Holiday of Purim
Written by Ganit Shaked, Assit Elia Branch rehovot Purim is an exciting holiday, especially for children they can be whoever they want, dress up, wear makeup and even make more noise than usual. However, for quite a few children, some holiday holidays can be uncomfortable, frightening, daunting and even scary. For children with visual impairment, […]
Emotional support for the care team and children with visual impairment or blindness
The basis of our activity at THEA is the deep understanding that vision affects all areas of development, it is the organizing sense that pushes us to connect with the environment, stimulates curiosity and through which we perceive and understand the world. Vision affects motor, cognitive and behavioral ability, the severity and nature of visual […]
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Active Learning for Children with Visual Impairments
By Sarit Levy, Certified Vision Therapist Organizational Vision Instructor, Eliya Based on the work of Dr.Lilli Nielsen Active Learning is a system that was developed by Dr. Lilli Nielsen. Its aim is to give very young children with vision impairment and other disabilities an opportunity to learn through active and independent exploration, using a process […]
Integrating children with visual impairment in kindergartens
Integrating children with visual impairment in kindergartens – What should we do for a child with visual/blindness to integrate optimally? And practical tools for integration. The training is intended for educational and professional teams in kindergartens and parents whose children are preparing or integrating Led the discourse and guided Sarit Levy, national vision guide of […]
Promoting the independence of children with visual impairment or early childhood blindness.
Promoting the independence of children with visual impairment or early childhood blindness. We believe that it is important to maintain a natural and normative environment for children, at the same time, adapting the living and home and care space is essential for the advancement of children with blindness or visual impairment. It is important to […]
Internet training
Elia sees great importance in accessing professional information about working with children with visual impairment or blindness. We are happy to invite you parents, professional staff and educators to participate and watch our online video tussles available to watch. At your disposal are a variety of professional articles, guidebooks, study and more where you can […]
Cone-Rod Dystrophy
Genetic phenomenon- congenital hereditary. Incidence of the disease 1:40,000 births. The retina is the part of the eye that catches the light. It consists of two types of receptors, which are the cells that correspond to light and convert the image into electrical images that pass to the brain. There are 2 types of receptors: […]
Adm.
Written by: Prof. Kent Kazlo, Professional Director of the Elia Association, Developmental Optometrist. Global Background Adrenals is a hereditary congenital disease, characterized by a complete or partial lack of pigment (a colored substance called melanin) that appears in the skin, hair and eyes. There are two main types of whiteness; Ocular abinism (absence of pigment […]
Articles and professional information on visual impairments and the treatment of early childhood children
Early childhood vision tests Prof. Kent Kessello, Professional Director Poor early childhood tests allow to monitor the development of the visual system and diagnose visual impairments at the earliest stage, if any. Vision affects all areas of development, it is the organizing sense that pushes us to connect with the environment, stimulates curiosity and through […]
