Vision Rehabilitation Specialist (Adults) - FdSc

Birmingham City University

Vision impairment is a life changing experience and very often you will be working with people who are at a crisis point in their lives. A Vision Rehabilitation Specialist’s strength is to be a problem solver and to respond to a person's unique and complex situation. You will develop individual training courses for people based on their individual needs and aspirations.

Your initial learning focuses on the individual and the impacts of vision impairment on all aspects of life. You will look at how to work in partnership with your clients and their families, and how to work inter-professionally to promote the needs of those experiencing sight loss.

You will also learn how to enable people with a vision impairment to become independent in their daily lives. This may be through teaching orientation and mobility skills, safety and independence in the kitchen and the home, techniques to overcome communication barriers and making the best use of a person's strengths and any remaining vision.

You will attend our City South Campus in Edgbaston for block learning weeks that are spread throughout each academic year. During these weeks you will take part in lectures, simulation sessions and a range hands on group activities on this practical course.

You will benefit from learning from an experienced teaching team and specialists from the sector as well as using our specialist resource rooms and training kitchens. In between teaching weeks, you will be able to access extensive online materials and take part in valuable work-based learning placements.