Because Public Law 94-142 mandates the public schools to educate handicapped children, school psychologists will increasingly be called on to assess visually impaired children. This article reviews a variety of assessment instruments that psychologists can use to evaluate the visually handicapped child's residual vision; cognitive abilities; academic achievement; social, developmental, and language skills; and vocational potential. The authors emphasize the importance of the school psychologist's clinical judgment in selecting assessment techniques and interpreting results.
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