The aim of the research/service clinic set up at the Wolfson Centre in 1985 has been to provide very young severely visually impaired children with optimal visual expenence of materials from which they can learn The expenence of an optometnst and developmental paediatrician working together is presented, and the importance of this team Input to assessment emphasised. A detailed exploration of near functional vision made with real objects and nursery-age picture material serves as the basis for the prescription of an aid and subsequent evaluation of its success The careful counselling of parents and the importance of ongoing support and follow-up are discussed
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