Psychology 2043A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Louis Braille, Snellen Chart, Visual Acuity

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2043A/B
• Professor: Smits-Bandstra

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History of the field: formal efforts in the united states to educate children with visual impairments began in. Boston in 1829 with the establishment of the residential school now called the perkins. In 1834, louis braille perfected his raised dots code of reading. In 1900, public school classes for children who were blind were organized in chicago: some thirteen years later, other classes for children with severe visual impairments were established in boston and cleveland. In order of prevalence, the most common causes of visual impairment for children in the. Prism children: measures of parental stress found more high scores among the parents of the. Prism children when compared to parents of typically developing children. One of these is access to assistive technology: special schools seem to offer another benefit for students with visual impairments: acceptance in a peer group and support for the formation of relationships.