Presentation title Teaching Rehabilitation and Rehabilitation skills to
Presentation title Teaching ‘Rehabilitation and Rehabilitation skills to blind and vision impaired adults, children and young people’ in view of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s).
My background My name Molemisi Kono ‘Rehabilitation and Habilitation Specialist’
Visual Eyes Afrika-international (VEA-i) What is VEA-i? It’s aims and objectives? VEA-i in East and Southern Africa VEA-i in South America
“Rehabilitation and habilitation”. What is rehabilitation? What is habilitation?
SDG’s & Rehab/Hab GOAL 1: No Poverty. GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-being. GOAL 4: Quality Education. GOAL 5: Gender Equality. Goal 10: Reduce Inequalities
Agenda 2063 & Rehab/hab Africa Union Disability Strategic Framework. ‘ Protocols on Disability and Aging in Africa. Draft Protocol on Social Protection and Social Security Draft Plan of Action on Child Labour.
Teaching ‘Reha/hab to visually impaired children and young people’ Rehabilitation and habilitation Standards Referral Guidelines Systems Accessibility. Training and Education. Data Collection and Statistics. Evaluation and Review.
Rehabilitation and Habilitation Quality Standards The standards ensure there is uniformity in service provision.
Referral Guidelines Systems Home Pre-schooling Schooling Transition Adult learning
Accessibility Access to learning/learning to access’ specialist teacher’s role (1) ensuring that the child’s environment is structured to promote learning throughout their education (‘access to learning’) (2) supporting the child to learn distinctive skills in order to afford more independent learning (‘learning to access’) Ref: Mc. Linden Douglas, Hewett, Cobb and Ravenscroft (2016)
Training & Education Habilitation Specialists. Qualified Teachers for Vision Impairment
Data Collection and Statistics. Informs about eye health of a nation. Affects resources distributions. Insures ‘no one is left behind’
Evaluation and Review. Indicates what’s working and what’s not?
“Achieving the SDGs through Innovation, Access and Lifelong Learning. ” Rehab/hab and ‘Artificial Intelligence. ’ Rehab/hab and ‘Machine Learning. ’
Conclusion Rehab/hab improves; Quality of life, wellbeing and wellness. Rehab/hab encourages; Social inclusion, social protection and social security. Rehab/hab supports; Agenda 2063 and SDG’s 2030
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