Description
This micro-credential is awarded to individuals who have successfully completed and passed the Brain-Based Visual Impairment: An Overview blended workshop. This blended workshop provides participants with the opportunity to become familiar with the patterns of dysfunction associate with brain-based visual impairment and identify some assessment methods and compensatory strategies for children with this diagnosis.
Competency
In order to earn this micro-credential, participants will demonstrate achievement of the learning outcomes outline below.
Learning Outcomes/Objectives
Participants will:
- Demonstrate knowledge of patterns of dysfunction associated with cerebral visual impairment.
- Identify methods of assessment for children who have cerebral visual impairment.
- Identify compensatory strategies that increase participation in and access to school, home, and community environments for children who have cerebral visual impairment.
- Identify ways in which the effects of cerebral visual impairment in individual children might affect their performance in pre-academic, academic, functional academic tasks as well as activities of daily living and orientation and mobility.
