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Approach & Strategies
School Screening Program (SSP):
Teachers in the schools would be requested to participate in this activity. They would be trained in measuring vision and would be provided with a referral book. They would refer children suspected to have decreased vision or an obvious ocular abnormality to CSP. A field worker would always assist a teacher in the screening. Teacher would also be taught about the basic prevention to maintain good ocular health and would be required to check the compliance of the children with glasses.
Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR):
Those identified as incurable blinds would be taken up as clients by the field workers and would be trained according to their needs and environment for better living and positive contribution to the community.
The inclusion of visually impaired children in the local regular schools is one of our strategies in our target area.
Activities of Community-based rehabilitation:
The fieldworkers would counsel the visually impaired and blind individuals and their family members, assess their potentials, interest of the clients and local resources and impart training /provide services in the following areas:
Orientation and Mobility training, training in Activities of
Daily Living, training in related Occupation, access to
Facilities given by Government for the blinds, Economic
Rehabilitation when indicated, and Inclusive Education for the visually impaired children.
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