Children with Vision Impairment

Naomi Dale is a Consultant Clinical psychologist and Paediatric Neuropsychologist (Neurodisability) at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London UK and Professor in Paediatric Neurodisability (with specialist interest in Vision Neurodisability) at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health London, specialising in vision neurodisability and neurodevelopmental disorders. Naomi is a leading senior professional and clinical lead in the field of developmental visual impairment and Chief Investigator of the Developmental Vision research programme – a national grant-funded research programme, which is internationally renowned.Alison Salt is Honorary Consultant Paediatrician (Neurodisability) and Honorary Associate Professor, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children London UK, and UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health and a senior co-investigator in the Developmental Vision research programme. Alison is a consultant Paediatrician in the Paediatric Rehabilitation Service, Child and Adolescent Health Service, Perth Children’s Hospital, Western Australia and Clinical Associate Professor, University of Western Australia. Alison has many years of clinical and research expertise in the field of childhood visual impairment and complex neurodevelopmental disorders.Jenefer Sargent has worked as a Consultant Paediatrician in the Neurodisability service at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children UK since 2001, working within the multidisciplinary Developmental Vision Clinic and the Developmental Communication service. She has expertise in the developmental consequences of severe visual impairment, and the visual, communication and learning needs of children with severe motor speech impairment and teaches on both these topics regularly at local and national level.Rebecca Greenaway is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Paediatric Neuropsychologist within the Neurodisability Service at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children London UK. Rebecca has expertise in developmental, cognitive and neuropsychological assessment of children with neurodevelopmental needs, including children with genetic, metabolic and neurological conditions.  Rebecca’s research interests include autism, visual impairment, epilepsy and metabolic conditions.

• Author Appointments  Foreword Preface1              IntroductionNaomi Dale, Alison Salt, Jenefer Sargent, and Rebecca GreenawayPART 1 Eye disorders, vision and brain2             Childhood vision functions, classification and causes of childhood visual impairmentAmeenat Lola, Solebo, Jugnoo, and Sangeeta Rahi 3             Congenital eye disorders: genetics and clinical phenotypesMariya Moosajee and Ngozi Oluonye4             Assessment and habilitation of vision in infants and young childrenAlison Salt and Jenefer Sargent5             Cerebral visual impairmentNaomi Dale, Els Ortibus, Jenefer Sargent, and Richard Bowman6             Vision assessment of children with complex neurodisabilityJenefer Sargent, Alison Salt, and Elisa Fazzi7             Brain development and plasticityFrancesca Tinelli and Andrea GuzzettaPART 2 Child development and learning from birth to older childhood8             Early years, early intervention and family supportNaomi Dale, Elena Sakkalou, and Jackie Osborne9             Motor development and hand functionJulia Smyth and Alison Salt10          Language and communication developmentSteve Rose, Kim Bates, and Rebecca Greenaway11          Social communication and autism spectrum disorderNaomi Dale and Alison Salt12          CognitionRebecca Greenaway and Simon Ungar13          Experience of parenting a child with vision impairmentChristopher Clark and Kate ClarkPART 3 Further approaches to habilitation14          Orientation, Mobility and Independence Skills: Habilitation ApproachesJessica Hayton and Susan Mort15          Technological aids for spatial perception and mobilityMonica Gori and Giulia Cappagli16          Low vision aids and assistive technologies for reading, learning and educationMichael Crossland, Annegret Dahlmann-Noor, and Ngozi Oluonye17          Reading Approaches for Braille ReadersM Cay Holbrook and Kim T ZebehazyPART 4 Social relationships and participation18          Psychological wellbeing, mental health and behaviourClare Jackson19          Self-concept and social relationships for quality of life and participationMathijis Vervloed and Sabina Kef20          Towards autonomy and independence in adolescenceGraeme Douglas, Mike McLinden, and Rachel Hewett21          Personal experiences from a young personHolly TukeIndex