People with Visual Impairment

The BA programme on the special pedagogy and re/habilitation of children and adults with blindness, visual impairment or multiple disabilities and visual impairment provides students with a complex knowledge of the assessment, education, re/habilitation and lifelong support of those with visual impairment.

During the BA programme, students acquire knowledge in the following areas of theory and practice:

different special needs of people with visual impairment, of different ages and social backgrounds,
scientific and methodological knowledge necessary for developing the cognitive, personal and social competences of people with visual impairment,
the different international definitions of visual impairment, its pedagogical and functional classification.
age-specific causes, prevalence and changes in incidence of visual impairment inside and outside Hungary,
functional implications of eye diseases, congenital and acquired visual impairment,
options for and availability of modern medical treatments and optical corrections,
functional and pedagogical vision assessment, its procedures, methods and tools at different ages,
modern optical and electronic devices for vision correction and their availability,
complex psychological and social effects of visual impairment on the person and the person’s family,
psychodiagnostic methods and tools developed for the assessment and support of people with visual impairment,
institutions of education, care and rehabilitation for, children and adults with visual impairment,
legislation, national and international documents relating to the early intervention and support, pre-school education, school education and lifelong education, and re/habilitation of individuals with visual impairment
up-to-date, comprehensive and specialised knowledge of the specific needs of people with multiple disabilities and visual impairments, the areas, methods and tools of their development, education and training, and therapeutic procedures,
design of the individual development plan and the steps involved in drawing it up,
education of students with visual impairment in mainstream schools and in inclusive settings,
environmental adaptation, the principle of equal access and its specific application supporting individuals with visual impairment, and the specific tools of ICT accessibility.