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Welcome to the first episode in a two-part series on assessment with visually impaired kids! I’m honored to have five highly accomplished and knowledgeable women on the show to discuss this complex and nuanced topic. Each of the guests brings their own unique perspective and experience to the discussion, creating a rich conversation that covers a LOT of ground. In this first episode, we tackle some basics. Areas that we discuss include:

• Different types and definitions of visual impairment
• Collaborating on these evals: who should be on the team and what do they do?
• Planning the evaluation

Cool Things Mentioned

Intelligence Testing of Individuals Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired by Stephen Goodman, Marnee Loftin, and Dr. Carol Evans is posted on the American Printing House for the Blind and is an excellent resource for guidance on testing students who are blind or visually impaired (2011). 

Psychoeducational Assessment of Students Who Have Visual Impairment: Perspectives of Teachers of Students Who Are Blind or Who Have Low Vision and School Psychologists is a doctoral dissertation by Dr. Carol Anne Evans (2007). 

Most school psychologists already have assessment textbooks by Dr. Jerome M. Sattler on their bookshelves since many graduate programs include his series of books as required foundational reading. In the Foundations of Behavioral, Social, and Clinical Assessment of Children, Sixth Edition, chapter 20 is dedicated to visual impairments and co-authored by Dr. Sattler and Dr. Carol Anne Evans (2014).

Previous Webinars & Handouts

• Collaborative Psychoeducational Assessments: Visually Impaired Teachers & Evaluators Working Together (~1.5 hrs, 5/10/21) by Dr. Terese Pawletko and Dr. Carol Evans; handout 
• Collaborative Evaluation: Working Together (1 hr, 5/10/21) by Marnee Loftin; handout
• Psychoeducational Evaluations of Students with Visual Impairments (~3hrs, 5/12/21) by California School for the Blind Assessment Center team; handout (currently 84 pages)
• BVIPsych Couch Chat (~1.5 hrs, 6/9/21) with all of us and additional CSB team members; handout