Schoolchildren with Low Vision

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Title: How to Support Schoolchildren with Low Vision!

Description: This webinar provides comprehensive and scientifically grounded knowledge about the visual system, different types of visual impairment and their impact on child development. At the same time, it offers practical tools and strategies for creating an accessible, inclusive and supportive environment in which students with low vision can learn, develop and thrive.

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Target group: The webinar is addressed to parents, educators, special education teachers, therapists (speech therapists, occupational therapists, etc.) and health and education professionals who wish to actively contribute to the development and education of school-age children with low vision.

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Duration: 300 minutes (5 hours)

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Date: Upon arrangement

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Content: In this practical webinar, participants will gain both theoretical knowledge and applicable skills and tools for understanding and supporting children with low vision in daily life and in educational settings.

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What you will learn:

Theoretical Understanding of Vision
• The sense of vision
• Physiology of the eye
• Structure and function of the visual system
• Primary visual cortex and neurobiological foundations of vision
• Prenatal and postnatal development of the visual system
• Visual functions and perception

Types of Visual Impairment
• Ocular Visual Impairment (OVI)
• Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI)
• Low vision: categories and characteristics

Special Section: CVI (Cerebral Visual Impairment)
• Definition and etiology
• Common comorbidities
• Typical visual difficulties
• Damage to the dorsal and ventral visual streams

Assessment and Diagnosis
• Tools for assessing visual perception
• Objective diagnostic methods

Practical Intervention Strategies
• Strategies to enhance Activities of Daily Living (ADL)
• Environmental adaptations to enhance accessibility
• Use of other sensory systems as compensation for vision loss
• Techniques to enhance residual vision​

• Accessibility through magnification, ergonomics, lighting, contrast and modification of the auditory environment

Methodological Tools and educational strategies

• Support methods for different learning situations​

• Laboratory educational materials

• Teaching tools

• Structured teaching methods

• Audio description

Reading techniques for students with:

• Central vision loss

• Nystagmus

• Restricted peripheral visual field

• Reduced central and peripheral vision

• Low visual acuity

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Cost: Upon request

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Registration: Email: viresec.gr@gmail.com

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Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of the webinar, participants will be able to understand in depth the function of vision and its disorders, recognize the needs of students with low vision, apply practical intervention strategies in daily life, create accessible and supportive learning environments and enhance children’s independence and quality of life.