. Rodabaugh & C. Smith	Assessment, Technology	Instructional Development	Report a problem!
Description: A method for selecting assistive technology that helps people with visual impairments to perform literacy skills is presented. The first step involves identifying critical tasks that a person wants to perform with greater ease and efficiency, identifying personal preferences and abilities, and identifying media needs. The second step is concerned with ensuring that input and output characteristics of available media solutions conform to ... RE:view. Vol. 33, Number 1, Spring 2001. pp. 21-33
Sensory Learning Kit (SLK) (APH Quota)	M. Smith	Assessment, Early Childhood, MIVI, Self Determination, Sensory Efficiency, Technology	Adaptive Tools/Technology, Concept Development, Instructional Aids/Materials, Sensory Training	Report a problem!
Description: This kit, designed for those students with the most significant disabilities provides an extensive arrays of tools and toys to help students develop the most basic of skills. It also includes a guidebook with assessment forms on a CD and a book of routines.
Shop Low Vision (Cost)	N/A	Assessment, Compensatory/Access, Family Resources, Independent Living, Math, O&M, Physical Education, Professional Resources, Recreation and Leisure, Sensory Efficiency, Technology	Instructional Aids/Materials, Low Vision Devices, Low Vision Solutions, Products	Report a problem!
Description: Catalog of products promoting independence for the visually impaired consumer plus materials for the vision professional.
Student Assessment Division of TEA (Texas Education Agency)	N/A	Assessment, Math, Professional Resources, Science, Social Studies	Instructional Aids/Materials, Writing Skills	Report a problem!
Description: Location of Release TAKS Test for all levels and all subjects(Texas Only).
Suggested Techniques for Individual Assessment	N. Bulla	Assessment	Comprehensive Assessment	Report a problem!
Description: This document gives diagnosticians a list of tips for performing comprehensive assessments on students with visual impairments.
TADPOLE Kit: Tools & Activities for the Development of Visual Skills (APH Quota)	N/A	Assessment, Sensory Efficiency	Vision Efficiency Skills, Visual Efficiency and Functioning	Report a problem!
Description: From the APH website, "TADPOLE is a set of standardized tools that helps practitioners perform functional vision evaluations or visual skills development activities. It is similar to APH's Tools for Assessment and Development of Visual Skills (ToAD) kit, but is geared for younger learners (0-2). TADPOLE is a natural precursor to APH's ToAD Program."
Take Charge: A Strategic Guide for Blind Job Seekers (Cost)	R. Rabbi & D. Croft	Assessment, Career Education and Transition, Self Determination	Activities for High School Students, Choice and Decision Making, Curricula, Goal Setting and Attainment	Report a problem!
Description: This is a practical self-help guide based on the real-life experiences of bind job seekers.
TAPS Teaching Age Appropriate Purposeful Skills: An Orientation and Mobility Curriculum (Cost)	R. Pogrund, G. Healy, K. Jones, N. Levack, S. Martin-Curry, C. Martinez, J. Marz, B. Roberson-Smith & A. Vrba	Assessment, MIVI, O&M	Concept Development, Low Vision, Students with Low Vision, Vision Efficiency Skills, Vision Efficiency Training	Report a problem!
Description: This curriculum is primarily intended for students ages 3 to 21 who are blind or who have low vision. It is appropriate for students who also have other disabilities and can be used in all settings. It includes a Screening instrument, Comprehensive Assessment and Ongoing Evaluation, functional mobility tasks, educational goals and objectives, and teaching strategies.
TDPB Evaluation and the Young Child Who Is Deafblind: Assessing Orientation and Mobility Skills	T. Anthony	Assessment, Deafblind, O&M	Instructional Development	Report a problem!
Description: O&M assessment tool to use with children who are deafblind.
Technology Assessment Checklist for Students with Visual Impairments	I. Presley	Assessment, Technology	Instructional Development, Instructional Planning, Program Planning	Report a problem!
Description: Tool for assessing student's usage of technology.
Texas SenseAbilities Newsletter and See/Hear Archives	N/A	Arts, Assessment, Career Education and Transition, Compensatory/Access, Deafblind, Early Childhood, Family Resources, Independent Living, Math, MIVI, O&M, Physical Education, Recreation and Leisure, Science, Self Determination, Social Interaction, Social Studies, Technology, Vision and Visual Impairments	Communication, Family Resources, Instructional Support, Resources	Report a problem!
Description: Publication for instuctors and families of visually impaired children including those with deafblindness and multiple disabilities. It contains current and relevant information for various topics from school to community to home. (Downloadable)
The Bookstore at the American Foundation for the Blind (Cost)	N/A	Assessment, Career Education and Transition, Compensatory/Access, Deafblind, Early Childhood, Family Resources, Independent Living, MIVI, O&M, Professional Resources, Recreation and Leisure, Self Determination, Sensory Efficiency, Social Interaction, Technology, Vision and Visual Impairments	Instructional Aids/Materials, Instructional Development, Instructional Planning, Instructional Strategies, Instructional Support, Professional Books	Report a problem!
Description: This website provides AFB's most current on-line catalog.
The Callier-Azusa Scale (Cost)	R. Stillman (Ed.)	Assessment, Deafblind, Early Childhood, MIVI	Comprehensive Assessment, Development, Development of Vision, Development-Communication, Instructional Strategies, Program Planning	Report a problem!
Description: This developmental scale is used for assessment of children with deafblindness and severe disabilities.
The Carolina Curriculum for Handicapped Infants and Infants at Risk (Cost)	N. Martin-Johnson, et al.	Assessment, Early Childhood, Social Interaction	Curricula, Development, Development-Communication, Instructional Strategies	Report a problem!
Description: Curriculum designed for infants who may be at risk of some sort of delay in reaching developmental milestones (for ages birth to 3).
The Carolina Curriculum for Preschoolers with Special Needs (Cost)	N. Martin-Johnson, et al.	Assessment, Early Childhood, Social Interaction	Curricula, Development of Vision, Development-Communication, Instructional Strategies	Report a problem!
Description: Curriculum designed for toddlers who may be at risk of developmental delay (for ages 3 to 5).
The Hill Performance Test of Selected Positional Concepts (Cost)	E.W. Hill	Assessment, O&M	Concept Development	Report a problem!
Description: This is an individually administered test designed to assess specific positional concepts with visually impaired children ages 6 through 10. It consists of 72 performance items divided into four parts.
Validity In The Use of Standardized Assessment Instruments With Students With Visual Impairments	M. Loftin	Assessment	Comprehensive Assessment, Teaming	Report a problem!
Description: The author, an expert in the area of assessments and students with visual impairments, provides clarification in regards to validity, over-indentification, under-identification and the role of the assessment staff.
VI Technology Assessments	N/A	Assessment, Technology	Adaptive Tools/Technology, Low Vision Devices, Program Planning	Report a problem!
Description: Links to resources for technology assessments for the visually impaired student
Vineland II: Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales (Cost)	N/A	Assessment, MIVI	Comprehensive Assessment, Program Planning	Report a problem!
Description: Assessment tool used with young multi-impaired children. (Not VI Specific)
Vision Associates (Cost)	N/A	Assessment, Early Childhood, MIVI	Active Learning, Cortical Visual Impairment, Eye Conditions and Diseases	Report a problem!
Description: This company sells many different tools, books and kits for the purpose of vision assessment.(It also sells Lilly Nielson products.)
Vision Tests for Infants (Cost)	D. Chen & D. Orel-Bixler	Assessment, Early Childhood	Comprehensive Assessment	Report a problem!
Description: A 20 minutes discussion of the assessment instruments used by optometrists and ophthalmologists to test the vision of infants and toddlers.
What Can Baby Hear?: Auditory Tests and Interventions for Infants with Multiple Disabilities (Cost)	D. Chen	Assessment, Early Childhood, MIVI	Family Resources, Hearing Related	Report a problem!
Description: This video provides a discussion of methods of auditory testing for infants.
What Can Baby See?: Vision Tests & Intervention Strategies for Infants with Multiple Disabilities (Cost)	D. Chen	Assessment, Early Childhood, MIVI	Functional Vision Evaluation	Report a problem!
Description: A discussion of the functional vision tests used by early interventionists in testing the vision of infants and toddlers with multiple impairments.
When Should An O&M Evaluation or Re-evaluation Be Considered?	D. Barnes	Assessment, O&M, Professional Resources	Resources	Report a problem!
Description: The author lists times when she believes an O&M evaluation should be recommended.
Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative	N/A	Assessment, Technology	Adaptive Tools/Technology, Instructional Strategies	Report a problem!
Description: A website used in Wisconsin school districts for the implementation of assistive technology. It provides assessment tools and training for teachers. (Not VI Specific)