Scientific Program

• Introduction
• On-Line Program Planner
• Schedule at a glance
• Keynote Speakers
• Exhibition & Poster Sessions
• Concurrent sessions
• R & R Sessions
• Friday plenary & closing
• Pre-Conference Workshop
• Technical Visits
• CNIB Community Learning Forum
• CE Credits
• Proceedings
• Travel Fellowships
• Accessible Formats
• Services to Presenters

R&R Sessions

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

10:45 – 12:00

12. LITERACY AND VISUAL IMPAIRMENT

Organizer

Gale Watson, M.Ed., CLVT

Department of Veterans Affairs, Blind Rehabilitation Service, USA

Panel members:

Karen Wolffe, Ph.D.

American Foundation for the Blind, USA

Katharine Echt, Ph.D.

Rehabilitation Research and Development Center on Vision Loss and Aging, Atlanta VA Medical Center, USA

Orli Weisser-Pike, OT, CLVT

Hamilton Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, USA

Krister Inde, M.A.

School of Optometry, University of Kalmar, & Indenova Inc., Sweden

13. ADDRESSING DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY AMONG VISUALLY IMPAIRED ADULTS

Organizer

Amy Horowitz, DSW

Jewish Home & Hospital Life Care System, USA

Panel members:

Hans-Werner Wahl, Ph.D.

Department of Psychological Aging Research, Institute of Psychology, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Bruce Rosenthal, O.D.

Lighthouse International, USA

Robin Casten, Ph.D.

Department of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour & the Farber Inst. for Neuroscience, Thomas Jefferson University, USA