The article describes the Job Seeking Skills Program established by the Oregon Commission for the Blind at its Portland Vocational Development Center, in which blind people are taught how to find a job commensurate with their capabilities. (Author/DLS)

The article describes the empirical development of PREP (Preparatory Reading Program), an individualized program for teaching concepts to visually handicapped children at a prereading level. (Author/SBH)

To facilitate appropriate line choice for tactile graphic displays, 42 visually impaired Ss traced four types of tactile lines in a simple display (without intersections), and in a complex display (having intersections). (Author)

The authors describe how the "I CAN" physical education program, an individualized instructional management system for developing skills, associated concepts, and social growth in handicapped children, was adapted for use with deaf blind children (5 to 21 years old) at the New York Institute for the Education of the Blind. (SBH)

The article describes how a 60-hour training program helped 32 blind persons use biofeedback techniques to improve blood flow to arms, hands, legs, and feet (especially important for diabetics), and to reduce anxiety through relaxation. (Author)

The article discusses the rationale for a program to develop efficiency in visual functioning for low vision individuals. Detailed identification of all visual functions necessary for maximum efficiency, along with specification of visual tasks related to developmental milestones are charted. (Author/PHR)

An attempt was made to enhance large muscle control and balance in congenitally blind children (ages 5-to-10 years) by exposing them to a program of creative dance movement. (Author/PHR)

The Blind Learning Aptitude Test (BLAT), an individual test, is described. Distinction is made between product and process sampling in testing for learning aptitude. Standardized upon 961 educationally blind children, it has high reliability; and its validity, particularly with respect to the more complex school learnings, is clearly indicated.…

The article describes and evaluates a model school/community project providing assessment and supportive services for mainstreamed visually handicapped children. (PHR)

The article presents criteria for selecting toys suitable for visually impaired children, describes five suitable educational toys, and lists toy manufacturers. (Author/PHR)

The article describes preschool orientation and mobility programs for blind and visually impaired preschool children and makes suggestions for improvements in existing practices. Current programs are outlined including the skill areas covered and materials used by mobility instructors. (PHR)

The article gives data on the age, sex, income, geographic region, and ethnic composition of the visually disabled population of the United States (taken from the National Center for Health Statistics records for 1977). (PHR)

The article orients the reader to numerous aspects of low vision aids, including types of aids, function of aids, training sequence and considerations, a non-technical description of visual acuity, and favorable prognostic factors in using low vision aids. A brief annotated resource list is included. (Author)

The investigation involving 24 blind children (2-11 years old) set out to develop and validate a coding procedure which employed a set of 34 descriptors with their corresponding definitions. The use of the taxonomy enabled a detailed, systematic study of manneristic behavior in blind children. (Author/SBH)

The Canterbury Child's Aid, a binaural sensory aid for research with blind children, is described along with the rationale for its design features. (Author)