Teachers at Resource Centre forthe Blind were equipped with their own Functional Vision Assessment kit made from locally sourced materials and some they were able to hand-make for themselves. These assessments allow teachers of the visually impaired to "see what their students see" and figure out what accommodations can be made in their classroom to make life easier for them.
Students can have difficulty in 1 or more of 4 areas assessed: binocularity (how well both eyes work together), acuity (seeing fine detail or reading print from near and far), peripheral (vision on the sides of your face) and cortical visual impairment or CVI (problems that may arise from faulty connections to the brain via the visual cortex area). Using basic materials like puzzles, beads, and even decorated fly swatters, each teacher was able to assess a student on the RCB caseload in either the St. Georges or Grenville parishes.
Here, Doc is testing a student's peripheral vision with a decorated fly swatter, better known as a PTD. I was so impressed with how creative teachers were with their decorations! Doc was really amazing and bought each teacher a goody bag of craft supplies from the states.
I really have to commend our students who allowed us to scrutinize over them, ask lots of questions and study them as we performed assessments. The library at St. Andrews R.C. Primary was colorful, spacious and perfect for testing.
Mr. Ogilvie is looking at the reflection in this this student's eyes to detect balance- this helps test for binocularity.
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