Identification of Children with Visual Impairment and Assessment of Needs
Week - I
1. Eye
2. Eye Care
3. Anatomy and Physiology of Human Eye
Week - II
4. Blindness and Low Vision--Definition and Classification
5. Causes of Blindness and Low Vision
6. Myopia
Week- III
7. Presbyopia
8. Hyperopia
9. Astigmatism
Week - IV
10. Other Eye Diseases
11. Psychosocial implications of visual impairment
12. Factors affecting implications of visual impairment: Age of onset, degree of vision, type of vision loss, prognosis, and socio economic status of the family
Week - V
13. Effect of visual impairment on growth and development: Physical, Motor, Language, Socio-emotional, and Cognitive development
14. Effects of Visual Impairment on Personality Development - Verbalism & Mannerism
15. Educational needs of the visually impaired and need for expanded core curriculum
Week - VI
16. Importance of Early Identification and Intervention
17. Identification and Assessment of Visual Impairment
18. Low vison Assessment
Week - VII
19. Interpretation of clinical assessment of vision
20. Tools of functional assessment of vision and skills
21. Report writing
Week - VIII
22. Concept and Definition of Visual Impairment with Multiple Disabilities
23. Concept, Definition and Etiology of VIMD
24. Impact of VIMD on learning and development
25. Screening, Identification, and Assessment of Children with Visual Impairment with Multiple Disabilities
