Visual impairment has a significant impact on early growth and development. To compensate for their vision deficits, children need to use specific tools and learn appropriate strategies in a variety of aspects of their daily life. Although widespread in Western countries, vision rehabilitation programmes are scarce in Jordan as in the rest of the Arab world, which can be explained by the fact that the region suffers from a general lack of expertise on the needs of people with visual disability. By bringing international experts to Jordan, the present programme offers a unique opportunity to professionals in the health and education sectors to improve their practice and possibly develop new services not only in Jordan but also in the rest of the Arab world.

This programme brings together all the disciplines of vision rehabilitation to form a series of courses that provides the students with the basic knowledge required for understanding the needs of children with visual disability in a practical framework.

The courses include:
1. Visual system and eye diseases.
2. Low vision: assessment, training and coping strategies.
3. Optics, magnification and optical devices.
4. Development, learning and education.
5. Activities of daily living skills and mobility. 

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