Assessment of Vision in Multiply Impaired Children

Marianna Buultjens is tutor to the Diploma Course for Teachers of Visually Impaired Children, Moray House College of Education; Dr Aitken is psychologist and counsellor at the Royal Blind School, Edinburgh. They consider evidence on the assessment of vision in children with multiple impairment. Their data were obtained from educational personnel involved in placement decisions for 50 children. They point to heavy reliance on medical sources of information and a lack of confidence in the formal methods available. It seems that little practical information on visual functioning of the child is being made available for the guidance of educators.