
Visual Impairment
Access to Education for Children and Young People
CRC Press
1st Edition
Published on 18. July 2016
Book
Hardback
480 pages
978-1-138-14823-9 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 1998. This book embodies the positive philosophy that children with a visual impairment are entitled to access to the full national curriculum during their school years. In the UK, education placements for pupils and students with special needs range across a continuum from special schools and colleges, with day or residential attendance, to specialist units or individual integration into mainstream provision. Placement results from inter-disciplinary assessment and consultation and requires parental agreement. Lack of sight and measurably impaired vision constitute special needs in educational terms. The writers who have contributed to this major text are teachers and lecturers from both the specialist and mainstream areas of provision and have considerable first-hand experience in teaching pupils and students with a visual impairment.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Academic and Professional Practice & Development
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
1000 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-14823-9 (9781138148239)
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Additional editions

Heather Mason | Stephen McCall | Christine Arter
Visual Impairment
Access to Education for Children and Young People
E-Book
05/2013
1st Edition
David Fulton Publishers Ltd
€76.49
Available for download

Heather Mason | Stephen McCall | Christine Arter
Visual Impairment
Access to Education for Children and Young People
E-Book
05/2013
1st Edition
David Fulton Publishers Ltd
€76.49
Available for download

Heather Mason | Stephen McCall | Christine Arter
Visual Impairment
Access to Education for Children and Young People
Book
11/1997
1st Edition
David Fulton Publishers Ltd
€84.20
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Persons
Heather Mason is Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham. Previously she worked both in mainstream education and at Priestley Smith School, Birmingham. She has worked extensively overseas and is an OFSTED inspector. Her PhD thesis developed a new assessment tool for blind pupils, the STIP (Speed of Tactile Information Processing). Stephen McCall is a Lecturer in Special Education at the University of Birmingham, School of Education. Previously, he taught at St Vincent's School, Liverpool and was a peripatetic teacher for seven years. He has undertaken teaching and consultancy work in Eastern Europe, Africa and the USA. He has directed funded research into literacy for touch readers and among his publications is the Birmingham Braille Course.
Content
Implications of a visual impairment; blindness and low vision; the child and young person with a visual impairment; the special curriculum; access to the curriculum; the mainstream curriculum; principles of access; additional disabilities.