scholarly journals PROGRAMA PARA EL INCREMENTO DE LA EFICIENCIA LECTORA EN ALUMNOS ADOLESCENTES CON BAJA VISIÓN

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 317
Author(s):  
Carlos Manuel Santos Plaza ◽  
Mª Elena Del Campo Adrián
Keyword(s):  
Intervention Program ◽  
Low Vision ◽  
Repeated Reading ◽  
Single Subject ◽  
Combined Model ◽  
Visual Rehabilitation ◽  
Subject Analysis ◽  
Adolescent Students ◽  
Reading Efficiency ◽  
Effective Program

Abstract:This research describes the design and development of an optimization program addressed to improve the reading efficiency of student with low vision, EFILECT. An individualized programme for adolescent students, aged 11 to 18, with moderate or severe low vision. EFILECT allows them to apply an intervention program based on a combined model of procedures like: repeated reading, joint reading and speed reading techniques. EFILECT program has been applied in a study involving 6 students with visual impairment and reading difficulties. The group of students participating in the research have got a significant improvement in the reading efficacy. In this article we performe a single-subject analysis of 3 students. Acording to the results EFILECT appears to be an effective program for some students with visual impairments. Teachers can engage children in programs addressed to implement strategies in an effort to develop automaticity in reading and improve comprehension. However a more in depth research is needed in order to develop and validate programs addressed to implement strategies. These strategies will allow to optimize and minimize the learning efforts.Keywords: Education. Visual rehabilitation. Students with low vision. Reading skills.Resumen:Esta investigación describe el diseño y desarrollo de un programa para incrementar la eficiena lectora de estudiantes con baja visión, EFILECT. Un programa individualizado para estudiantes adolescentes, de 11 a 18 años, con baja visión moderada o severa. EFILECT ha propuesto una intervención basada en la combinación de tres procedimientos: el método de “lecturas repetidas”, la lectura conjunta y las técnicas de lectura rápida. Ha sido aplicado en un estudio con 6 estudiantes con deficiencia visual y dificultades lectoras. El grupo de estudiantes participantes en esta investigación han obtenido una significativo incremento de su eficiencia lectora. En este artículo se realiza un análisis de caso único de tres de los alumnos. De acuerdo a los resultados obtenidos EFILECT es un programa eficiente para algunos de los estudiantes con deficiencia visual. Los profesores pueden utilizar con sus alumnos programas diseñados para implementar estrategias con el objetivo de automatizar la lectura e incrementar la comprensión. No obstante es necesario investigaciones adicionales para desarrollar y validar programas que tengan como objetivo implementar estrategias. Estas estrategias permitirán optimizar y minimizar los esfuerzos de aprendizaje.Palabras clave: Educación. Rehabilitación visual. Alumnos con baja visión. Lectura. Habilidades lectoras.

Developing Reading Skills in Prelingually Deaf Preschool Children: Fingerspelling as a Strategy to Promote Orthographic Learning

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Miller ◽  
Efrat Banado-Aviran ◽  
Orit E Hetzroni
Keyword(s):  
Intervention Program ◽  
Orthographic Knowledge ◽  
Single Subject ◽  
Initial Development ◽  
Semantic Categories ◽  
Single Subject Research ◽  
Phonological Knowledge ◽  
Multiple Probe ◽  
Orthographic Learning ◽  
Prelingually Deaf

Abstract The aim of this study was to clarify whether fingerspelling provides a sophisticated mechanism that promotes the development of detailed orthographic knowledge for deaf individuals even in the absence of paralleling phonological knowledge. An intervention program comprised of various procedures chaining between fingerspelled sequences; their written correlates and meaning were administered in a multiple probe single-subject research design across semantic categories to four children with severe to profound prelingual hearing loss (age 4.2–6 years). Results demonstrate the occurrence of rapid orthographic learning during intervention and reliable retention of it in maintenance checks, despite the participants’ insufficiently developed phonological skills. Observations of the participants’ behavior further suggest fingerspelling to function as an effective mediator in the initial development of robust detailed orthographic lexicon. Analyzes also indicate that “learning through action” and “relevance to the task” provide two key factors in relation to the promotion of orthographic learning, with their absence creating an obvious vacuum in this regard. Insights from the study are discussed with reference to their implication for the development of learning materials and learning environments for prelingually deaf and other novice learners.

Factors influencing the choice of low-vision devices for visual rehabilitation in Stargardt disease

2018 ◽  
Vol 102 (4) ◽  
pp. 426-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kalpita Das ◽  
Sarika Gopalakrishnan ◽  
Daleena Dalan ◽  
Saranya Velu ◽  
Vineet Ratra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Vision ◽  
Stargardt Disease ◽  
Visual Rehabilitation ◽  
Factors Influencing

A Nurse’s Perspective on Visual Rehabilitation of Outpatients With Low Vision in China

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-53
Author(s):  
Lingzhi Ni ◽  
Keke Li ◽  
Longfei Jiang ◽  
Jie Chen ◽  
Yanyan Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Vision ◽  
Visual Rehabilitation

scholarly journals Rehabilitation interventions need more than methodological standardisation: an individualised approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. e000899
Author(s):  
Neil Welch ◽  
Chris Richter ◽  
Kieran Moran ◽  
Andy Franklyn-Miller
Keyword(s):  
Physical Performance ◽  
Groin Pain ◽  
Group Analysis ◽  
Performance Characteristics ◽  
Biomechanical Analysis ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Single Subject ◽  
Group Approach ◽  
Subject Analysis ◽  
Group Rehabilitation

Objectives: The main aim in the current study was to use a single-subject analysis to profile the physical performance characteristics of individuals within an injured group and a between-group approach to profile the group as a whole. These profiles were then used to inform single-subject and between-group rehabilitation interventions. Methods: Fifty-three (28 with athletic groin pain and 25 non-injured) Gaelic football players (24.8 years±7.1 years; 179 cm±5.5 cm; 79.7 kg±9.2 kg) underwent 3D biomechanical analysis, which was used to measure a series of physical performance characteristics. The non-injured group was used to create a ‘performance database’ to compare the injured individuals, and a between-group analysis was also conducted. The scores from each analysis were used to inform the targets of interventions. Results: The analysis highlighted the variety of profiles that existed across the tested individuals and that these profiles differed from that of the between-group analysis. By analysing individuals in a single-subject approach, detail can be seen that is lost with between-group analysis.

scholarly journals Causes of low vision and use of optical aids in the elderly

2004 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 157-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keila Monteiro de Carvalho ◽  
Gelse Beatriz Martins Monteiro ◽  
Cassiano Rodrigues Isaac ◽  
Lineu Oto Shiroma ◽  
Marcela Scabello Amaral
Keyword(s):  
Macular Degeneration ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
Low Vision ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Age Related Macular Degeneration ◽  
Rehabilitation Service ◽  
Visual Rehabilitation ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Age Related

PURPOSE: To determine the causes of low vision in an elderly population attended by a university visual rehabilitation service and to check for the use of prescribed optical aids. METHOD: A cross-sectional study was carried out on patients aged 60 years or over attending for the first time a university low vision service in 2001. Ophthalmic reevaluation and interview were performed by means of a structured questionnaire in 2002. RESULTS: The sample comprised 50 subjects aged between 60 and 90 years. Severe low vision (<FONT FACE=Symbol><</FONT>20/200) was present in 68.0% of patients. The main cause of low vision was age-related macular degeneration (44.0%). Regarding literacy, 16.0% were illiterate and 72.0% had completed fundamental schooling. Thirty-one patients (62.0%) had been prescribed optical aids; 54.8% of these patients stated that they use them. A majority (70.6%) held a favorable opinion of these aids. CONCLUSIONS: The main cause of low vision was age-related macular degeneration. Approximately half of those receiving prescriptions reported actually using the aids in their daily activities. Making best use of residual vision in the elderly population with visual impairment is a priority, given the social context, if the independence necessary for enhanced quality of life is to be achieved.

scholarly journals Extended Broca’s Area in the Functional Connectome of Language in Adults: Combined Cortical and Subcortical Single-Subject Analysis Using fMRI and DTI Tractography

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 428-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Jacques Lemaire ◽  
Alexandra Golby ◽  
William M. Wells ◽  
Sonia Pujol ◽  
Yanmei Tie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Single Subject ◽  
Broca’S Area ◽  
Broca's Area ◽  
Subject Analysis ◽  
Functional Connectome ◽  
Dti Tractography

The Effects of a Multimodal Intervention Program on Performers: II. Training the Butterflies to Fly in Formation

1999 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheldon Hanton ◽  
Graham Jones
Keyword(s):  
Intervention Program ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Single Subject ◽  
Psychological Skills ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Somatic Anxiety ◽  
Multimodal Intervention ◽  
Performance Improvements ◽  
Self Talk

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a multimodal intervention on swimmers debilitated by anxiety. A staggered single-subject multiple-baseline across-subjects design was used over 10 competitive races for 4 swimmers. Baseline observations on cognitive and somatic anxiety “direction” (facilitative/debilitating) scores were collected for three, four, and five races for Participants 2, 3, and 4, respectively, prior to treatment. The intervention was designed based on qualitative data from Hanton and Jones’s (1999) study and included the skills of goal setting, imagery, and self-talk. These psychological skills emerged as particularly important from Hanton and Jones’s investigation as a means of maintaining facilitative interpretations of precompetition anxiety symptoms. Preintervention, all participants reported debilitating interpretations of cognitive and somatic anxiety symptoms. However, post intervention, the 3 participants who received treatment reported facilitative interpretations. Performance improvements were also evident for these swimmers. A postintervention follow-up showed that swimmers’ interpretations were still facilitative.

scholarly journals Voxelwise single-subject analysis of imaging metabolic response to therapy in neuro-oncology

Stat ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 172-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengye Guo ◽  
Jeffrey T. Yap ◽  
Annick D. Van den Abbeele ◽  
Nancy U. Lin ◽  
Armin Schwartzman
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Response ◽  
Response To Therapy ◽  
Single Subject ◽  
Subject Analysis
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