Marnee Loftin, a retired psychologist from the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, answers questions about visual impairment and dyslexia.
Collaborative evaluations have become an increasingly popular style of evaluating students in the school setting. Different professions identifying strengths and needs, as well as developing comprehensive recommendations, is a powerful model. With low incidence populations, such as students with visual impairment (VI), a collaborative model becomes even more critical. Evaluation personnel have seldom received significant training about the specific characteristics and needs of these populations. The collaborative model allows the teacher of the Visually Impaired (TVI) to describe factor
Maria is a second grader who currently uses braille for most of her learning, but supplements the materials with audiotapes. She was quite successful in first grade and was often complimented on her amazing memory. Maria could often quote stories verbatim and quickly answered each of the questions posed by the teacher. It is now the end of second grade and Maria’s teacher is quite concerned abou
Determining the presence of a specific learning disability is a complex process. Most parents and Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments (TVIs) have a general idea of the procedure, but it is important to know several things about the process. These include:
Marnee Loftin is a psychologist, who recently retired from Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. She is the author of Making Evaluations Meaningful and has presented widely about learning disabilities in students with visual impairments.
Maria is a second grader who currently uses braille for most of her learning, but supplements the materials with audiotapes. She was quite successful in first grade and was often complimented on her amazing memory. Maria could often quote stories verbatim and quickly answered each of the questions posed by the teacher. It is now the end of second grade and Maria’s teacher is quite concerned abou
Marnee Loftin is a psychologist, who recently retired from Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. She is the author of 