Described are developments in the dynamics of a 13-session group discussion project for nine visually impaired older adults. (CL)

The article offers suggestions to the resource or itinerant teacher who may be required because of limited finances in rural areas to become the first orientation and mobility instructor for young blind students. (CL)

The article provides an overview of competency based teacher education programs and describes recent changes in visually handicapped personnel preparation programs. (CL)

Presented are results of a survey of attitudes of 807 teachers of the visually handicapped toward competencies in seven areas of teaching activity: assessment and evaluation, educational instructional strategies, guidance and counseling, administration and supervision, media and technology, school and community relations, and research. (CL)

Described is the program assessment instrument used in Massachusett's public school programs for visually handicapped students. (CL)

Provided are findings from a study to determine the status in the 50 states of orientation and mobility (O and M) services for visually handicapped students in the public schools. (CL)

The article examines the relative sizes of the nation's partially sighted, legally blind but not functionally blind, and functionally blind populations as a function of age. (Author/CL)

An analysis of the annual reports of the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind from 1966 to 1975 and examination of numbers registered with the Commission from 1976 and 1977 revealed a 69 per cent increase in the registered population for these 12 years. (Author)

In response to an expressed need for inexpensive biological models for blind students, the American Printing House for the Blind has developed a set of 19 plastic models (schematics), which illustrate representative species of the major invertebrate phyla and component structures of flowering plants. (Author)

The article is a comprehensive review of literature in the past 25 years on group therapy with the visually impaired. (Author/PHR)

Research and application of principles of behavior modification with visually impaired and blind children are reviewed with particular attention to lower functioning multiply impaired children. (Author)

A Comprehensive Employment Training Act funded program of prevocational summer work experience for young blind adults was established to teach job-seeking skills, to develop decision-making processes, and to explore interests and capabilities for potential future employment. (Author)

Described are components of a second generation interactive classroom television system used in two California classrooms for partially sighted elementary students. (CL)

In a needs assessment conducted to measure perceived unmet needs of the blind population of Massachusetts, approximately 1,050 client interviews were conducted, using a sample stratified by age and region. (Author/CL)