Reading Rehabilitation for Individuals with Low Vision

Research and Practice in the Czech Republic

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Specialties, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Psychology, Child & Adolescent, Child Development
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Author: Kamila Růžičková ISBN: 9783319436531
Publisher: Springer International Publishing Publication: September 29, 2016
Imprint: Springer Language: English
Author: Kamila Růžičková
ISBN: 9783319436531
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Publication: September 29, 2016
Imprint: Springer
Language: English

This book presents an emerging rehabilitation program for improving the reading abilities of individuals with low vision who undergo therapy for visual impairment. Its interdisciplinary framework for visual training through reading skills development aligns its goals with those of special education programs and features anatomical and psychological background chapters, diverse perspectives on rehabilitation, and empirical supporting data. Program details span theoretical bases, strategies and planning, pedagogical considerations, use of assistive technologies, and assessment of client progress and program efficacy. And by locating rehabilitation in the psychosocial experience of visual disability, the program can be used as a means of building confidence and motivation, contributing to improved quality of life.

Included in the coverage:

  • Visual impairment and its impact on development.
  • Rehabilitation of individuals with visual impairment in the Czech Republic.
  • Innovative vision rehabilitation system: theoretical postulates, meanings, and objectives.
  • Reading as a main objective of vision rehabilitation.
  • Verification of effectiveness of the reading performance experimental rehabilitation program.

Reading Rehabilitation for Individuals with Low Vision is an essential resource for researchers, clinicians/practitioners, and graduate students in varied fields such as cognitive psychology, rehabilitation, literacy, special education, child and school psychology, visual therapy, and public health. 

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This book presents an emerging rehabilitation program for improving the reading abilities of individuals with low vision who undergo therapy for visual impairment. Its interdisciplinary framework for visual training through reading skills development aligns its goals with those of special education programs and features anatomical and psychological background chapters, diverse perspectives on rehabilitation, and empirical supporting data. Program details span theoretical bases, strategies and planning, pedagogical considerations, use of assistive technologies, and assessment of client progress and program efficacy. And by locating rehabilitation in the psychosocial experience of visual disability, the program can be used as a means of building confidence and motivation, contributing to improved quality of life.

Included in the coverage:

Reading Rehabilitation for Individuals with Low Vision is an essential resource for researchers, clinicians/practitioners, and graduate students in varied fields such as cognitive psychology, rehabilitation, literacy, special education, child and school psychology, visual therapy, and public health. 

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