[blindkid] Functional Vision Assessment in preschooler -- what should be included -- can anyone PLEASE help?
Doreen Frappier
dcfrappier at yahoo.com
Sat Jan 8 15:06:30 UTC 2011
Amy,
Here are some helpful sites to give you more information.
http://www.perkins.org/resources/scout/vision-and-blindness/functional-vision-assessmen.html
www.familyconnect.org/parentsite.asp?SectionID=72.
www.cde.state.co.us/cdesped/download/pdf/dbFuncVisionAssmt.pdf - Similar
www.setbc.org/setbc/conf/.../functional_vision_assessment.html
Doreen
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Sorry about the formatting in my message, don't know what happened...hope the
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Amy
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Subject: [blindkid] Functional Vision Assessment in preschooler -- what should
be included -- can anyone PLEASE help?
Hi,
Can anyone share what instruments are typically used in a functional vision
assessment at the preschool level for a child with low vision, and what
information is typically included in the report?
Our 3 year old (oculocutanous albinism and a left field delay/deficit,
nystagmus, photophobia) just started preschool this fall, and in November had a
functional vision assessment done by the TVI. We just received the written
report. It is very general and appears to be mostly a form letter with a few
paragraphs of individualized information. While it lists the LEA symbols and
Pavi book it doesn't state how the instruments were used to assess her
functional vision or what the specific results were. Our daughter's report
doesn't say how our daughter was assessed or what the specific results were. For
example, "my assessment yielded similar results" was used a couple of times
following a sentence about what the opthalmologist or low vision doctor said in
a previous report. The teacher was not aware when the TVI came in to do the
assessment unfortunately (she may have been out that day), so we just don't have
much info about what was done.
I guess my questions are:
• Is it unreasonable to have the functional vision assessment include how the
instruments were used and the specific results? (Such as she was able to
recognize LEA symbols at 2 feet but not at 5 feet, etc.)
•
Are there any best practices out there for what should be included in a FVA at
this level, for a low vision preschooler? Shouldn't it include some kind of
objective testing for near, far, and mid-range vision, field of vision, and also
cite observations about her in different lighting conditions ? And maybe do
specific tests to address her field deficit in classroom?
•
Shouldn't the FVA state how the child is functioning *in her specific classroom
setting* -- I thought we were going to have more information and specific
observations from the TVI about what she sees our child doing/not doing.
•
How often should these be done? Our daughter had a FVA 3-4 months prior from
earlier TVI, so I really thought having a new FVA was to address specifically
her academic needs in a preschool environment.
•
We are familiar with the LEA symbols but can anyone share what the Pavi book is?
I did a quick search online and all I came up with was the Parents and Visually
Impaired Infants materials written by D. Chen in 1989. The short description
given seems to describe materials for parents as home based intervention on
infants and toddlers.
•
Are there any best practices out there for what should be included in a
functional vision assessment at this level, for a low vision preschooler?
On the plus side the suggested modifications at the end are helpful (most are
already in our IEP, although there is a good recommendation added for a tray
table). I just don't think the report is enough for a FVA, and we were hoping to
have this info to use in revising our daughter's IEP.
Thank you so much to anyone who is able to either share what was done in their
FVA or (fingers crossed) there might be TVIs out there who can enlighten us on
what to expect from a FVA.
Amy
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