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The National Research & Training Center on Blindness & Low Vision

The Basics of Brain Injury and Vision Loss is a Course

The Basics of Brain Injury and Vision Loss

Started Dec 16, 2019
1.5 credits

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The Basics of Brain Injury and Vision Loss: This course discusses the cause, symptoms, and treatment for visual impairments associated with brain injury.

This course is available for CRC, ACVREP, and NBPCB credit.

Course Objectives:

  1. Gain an overview of the basics of acquired brain injury including causes, types, impact, and general treatment.
  2. Learn the various visual disturbances and impairments that are associated with acquired brain injury.
  3. Understand brain mapping and neural plasticity and their impact on rehabilitation planning.
  4. Learn some general tips and techniques in working with individuals with brain injuries.

The following are supported screen reader and browser combinations for this course: Macintosh: VoiceOver (latest version for Safari) PC: JAWS and NVDA (latest version for Firefox) The course shows a start date, but that is simply the date the course was made available to the public. They are self-paced. So, there is not an end date. You can enroll at any time. This course was developed by the National Research & Training Center on Blindness & Low Vision (NRTC) at Mississippi State University. We are the only national center funded to conduct research related to employment for people with blindness or low vision, and training and technical assistance for the federal Older Individuals who are Blind program. As a national center of excellence, we offer resources on a variety of topics for service providers, businesses, and persons with vision loss on our websites:

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