IBRC Resource Library -- Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness: May-June 1996

## Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness: Special edition on Literacy May-June 1996

### Contents

- Guest Editorial
- Is Listening Literacy? An Effective Alternative by D. W. Tuttle
- Comprehensive Literacy by P Hatlen
- Emergent Literacy: A New Perspective by J.M. Stratton
- Beginning Braille: A Whole Language-based Strategy by G. Lamb
- The Braille Readiness Skills Grid: A Guide to Building a Foundation for Literacy by A.V. McComiskey
- Family Support of the Emergent Literacy of Children with Visual Impairments by C.J. Craig
- Teachers' Voices: Comments on Braille and Literacy from the Field by S.H. Wittenstein, M.L. Pardee
- Perceptions of Braille Usage by Legally Blind Adults by F.K. Schroeder
- The Impact of Braille Reading Skills on Employment, Income, Education, and Reading Habits by R. Ryles
- Braille Reading Rates as a Function of Reading Tasks by M. Knowlton, R. Wetzel
- Reading Competence of Visually Impaired Pupils in Sweden by K. Fellenius
- How Much Space Does Grade 2 Braille Really Save? by I.K. Durre
- The Computerized Braille Tutor: A Computer-based Braille Learning Program by G. Kapperman, A. Heinze, B.B. Hawkins, S. Ruconich
- Improving the Braille Competence of Teaching Staff: A State Agency Model by L. Jones, K. Wolffe
- Materials for Learning Braille by Sight by F.M. D'Andrea
- The Development of a New Standardized Test of Children's Braille Reading Abilities in Britain by J. Greaney
- Report on a Review of Textbooks to Teach Braille to Blind Adults by E.J. Rex, C. Richesin
- Braille Literacy and Self-esteem: A Report from Uruguay by E. Elissalde
- Braille and Beyond: Braille Literacy in a Larger Context by S.J. Spungin
- Weaving the Cloth of Literacy: The Relationship between Braille and Reading by P.A. Zago
- The Braille Literacy Crisis for Children by L.Johnson
- Reading Rates of Young Braille-Reading Children by D.P Wormsley
- ELIA (TM) : A Simpler Tactile Code for Persons with Visual Impairments by E. V Chepaitis
- A Computerized System for Translating Japanese Print into Braille by N. Ohtake
- Demographics Update: legally blind students registered with the American Printing House for the Blind
- ILLITERACY AND LOW LITERACY IN THE UNITED STATES
- ESTIMATED NUMBER OF ADULT BRAILLE READERS IN THE UNITED STATES