Reading Rehabilitation for Individuals with Low Vision

Research and Practice in the Czech Republic

Kamila Růžičková (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XVII, 290 Seiten

2018 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-82878-7 (ISBN)

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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:

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.

Kamila Ruzicková, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Hradec Králové. She has more than 22 years of experience with education, rehabilitation, and counseling for people with visual impairment. She is an expert teacher and lecturer at the Education Centre for Children with Visual Impairment in Hradec Králové, an instructor of Orientation and Mobility skills, and a teacher of Braille code. Previously, she worked as a professional at the Rehabilitation Center for Adults with Visual Impairment for 8 years. She is the author of the educational program 'Increasing visual performance in reading' and a monograph, Visual Rehabilitation for Persons with Low Vision. Dr. Ruzickova works as a member of the Czech Republic Governmental Committee for the special needs of people with disabilities and the Association of Professional Counsellors for children with special education needs and their families and teachers of the Czech Republic.

Chapter 1. Visual Impairment and its Impact on Development.- Chapter 2. Rehabilitation of Individuals with Visual Impairment in the Czech Republic.- Chapter 3. Concept of Vision Rehabilitation in the Czech Republic.- Chapter 4. Reading as One of the Objectives of Vision Rehabilitation.- Chapter 5. Objectives, Questions, and Characteristics of the Research Group Involved in the Study.- Chapter 6. Research Methodology.- Chapter 7. Results of the Research.- Chapter 8. Conclusions.- Appendices.- Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	05.03.2022
Zusatzinfo	XVII, 290 p. 83 illus., 26 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	4686 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Pädagogische Psychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
Schlagworte	Assessment of reading performance in individuals w • Assessment of reading performance in individuals with low vision • Assistive devices and technology for individuals w • Assistive devices and technology for individuals with low vision • Cognitive processes and vision rehabilitation • Development of visual training for individuals wit • Development of visual training for individuals with low vision • Reading accuracy and individuals with low vision • Reading comprehension and individuals with low vis • Reading comprehension and individuals with low vision • Reading performance and individuals with low visio • Reading performance and individuals with low vision • Reading skills development for individuals with lo • Reading skills development for individuals with low vision • Reading speed and individuals with low vision • Social context of visual impairment • Teaching recommendations for training reading skil • Teaching recommendations for training reading skills • Theory of reading performance • Visual attention in individuals with low vision • Visual cognition and disorders • Visual impairment and quality of life • Visual impairment and reading abilities • Visual rehabilitation and reading abilities • Visual rehabilitation of individuals in the Czech • Visual rehabilitation of individuals in the Czech Republic • Visual training and reading abilities • Visual training program for improving reading abil • Visual training program for improving reading abilities
ISBN-10	3-319-82878-9 / 3319828789
ISBN-13	978-3-319-82878-7 / 9783319828787
Zustand	Neuware