General

• An oral presentation can take 30 minutes (20-minutes presentation time and 10 minutes discussion time)
• Posters will be displayed during the duration of the conference

Monday 3/07/2017

11:00 – 12:15 Keynote lecture by

Quality of life, moving forward from deficit thinking to supports

14:00 – 15:30 Parallel Session I: Oral Presentations

• Evolution of visual impairment in children and adults born preterm
  Katrien Keppens, Mieke Vandorpe, Myriam Callemeyn and Mieke De Pourcq
• Get your coat: examining the development of the independent living skill of dressing in young children with visual impairment, young children with down syndrome, and typically developing children
  Jessica Hayton
• Early intervention for visually impaired children: terms and stages of compensation of blindness in the first year of life
  Ludmila Myasnikova and Vladimir Ruchin

• BRAITICO. A new braille literacy method of ONCE, using ICT
  Elena Gastón López
• The development of online resources to support the effective assessment and teaching of literacy through braille
  Rory Cobb and Steve McCall
• Audio description and students with visual impairments: what use for what benefits?
  Nathalie Lewi-Dumont, Loraine Crépel and Laetitia Dumont–Lewi

• The assessment and development of digital literacy in students with vision impairment and additional learning needs: preliminary findings from a current PhD study
  Emily H. White, Kerry Wood and Shiralee Poed
• Twenty-first century learning skills for MDVI students
  Dick Lunenborg
• Together successful - Five years of inverse inclusion at Betty-Hirsch-School, Nikolauspflege Stuttgart, Germany
  Anne Reichmann

• Non-verbal communication
  Roselinde Strosse and Laurence Foulon
• Solidarity in Sight: A Social and Psychological Support Program for young adults
  Sarah De Ruyck and Lorenzo Billiet

• Mindfulness-based treatment for persons with a visual impairment or visual-and-intellectual disabilities
  Hannelies Hokke and Paula Sterkenburg
• A visual impairment is not just about seeing and watching. Get a view of the different aspects and dimensions of the emotional process.
  Heidi Deknudt
• Measuring the effect of functional rehabilitation on quality of life
  Sophie Demoustier and Stéphanie Demartin

• The role of "Gender", "Islam", and "Turkish Culture" on independence of individuals with visual Impairments
  Onder Islek
• If vision matters
  Renate Walthes, Sonja Breitenbach, Christiane Freitag, Friederike Hogrebe, Lea Hyvärinen and Namita Jacob

• Current and future trends in museums regarding visitors with disabilities: the case of visitors with visual impairments
  Vassilis Argyropoulos, Magda Nikolaraizi, Charikleia Kanari and Sofia Chamonikolaou
• Interactions between a gallery, university and special school for visually impaired in providing access to ancient and contemporary art: the Bulgarian case
  Mira Tzvetkova-Arsova, Vladimir Radoulov, Margarita Tomova, Rumiana Ioneva, Rositsa Chisheva and Emanuela Stoilova
• The cooperation of university, museum and special school for adapting the environment and creating new educational opportunities for children with visual impairment in museums: the Hungarian case
  Krisztina Kovács, Beáta Prónay, Erzsébet Szűcs and Ágnes Somorjai
• Empowering people with visual impairments to visit museums by developing differentiated educational programs
  Andrea Hathazi, Adrian Rosan, Tudor Salagean and Tekla Totszegi
• Bridging theory and practice in developing inclusive practices in museum: The Greek case
  Vassilis Argyropoulos, Magda Nikolaraizi, Charikleia Kanari, Sofia Chamonikolaou, Marina Plati, Eleni Markou and Betty Leotsakou

16:00 – 17:30 Workshop Session I

• QoL
  Chaired by Charlotte De Smet
  Moderator: Remco Mosterd

• All I need is time and practice: Multisensory projects for children with visual impairment and additional needs
  Moderator: Gerti Jaritz

• Visual impairment and autism spectrum disorders: customised assessment and care throughout the life course
  Chaired by Sonia Meys
  Moderator: Peter Verstraten
  • Visual impairment and autism spectrum disorders: customised assessment and care throughout the life course
    Peter Verstraten, Mathijs Vervloed, Joan Curran, Sinead Fitzpatrick, Kim de Verdier and Hans van den Heuvel
  • Assessment of autistic behavior in People with Multiple Disabilities
    Mathijs Vervloed and Gitta de Vaan
  • Visual impairment and autism spectrum disorders
    Joan Curran, Audrey Darby, Audrey Farrelly and Sinead Fitzpatrick
  • “Blindness and autism spectrum disorder in children: 
Prevalence, diagnostics and reflections on the support”
    Kim de Verdier
  • Visual impairment and autistic spectrum disorder: customised care illustrated in case examples
    Marit van Buijsen, Hans van den Heuvel and Peter Verstraten

• Apps for mobile devices: how to distinguish accessible apps from inaccessible apps
  Moderator: Jeroen Baldewijns

• Social haptic communication
  Moderator: Veerle Vanthuyne

• Up to an inclusive life after special education. An interactive session based on Testimony
  Moderator: Monique Van den Abbeel

Tuesday 4/07/2017

9:00 – 10:00 Keynote lecture by

Quality of life and quality of support for children with a disability and their families

10:30 – 12:30 Parallel Session II: Oral Presentations

• Stories: a different way to interact with blind or visually impaired children and adults with additional disabilities
  Jeske D'haene, Annelies Meulemans and Wieteke Luppens
• Communication or Confusion? One Local Authority’s Approach to Simplifying Communication for Pupils with Complex Needs using Objects of Reference.
  Elizabeth McCann
• Moving towards self-confidence
  Ria Waele

• De Pit: an inclusion project for adolescents with visual impairment and multiple disabilities in the city of Tervuren
  Veerle Coenraets, Susy Gijbels and Sonia Meys
• Concept development of Blind Children - A General Introduction
  Ans Withagen and Anneke Blok
• Group meetings (1-4 days) for children or youngsters with visual impairment as a method to achieve individual goals
  Emma Van Damme
• Analyzing social interactions in a regular class: a pilot study with secondary students with a visual impairment
  Mathieu Gaborit, Nathalie Lewi-Dumont, Kenza Berrada and Minna Puustinen

• Screening characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in children with Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI)
  Griet Pattyn and Greet Vissenaekens
• Using modern statistical mapping tools to identify social participation and wellbeing need in children with visual impairments
  John Ravenscroft, Andrew Blakie and James Thom
• Investigating risk perception and disaster management through perspectives of children with and without visual disability
  Magda Nikolaraizi, Sofia Chamonikolaou, Vassilios Argyropoulos and Charikleia Kanari
• The role of leisure time and sport activities for people with visual impairment in developing social participation
  Andrea Hathazi

• Art does not have to be visual
  Anneli Embe
• Making mathematics accessible. A study of how paraeducators work with adaptations
  Ulrika Vanhoenacker
• SensusAccess - Universal access to alternate media
  Lars Ballieu Christensen, Tanja Stevns
• Maxmising Spatiail Potential: Spatial thinking modification and universal design for students with VI
  Mary Stylidi, Philippos Katsoulis, Maria Zeza

• Professional training as a part of curriculum and its influence on employment
  Jana Loudová
• Expedition ToP: Experiences of adolescents with visual impairments, their parents and professionals in promoting success in job participation.
  Judith Wijnen, Sabina Kef and Bella van Erp
• Status of the specialist additional curriculum in the UK and outcomes for learners
  Sue Keil, Rory Cobb, Rachel Hewett and Graeme Douglas
• On the threshold of adulthood
  Annica Winberg

• Let me keep it safe!
  Bert Veneberg, Leo Koopman, Mark Noorlander, Hans van Stam, Antoon van der Kamp, Serge Willemsteijn, Vincent Zijffers and Angelique Koelewijn
• My dog, my freedom: representations of the visually impaired and professionals
  Angélique Mouton, Stéphanie Demartin and Sarah Velghe
• Employability of visually impaired persons: jobs tailored to the disability or 'the sky is the limit'?
  Bart Verdickt

• The benefits of accessible theatre programmes on students with moderate and severe visual impairment
  Judit Gombas, Erika Anita Baráth, Beáta Prónay, János Zalán and Cecília Tóth
• The DogSim lost his legs
  Peter Lasaroms, Hans Damm and Anita Lasaroms
• Time awareness in individuals with MDVI
  Emma Heitbrink, Joost Hartveldt, Dick Lunenborg and Maaike Meerlo

14:00 – 15:30 Workshop Session II

• Stimulating social contact between blind children and their sighted peers through playing together at regular kindergarten (age 5-6 year)
  Moderator: Tiene Vanreybrouck

• Sex and relationship education. "How to use the Sex Kit"
  Moderator: Emma Van Damme

• Creating universal accessible text documents
  Moderator: Pieter Brabant
  Chaired by Charlotte De Smet

• Self concept and future concept and visual impairment
  Moderator: Tine Vanhauwaert
  Chaired by Piet De Baere

• Can smartphones and tablets replace dedicated assistive devices?
  Moderator: Jeroen Baldewijns

• Building mutual framework of quality educational services offering for individuals with MDVI and Deafblind in Europe/Eurasia region
  Moderator: Perkins International

• Geocaching with and for visually impaired children and young adults
  Moderator: Marten van Doorn
  Chaired by Elien Bellon

Wednesday 5/07/2017

9:00 – 10:00 Keynote lecture by

Quality of Life for All:
A Big Idea for Including Children with Visual Impairment and Multiple Disabilities in School, Family and Community

10:30 – 12:30 Parallel Session III: Oral Presentations

• Setback in development in young children with blindness? A systematic review and implications for practice
  Ans van Eijden, Ellen van den Broek, Ans Withagen and Mathijs Vervloed
• The young blind child: developmental Assessment
  Griet Pattyn and Katrien Perneel
• The Pearl - a preschool encouraging independence and participation
  Agneta Westman and Lena Lindbom

• Tough Talks: talking to children about sight loss
  Sarah Holton, Robert Caswell, Rachel Pilling and Rachel Hewett
• "See?", psycho-education for visually impaired school aged children
  Yvonne Kruithof
• EDUCARE, Behavioural problems in connection to visual impairments
  Myriam van Hees
• Quality at the end of life of visual impaired children: impact on and role of a physician
  Katrien Keppens

• Hearing aids for people with deafblindness and intellectual disabilities: a multidisciplinary approach
  Ingrid Korenstra
• Stimulating communication in individuals with deafblindness using an intersubjective developmental perspective
  Saskia Damen
• Using my feet- A description of the use of guide lines by an adult women with congenital deafblindness inside her house
  Marjo van Welbergen, Nathalie Lentink, Peter Peek and Mijkje Worm

• Individualised augmentative communication for individuals with autism, intellectual disability and visual impairment: Interpretation an implementation of the ComFor-V results
  Petra Hagen-Geerts, Jarymke Maljaars, Kristien Hermans, Roger Verpoorten, Ina van Berckelaer-Onnes and Ilse Noens
• A model of national education system for multiply disabled, visually impaired children
  Zeynep Nazan Baykan
• Online e-Learning tool for MDVI learners
  Dick Lunenborg

• Behavioural change: inclusion or exclusion? A dilemma for educators
  Elaine Gilmour
• Approaching the person through the disability
  Albert Ruf
• Biblus - A digital library for alternate formats
  Lars Ballieu Christensen and Tanja Stevens
• Improving access to external examinations for students with vision impairment in the United Kingdom
  Rory Cobb and Sue Keil

• Direct braille printing of standard documents made easy
  Niels van Weele and Björn Löfstedt
• A teaching framework for the teaching of a second/foreign language to learners with visual impairment
  Aikaterini Athanasiadou

• Improving the quality of life for individuals with multiple disability and visual impairment by reaching out to other caretakers
  An Verellen and Claudine Martens
• Prevalence of psychiatric and/or additional disorders in adults who are visually impaired
  Marit van Buijsen, April Boessen, Uta Roentgen, Peter Verstraten and Luc de Witte
• What you can expect from the European Directive on accessible websites
  Bart Simons
• Mental management: contribution to improving the quality of life in support of occupational therapy
  Florence Terrier and Stéphanie Demartin

Thursday 6/07/2017

9:00 – 10:00 Keynote lecture by

Quality of life!
How can we, as service providers, support youths and young adults who are blind or visually impaired on their path to independence and well-being as well as social and vocational participation?

10:30 – 12:30 Parrallel Session IV: Oral Presentations

• iPad aplications for children with visual and multiply impairment - The family of EDA PLAY Apps
  Alice Pexiederová, Martina Vaňkátová and Markéta Skalická
• The success of a new conference organization methodology
  Elena Gastón López

• Spatial thinking and Visually Impaired students: an educational program of intervention
  Maria Zeza, Philippos Katsoulis and Mary Stylidi
• The Spatial Representations Workshops: methods to develop skills and acquire autonomy
  Mikhael Poznanski and Laurent Vincent
• How 3d printing can support and help children with VI in education
  Ruben Brandsma and Eric Velleman
• Teaching mathematics and music to blind and partially sighted learners through knowledge and technology
  Tanja Stevns and Lars Ballieu Christensen

• Children suspected of CVI: Structured way of observation children between 2,9 months and 12 years and the use of uniform observation lists, material and reporting templates
  Nicole Scheirens
• Sensitization about Cerebral Visual Impairment. The Cerebral Visual Impairment awareness program
  Lore De Deyne, Martine Dierckxsens and Emma Vandamme
• Cerebral visual impairment and teaching packs
  Eric van Heuvelen
• Empowering dialog in classrooms: Challenges and needs of teachers of students with visual impairments in Turkey
  Mehmet Cihan and Kubra Akbayrak

• Visual ability in multiply impaired children with cerebral palsy
  Ana Katusic, Snjezana Seitz, Tatjana Petrovic Sladetic and Sonja Alimovic
• The Visual data sheet, detailed information from visual disabilities and it's impact on daily life
  Jessica Moens
• The effect of rehabilitation using Yoga elements on visual functioning in young adult with multiple disabilities and visual impairment‚ Case Study
  Martina Sedlar
• Tactual Profile - The development of the MDVI version
  Ans Withagen, Anneke Blok, Wieneke Huls, Ineke Jacobs, Marij de Lange, Nanouk Scheening1and Miranda Zwijgers

• Transition from adolescence to adult life
  Riet Gyselbrecht, Arlette Vermeire and Kathleen Deweerdt
• Transition from youngster to early adulthood in different aspects of life
  Eva De Stecker and Sharon Deprez
• The linkage between self-determination and psychosocial functioning of adolescents with a visual impairment
  Eline Heppe, Sabina Kef and Carlo Schuengel

• Methodology of the training "Passeur de sens"©: accessibility in the cultural and touristic fields to improve quality of life
  Stéphanie Demartinu and Sophie Hamaide
• Advising assistive technology in the era of Universal Design
  Jeroen Baldewijns
• Non-verbal communication: Thoughts and experiences among persons with blindness
  Tina Björk
• The online Digital Lifebook: a communication aid for the MDVI
  Dick Lunenborg and Maaike Meerlo

• How do students use braille and synthetic speech while reading, comprehending and processing mathematical tasks?
  Annemiek van Leendert, Michiel Doorman, Johan Pel, Paul Drijvers and Johannes van der Steen
• ‘Then I can read faster and make less mistakes' - Children with reading difficulties reporting on the influence of environmental factors on their reading performance
  Sonja Breitenbach
• Who needs to know what? - A study to differentiate between the knowledge of TVI and mainstream school teachers in the inclusive education system
  Marie-Luise Schütt

14:00 – 15:30 Workshop Session III

• Visual functioning of babies and young children with visual impairment or multiple disability and visual impairment: how to assess?
  Moderator: Myriam Callemeyn
  Chaired by Mieke De Pourcq

• Recognizing symptoms of posterior cortical atrophy
  Moderator: Greetje Koevoets

• WerkWijzer A methodology for supporting people with visual impairment in combination with an autism spectrum disorder whether there is also another constraint such as intellectual disability
  Moderator: Ellie Verstappen
  Chaired by Emma Vandamme

• Reflections on how to foster better ‘Quality of life’ for the person with Congenital Deaf Blindness
  Moderator: Veerle Vanthuyne

• Daisy player: The bigger picture
  Moderator: Piet Verstraete

• Independence through quality braille training
  Moderator: John Heilbruun

• Once up on a time ...ME and THE OTHERS!
  Moderator: Violaine van Cutsem
  Chaired by Charlotte Desmet

Friday 7/07/2017

9:00 – 10:00 Keynote lecture by

30 years of care and rehabilitation of visually impaired adults and older people

Posters Presentations