Professional Support for the Teachers of Visually Impaired Pupils in a Mainstream Schools

The objectives of the project

• To empower teachers to be more competent to increase the quality of inclusion for visually impaired pupils;
• To strengthen teachers’ skills and knowledge in working with blind and low vision pupils in inclusive education;
• To improve the quality of teaching through the use of assistive technologies in inclusive education.

The expected results of the project:

• A manual (handbook) that serves as a practical guide for teachers of inclusive education, providing information on how to adjust teaching methods and materials for pupils with visual impairments;
• A training program for subject teachers in inclusive education for blind and low vision pupils;
• A virtual classroom on the project website offers a demonstration of best practices for working with visually impaired pupils in the classroom.

Other Partners:

1. Centre IRIS − Centre for Education, Rehabilitation, Inclusion and Counselling for the Blind and Partially Sighted of Ljubljana (Slovenia);
2. Regional Institute Rittmeyer for the Blind of Trieste (Italy);
3. The state school for visually impaired children and young “Dimitar Vlahov” of Skopje (The Republic of North Macedonia).