University of Arkansas at Little Rock

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RHBL 7315 Medical Aspects of Blindness

Required Texts

Falvo, D. (2009). Medical and psychosocial aspects of chronic illness and disability. (4th Edition). MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc.

Cassel, G., Billig, M., and Randall, H. (1998). The Eye Book. MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press.

Required Dictionary

Cassin, B., Solomon, S., & Rubin, M. (Eds.). Dictionary of Eye Terminology. Gainesville, FL: Triad Publishing Co.

RHBL 7316 Principles of Orientation and Mobility

Blasch, B.; Wiener, W; & Welsh, R., Eds. (1997). Foundations of Orientation and Mobility. New York: AFB Press.

Jacobson, W. (1993). The Art and Science of Teaching Orientation and Mobility to Persons with Visual Impairments. New York: AFB Press.

For those of you working towards a Masters degree, please consider the following courses for this fall semester: RHBL 7315, 7316; COUN 7360; if you need electives, look first to the COUN courses as they have the special reduced tuition rate; contact Dr. J by email if you have questions or concerns.

For those of you working towards the Graduate Certificate, please consider these courses for the fall semester: RHBL 7315 and/or 7316. There are no other courses you can take this semester towards this degree.
If you have completed all requirements for RHBL 7390 and have completed all other coursework, you may register for RHBL 7395, but you will have only one year in which to complete it, so plan on registering for this course when you have made all arrangements for your internship and all components have been approved in advance by Dr. Jacobson.

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