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Professional Rehabilitation of Persons with Visual Impairments

Code: 39444
ECTS: 5.0
Lecturers in charge: prof. dr. sc. Tina Runjić
Lecturers: pred. Matea Luburić - Seminar
Valentina Mašić Fabac, mag. rehab. educ. - Seminar
prof. dr. sc. Tina Runjić - Seminar
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Load:
Lecture typeTotal
Lectures 30
Seminar 30
* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)
Description:
Learning outcomes:
  1. Implementing the education and rehabilitation assessment of the levels of motor, sensory, cognitive, emotional and social functioning of children, young people and adults with visual impairments, motor disorders, chronic diseases, intellectual disabilities, learning disabilities, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), multiple disabilities and other developmental and acquired disabilities in functioning of various etiology (hereinafter: children with disabilities
  2. Interpreting and explaining research-based information about process of education and rehabilitation and support systems for children with disabilities and persons with disabilities to professional and general public.
  3. Assessing the factors and characteristics contributing to quality of life of children with disabilities and persons with disabilities and their families.
  4. Evaluating the effects of education and rehabilitation programs and procedures.
  5. Analyze and develop prerequisites and quality standards for education and rehabilitation support.
  6. Implementing teamwork and cooperation skills with experts of different profiles, different organizations and systems and persons in the living environment of children with disabilities and persons with disabilities (family, caregivers, peers, partners, roommates, colleagues, etc.).
  7. Analyzing community support systems and models and select those that are appropriate to the individual needs of children with disabilities and persons with disabilities.
  8. Critically assessing the exercise of rights and accountability of all stakeholders in systems that develop models and provide care and support to children with disabilities and persons with disabilities.
  9. Creating and advocating procedures for improvement of the social inclusion process and the development of contemporary models and community support programs for children with disabilities and persons with disabilities.
  10. Preventing the development of secondary difficulties and social exclusion of children with disabilities and persons with disabilities.
Literature:
  1. Employment Barriers: Access to Assistive Technology and Research, Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, , Butler S.E., Crudden A., Sansing W.K.: LeJeune B.J.:, , 2002.
  2. Employment Patterns of Older Workers with Visual Impairments, , Cavenaugh B., Rogers P, , 2002.
  3. Satisfaction of Direct-Labor Wrokers Who Are Blind and Empoyed in Industries for the Blind, , Crudden A., Moore J.E., J.M Giesen, , 1996.
  4. Employment outcomes and educational background of legally blind adults employed in sheltered industrial settings. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, , Fireison, C.K., Moore, J., , .
  5. The Relationship of Personality Trais to the Empoyment Status of Persons Who Are Blind, , Hagemoser S.D, , 1996.
  6. Addressing transporation concerns of potential employers of people who are visually impaired, , Wolffe, K, , 2002.
  7. A Qualitative Analysis of Employers Experience with Visually Imparied Workers, , Wolffe K.E., Candela A.R, , 2002.
  8. Predictors of Job-Seeking Behavior Among Persons with Visual Impairment, , Leonard R.:, , .
  9. Rehabilitation Counselors and Rehabilitation Teachers in State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies, Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, , Lewis S., Patterson J.B., , 1998.
  10. Profiles of on-the-job accommodation needed by professional employees who are blind, , Rumrill, P.D, Schuyler B.F.,Longden J.C, , 1997.
  11. Slijepi na poslu, , Philip Chazal, , 2007.
  12. The missing link: real work experience for people who are visually impaired, , Hanye, R, , .
  13. Research to improve vocational rehabilitation, , Kirchner, C., Johnson, G, , 1997.
  14. Profesionalna integracija slijepih, , Stančić, V. i sur, , 1979.
  15. Parents, Adolescents, and Career Plans of Visually Impaired Students, , McConnel J., , 1999.
  16. Orientation and Mobility for a Totally Blind, Bilateral Hand Amputee, The New Outlook for the Blind, , Enzinna A.I, , .
  17. Meeting the Vocational Needs of the Older Blind Perssons, , Dickey, T.W, , .
  18. The Vocationl Development and Success of Visually Impaired Adolescents, , Davidson, T.M, , .
  19. Placement and Employment of the Visually Impaired, , Link H.I.:, , 1975.
  20. Barriers to employment, , Crudden, Adele; McBroom, Lynn W, , .
  21. The role of orientation and mobility instructors and rehabilitation teachers in enhancing employment opportunities for persons who are visually impaired, Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, , Miller, J, , 2002.
1. semester
Obvezni predmeti - Edukacijska rehabilitacija (INK i VID), 1. semestar - Regular studij - Educational Rehabilitation
Obvezni predmeti - Edukacijska rehabilitacija (VID i ART), 1. semestar - Regular studij - Educational Rehabilitation
Mandatory course - Regular studij - Educational Rehabilitation

3. semester
Obvezni predmeti - Edukacijska rehabilitacija (INK i VID), 1. semestar - Regular studij - Educational Rehabilitation
Obvezni predmeti - Edukacijska rehabilitacija (VID i ART), 1. semestar - Regular studij - Educational Rehabilitation
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Professional Rehabilitation of Persons with Visual Impairments