These are convenient, accessible and can be accessed at anytime.
These sessions are presented by RIDBC staff and external experts in the field.
All of these sessions also can be used for accreditation purposes. Each course will clearly state what accreditation is available for each course.
Understanding visual function to optimise functional vision in children with CVI
Cerebral vision impairment (CVI) has emerged to be one of the most prominent causes of vision impairment in children in the developed world. The spectrum of CVI creates anomalies in the quality of vision seen in conjunction with cognitive visual dysfunction.
Early Childhood Development and implication of vision impairment
The years from conception through birth to eight years of age are critical to the complete and healthy cognitive, emotional and physical growth of children. This webinar explores early childhood development, the role of vision and visual development and then the implications for a child's development due to their vision impairment. Completing the Early (more…)
Education Inclusion for children with vision impairment
This webinar provides participants with strategies to assist in including children with vision impairemnt in your class or community setting.
Orientation and Mobility Package
This package contains all 12 webinars and is a great introduction to Orientation and Mobility. It covers a large variety of topics and disscues the role of O&M specialists, tips and techniques, technology, students with multiple disabilities and lots more.
Facilitating Orientation and mobility development
This webinar discusses the role of the O&M specialist and how educators and other professionals can facilitate the development of O&M skills and techniques with the individuals they are working with.
O&M for individuals with CVI/Additional Disabilities
This webinar introduces cortical vision impairment (CVI) and the appropriate O&M interventions. It also provides an understanding as to how O&M skills and techniques can be adapted for those with additional disabilities.
O&M and low vision
This webinar provides an introduction to the O&M implications for individuals with low vision.
Utilising Assistive Technology in O&M
This webinar introduces some examples of how assistive technology can enhance orientation and mobility.
O&M in secondary school
This webinar explains how O&M skills and techniques are expanded into more complex environments for secondary school age students and young adults.
O&M in primary school settings
This webinar discusses the introduction of more ‘formal’ O&M skills and techniques, and how O&M fits within the Expanded Core Curriculum.
