1. komponenta

Lecture type	Total
Lectures	15
Clinical practicals	30

* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)

Course objectives:
Meeting students with the features of low vision and its effect on daily functioning.
Teaching students about visual functioning of persons with low vision, as well as about various rehabilitation programmes that affect improvement of their visual functioning.
Enrollment requirements:
Knowing of elementary concepts related to vision impairment.
Course content elaborated according to the weekly schedule:
Define different degrees and types of vision impairment in the area of low vision.
Understand the effect of different degrees of low vision on the overall person's functioning.
Distinguish and use different forms of adapting techniques and materials for learning purposes.
Select appropriate methods and techniques for the adaptation of materials and activities in order to facilitate daily functioning of persons with low vision.
Classify support systems for persons with low vision in all areas of life.
Valuation and grading of students' work during teaching and on the final exam:
During teaching students will receive group work assignments, which will be regularly checked and valuated.
During the semester students are obligated to present their group work and to participate in group discussions. Students will have the opportunity to pass the exam through 2 written colloquiums which will be held during the teaching.

1. Foundations of Low Vision: Clinical and Functional Perspectives, , Corn, A.L.; Koenig, A.J. (ed.), AFB Press, New York, 1-66; 86-142, 1996.
2. Children with Visual Impairments, , Webster, A., Roe, J, London, Routledge, 1998.
3. Teaching cildren with Visual Impairment, , Best, A. B, Buckingham, Open University Press, 1992.
4. Foundations of Rehailitation Consueling with Persons Who Are Blind and Visually Impaired, , Graves, W.H., Moore, J.E., Patterson, .J, AFB Press, New York, 1997.

Mandatory course - Regular studij - Rehabilitation