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Effectiveness of Training Program to Increase the Functional Vision of Partially Sighted Students Considering Assistive Technology through the SETT Framework in Saudi Arabia

. Abdulrahman Ahmed Al-Bulayhi , Abdulrahman Bin Ali Bin Abdullah Alduaylij , Yasir A. Alsamiri , Omar Abdullah Alsamani , Abdulrahim Ajyan Alsenani & Mansour Mosleh Aljohani


Abstract

  The study aimed to determine the effectiveness of a training program to Increase the Functional Vision of Partially Sighted Students Considering Assistive Technology through the SETT Framework in Saudi Arabia and the continuity of the program's impact on increasing the functional vision of partially sighted Students after its implementation. The study was applied to a sample of 20 students with low vision selected using the purposive, hypothetical, or intentional method. They have functional vision impairment at the Al-Noor Institute for the Blind (boys) in Buraydah, Saudi Arabia. They were divided into two groups, one experimental and the other control, each consisting of ten students with a chronological age range of 6–8, an average age of 6.65, and a standard deviation of 0.813. The research instrument was a Functional Vision Scale (prepared by the researcher). A Training Program to Increase the Functional Vision of Partially Sighted Students Considering Assistive Technology through the SETT Framework (prepared by the researcher) The study reached the following results: The findings of this study have the potential to significantly influence policy and practice in special education and assistive technology, with statistically significant differences at the significance level (α ≤ 0.05) in the mean ranks on the functional vision scale between the experimental and control groups in the post-measurement for students with low vision in the primary stage. There are statistically significant differences at the significance level (α ≤ 0.05) in the mean ranks on the functional vision scale between the experimental group members pre- and post-measurement. There are no statistically significant differences at the significance level (α ≤ 0.05) in the mean ranks on the functional vision scale between the experimental group members in the post-measurement and the follow-up measurement. These findings underscore the potential of the training program to shape policy and practice in special education and assistive technology, instilling hope and optimism for the future of these fields.

  Keywords: Increase the Functional Vision, Partially Sighted Students, Assistive Technologies, and SETT Framework.

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