1st Specialization in Education and Rehabilitation of the Sensorially Handicapped

Visual Deficient’s Psychology

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ECTS Credits2
Number of Hours (h/year)30
Teaching staffJOURDAN, Catherine
Course UnitCompulsory
TermQuad. 1 and 2
CodePARA-D_SLOGO0008/1
Prerequisite

None

Aims and Objectives

The theoretical aspects of the injuries of the eye, the general principles of the management of visual impairments as well as the psychological and social components of this handicap.

Description

Biological bases ( eye and visual brain).

The visual processes : analysis and methods of evaluation; visual systemic...

The injuries of the eye ( epidemiology, etiology, prevention, remediations, prospects).

The visual deficiency and the optical, cognitive, environmental corrections.

Psychology of the visual handicap :

  • Congenital blindness, repercussions and compensations ( early guidance, school integration, braille and translation...);
  • Late blindness and its revalidation;
  • Pathologies of eye and older people;
  • Pathologies of eye and polyhandicaps.

Specialized teaching and centres of low visions.

The functional rehabilitation, the logopedic and speech therapy, the orientation and the mobility, independant living, hand skills...the multidisciplinarity of the trainings.

The psychosocial aspects: society and sensitizing, social environment, to assist, to lend a hand of blind people, occupational activities, professional integration, new technologies and researches, adaptation and psychotherapy, personality and legal dispositions.

Bibliography

GENICOT R. Les déficiences visuelles in Manuel de Psychologie des Handicaps, Sémiologie et Principes de Remédiation, Rondal J. et Comblain A . Edits, Mardaga, Sprimont 2001.

Teaching and Learning MethodsLectures
Tutorials
Assessment MethodsOral examinations
Continuous assessment
NotesIn part
LanguageFrench

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