Educational issues, Vol. 7 No. 1, 2024.
Review article
https://doi.org/10.53577/oot.7.1.3
Screening as low vision prevention in the educational process
Saša Koca
; JZU UKC Tuzla, Klinika za očne bolest
*
Dženana Radžo Alibegović
; Univerzitet u Tuzli, Edukacijsko-Rehabilitacijski fakultet
* Corresponding author.
Abstract
According to data from the World Health Organisation, there are only two
diseases that are significant in childhood that would meet the criteria for screening
justified in medical and economic terms: amblyopia or low vision in the first place,
followed by hearing impairment. In contrast to screening for hearing impairment,
which has long been carried out at the Ear, Throat, Nose Clinic of the University Clinical Centre of Tuzla immediately after the birth of a child, screening for amblyopia
is carried out periodically, more precisely as part of projects. Amblyopia is the most
common vision pathology in children and is the leading cause of monocular blindness.
If it is not recognised and treated in the early period of the child’s development, the
visually impaired eye will never be able to regain good vision, that is, it may become
functionally blind. All of the above is of immeasurable importance for the upbringing
and education of visually impaired children. Through a careful examination and assessment of vision during regular systematic examinations in the primary health care of
children, the paediatrician can detect risk factors for the development of amblyopia.
The educational process of visually impaired children requires a multidisciplinary
approach and the teamwork of both teaching staff and educators-rehabilitators, typhologists, as well as the participation of the parents and, naturally, the child engaged
in the educational process according to an adapted plan and programme with inclusion in the regular educational process. Ideally, vision impairment should be discovered
by the age of six at the latest.
Keywords
vision screening; low vision; prevention; inclusion
Hrčak ID:
319613
URI
Publication date:
22.7.2024.
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