Management of Visual Impairment in Childhood (Clinics in Developmental Medicine (Mac Keith Press)) Fielder, Alistair; Best, Anthony and Bax, Martin C. O.

Fielder, Alistair [Editor]; Best, Anthony [Editor]; Bax, Martin C. O. [Editor];

ISBN 10: 0521451507 / ISBN 13: 9780521451505

Published by Mac Keith Press, 1994

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Title: Management of Visual Impairment in Childhood...

Publisher: Mac Keith Press

Publication Date: 1994

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis:

Management of visual impairment in childhood requires input from such a wide range of medical and nonmedical disciplines that it presents serious problems in the delivery of co-ordinated and appropriate care. This book is a practical rather than theoretical guide and is aimed at all who are involved in the day-to-day management of children with visual impairment including paediatricians, educationalists, ophthalmologists and social workers. Over 17 experts have contributed so that it covers a wide range of topics from the epidemiology of childhood blindness to its prevention. Chapters include visual assessment in early life and the opthalmic and neurological causes of visual impairment. The effects of this impairment on development, behaviour and the family are discussed. Four chapters on management deal with community and opthalmic aspects, and the multiply impaired child. The final section deals with various educational topics ranging from access to the curriculum through to the challenge of technology.

Review:

"...an excellent view into the minds of professionals...the attention paid to the education of the visually impaired child in this book is impressive. Discussions of access to child-based curricula, mainstreaming, transitioning, and interfacing with technology are well explored. Eye-care practitioners are in great need of learning about the developmental approach to education described...this book elegantly describes a team approach with equal players...the references and tables provided in this book are a great asset..this book is certainly inspirational . It should be required reading for ophthalmologists, pediatricians, optometrists, social workers and educators, and provides a framework for assisting visually impaired children and families." Janis Miller Lightman, American Journal of Opthalmology