Learn about physical issues concerning visual impairment

The understanding of the diagnosis of an eye disease is important to understand all other elements of the situation both carers and the person that has lost his or her sight.

You can learn about the eye at the GAT4PRoVIP courses and you can prepare by downloading and reading the training material for this part of the courses.

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Download training materials for Physical Issues for carers of visual impaired people in English 

Download training materials for Physical issues for carers of visual impaired people in German

Download training materials for Physical Issues for carers of visual impaired people in Turkish

Download training matierials for Physical Issues for carers of visual impaired people in Danish

Download training materials for Phsysical Isssues for carers of visual impaired people in Romanian

When being close to a person who has lost his or her sight it’s important to know how to give basic help as a natural part of your everyday activities. It eases the practical problems that occur every day and ultimately makes overcoming loss of sight easier.

At the course for guidance, advice and training you will learn how to help a visually impaired person and you can prepare by reading the training material below.

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Download training materials for Advice, Guidance and Training in English 

Download training materials for Advice, Guidance and Training in German

Download training materials for Advice, Guidance and Training in Danish

Download training materials for Advice, Guidance and Training in Romanian

Download the training booklet for Advice, Guidance and Training in Turkish

Psychological issues for the carers of visually impaired people

At the course for understanding psychological issues surrounding loss of sight you’ll learn about the most common psychological reaction when having to cope with the situation.

This way you will be able to understand most of the reaction you’ll meet and maybe even be able to ease some of the issues by understanding rather than being confused.

Please prepare for the course by reading the training material below

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Download training materials for Psychological issues for the carers of viaually impaired people in English

Download training materials for Psychological issues for the carers of visually impaired people in German

Download training materials for Psychological issues for the carers of visually impaired people in Turkish

Download training materials for Psychological issues for the carers of visually impaired people in Danish

Download training materials for Psychological issues for the carers of visual impaired people in Romanian

Learn the basics about assistive technology

One of the most important things in the life of a visually impaired person is the assistive technology. Sometimes it is difficult to start using assistive technology because it’s connected to acceptance of the disability.

As a carer you can help by knowing what assistive technology is on the marked and what practical problems they can solve.

In the training material below you can read about assistive technology and prepare for the course.

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Download training materials for Assistive Technology 

Download training materials for Assistive Technology in German

Download training materials for Assistive Technology in Turkish

Download training materials for Assistive Technology in Danish

Download trainng materials for Assistive Technology in Romanian

Use life skills and motivation to help

The loss of sight is usually a huge crisis and as a carer you can provide something that is difficult for the victim. You can guide your relative through knowledge about life skills and use motivation when the crisis is most apparent.

In the training material below you can read about the most common life skills and ways to motivate

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Download training materials for Life Skills and Motivation

Download training materials for Life Skills and Motivation in German

Download training materials for Life Skills and Motivation in Turkish

Download training materials for Life Skills and Motivation in Danish

Download training materials for Life Skills and Motivation in Romanian

See the training programme here