SP2922 Basic diagnostic methods in the field of Vision Therapy

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martin Vrubel, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Věra Vojtová, Ph.D.
Department of Special and Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: PhDr. Petra Röderová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Institute for Research in Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Objective of the course in terms of learning outcomes and competences The aim of the course is to acquaint students with basic diagnostic methods of functional vision testing in children with visual impairment, adults and seniors with visual impairment and persons with combined disabilities. Students will be acquainted with medical and special pedagogical tests for examination of visual acuity, field of vision, contrast sensitivity, coloring and other visual functions. Students will learn to use these tests in practice. Students will become acquainted with the work of visual therapists.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to:
- define the scope of the vision therapist, including legislative anchoring
- to focus on diagnostic methods of examining visual functions in children and adults with visual impairment and people with combined disabilities
- basic way to examine visual acuity, field of view, contrast sensitivity, coloring and other visual functions
- use special pedagogical diagnostic tests for visual functions
Syllabus
  • Low Vision Therapy - Definitions and Legislation
  • • Definition of visual impairment
  • • Development of visual functions
  • • Visual Impact - Definitions and Diagnostics
  • • Field of View - Definition and Diagnostics
  • • Contrast vision - definitions and diagnostics
  • • Color vision - definitions and diagnostics
  • • Binocular vision disorders - definitions and diagnostics
  • • Correct vision center functions - definition and diagnostics
  • • Diagnosis of visual functions - conservative procedures, Lea Hyvärinen methodology, alternative methods of investigation
  • • Special pedagogical diagnostic tests - in Low Vision Therapy
Literature
    required literature
  • VRUBEL, Martin. Facilitátory a bariéry školní a sociální inkluze osob se zrakovým postižením (Facilitators and barriers of school and social inclusion of people with visual impairment). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2015, 186 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-8022-5. info
Teaching methods
lecture, video, discussion, simulation
Assessment methods
oral examination
Language of instruction
Czech
Study support
https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/ped/jaro2025/SP2922/index.qwarp
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 2 bloky pro kombinované studium.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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