Visual Impairment in Children Due to Damage to the Brain

Abstract

Reviews the book, Visual Impairment in Children Due to Damage to the Brain edited by Gordon N. Dutton and Martin Bax (2010). The book, ambitious in its scope with chapters by multiple authors, presents topics ranging from the anatomy and physiology of vision to classroom strategies for working with children with visual impairments. It discusses all aspects of visual impairment including reduced acuity, visual field defects, and oculomotor dysfunction, with special attention and extended sections on cortical visual impairment. The detection and treatment of visual impairments in children (and adults) with cerebral palsy and developmental disabilities may be the next frontier in our field. Professionals of all disciplines need to become familiar with the forms of visual impairments and their effects on the disabilities of the people they serve. It requires practitioners to expand their understanding of the disabilities of an individual child or adult, and to collaborate with specialists in the field of vision. This book takes a large step toward accomplishing these goals. I t is too early to be called a classic, but it is not too early to be recognized as a sentinel work in the field. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)