5th European Conference on Psychology 
and Visual Impairment
Bratislava - Slovakia 2014

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

19 November 2014 (Wednesday)
19:00            Informal Meeting before the conference (Rio Grande Restaurant, 
                     Hviezdoslavovo námestie 15, Bratislava Downtown)

20 November 2014 (Thursday)
08:45-09:30  Registration of participants
09:30-09:40  Opening Ceremony
Honorary Presidium: 
Peter Rodney (International Council for Education and Re/habilitation of People with Visual Impairment), Peter Verstraten (International Council for Education and Re/habilitation of People with Visual Impairment), Branislav Mamojka (Slovak Blind and Partially Sighted Union, Bratislava), Mária Glasová (Comenius University, Faculty of Education, Bratislava)
Honorary addresses
09:40-11:00  Plenary session: Key note papers 
                      Chairperson: Peter Rodney 
09:40-10:20   Slovak psychology focused on persons with the visual impairments: 
                      reflection on the past and present developments of theory and 
                      practice 
                      Mária Glasová (Slovakia) 
10:20-11:00   Emotion-focused therapy: An introduction
                      Ladislav Timulák (Ireland) 

11:00-12:30  Plenary session: ‘Interventions and Assessment Procedures: 
                      Family and Educational Contexts’
                      Chairperson: Peter Rodney
11:00-11:20   Early intervention: A relational perspective
                      Leo Delaet (Belgium) 
11:20-11:40   Working in families with a child with JNCL 
                      Annie Behiels (Belgium)
11:40-12:00   Equal education for all?
                      Kim de Verdier (Sweden) 
12:00-12:20   But is it fair?
                      Bo Andersen (England)
12:20-12:30   Closing discussion

12:30-13:30   Lunch at the hotel restaurant Signature

13:30-15:00   Workshops A/B (parallel):
 A: ‘Questions of Inclusion Process’
Chairperson: Peter Rodney
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 (Belgium) 
Social and psychological support program for young adults 
Griet Van den Dries and Bieke Ingels (Belgium)
VSOP - a project in case management for the elderly with visual impairment
Chris Roeygens and Bieke Ingels (Belgium)  
B: ‘Questions of Good Psychological Practise’  
Chairperson: Peter Verstraten
Touch what I feel - Support for the mental health of blind children
Knut Brandsborg (Norway) 
Results of the Intelligence Test for Visually Impaired Children on a Hungarian sample
Beata Pronay (Hungary)
Recommendations for the practice of psychologists working with visually impaired people 
Françoise Tomeno and Agnès Guibora (France)

15:00-16:00 Poster session / Coffee and Tea
The poster session will take place in the foyer and informal discussions will be available also during the whole conference 

1.	Computer Training System for TRIP without VISION
George Losik*, Alena Brazevich*, Dario Salerni**, Georgios Dimitrakopoulos*** (*Belarus,**Italy,***Greece)
2.	Developmental setback in congenital blind children   
    Ans van Eijden, Ellen van den Broek (The Nederlands)
3.	iPad Application supporting development of  visual skills in early age
Marketa Skalicka, Alice Pexiederova, Martina Herynkova, Martina       Vankatova (Czech Republic)   
4.	Psychological resilience of people with visual impairment
    Eva Vancu, Tímea Hóková (Slovakia)
5.	Psychological aspects of success of blind and partially sighted in comparison to persons with hearing impairment, physical disability and intellectual disability 
Marián Groma, Tímea Hóková, Katarína Jariabková (Slovakia)
6.	Slovak Psychology of Individuals with the Visual Impairments: An Overview of Related Basic and Applied Psychological Research and Practice
Mária Glasová, Viera Andreánska, Marian Groma, Ladislav Požár (Slovakia)  
7.	Results of the Intelligence Test for Visually Impaired Children on                            a Hungarian sample
Beata Pronay (Hungary)

16:00-17:30 Workshops B/A: 
B: ‘Questions of good psychological practise’
A: ‘Questions of Inclusion Process’

19:00   Social event and dinner (Conference Room and hotel restaurant Signature)

21 November 2014 (Friday)
09:00-09:30 ‘Psychology & Visual Impairment Small Talks’ over morning coffee or tea 
09:30-10:10  Plenary session: Key-note paper
Chairperson: Peter Verstraten
Preventing depression and anxiety in visually impaired (older) adults 
Ruth van Nispen (The Netherlands) 

10:10-12:40  Plenary session: ‘Interventions and Assessment Procedures: 
                      Children and adults’
 Chairperson: Peter Verstraten
10:10-10:30    A study of the policy and practice of psychological services in the 
                       psychoeducational assessment of school-aged children with visual 
                       impairment
  Deirdre Forde (Ireland) 
10:30-10:50   Benefits of regular physical exercises on mental state in visually 
                       impaired and deaf-blind adults
                       Airi Surakka (Finland)
10:50-11:10    Psychological perspective of visual art education for blind persons
                       Darja Kobal Grum (Slovenia)
11:10-11:30    Executive functions and behavioural problems in students with visual 
                       impairments at regular and special schools
                       Vera Heyl (Germany)
11:30-11:50   Visual attentional field development and training
                       Marjolein Dik (The Netherlands)
11:50-12:00    Closing Discussion
12:00-12:15    Closing of the Conference  
12:30              Lunch at the hotel restaurant Signature

General Information
Organising institutions European Region International Council for Education and   …………………………… Re/habilitation of People with Visual Impairment; Slovak Blind   .			and Partially Sighted Union; Faculty of Education, Comenius .........................................University in Bratislava
Scientific Board             Peter Rodney, Peter Verstraten, Mária Glasová                                              
Organising Committee  Peter Rodney and Peter Verstraten (international); Branislav ...................................      Mamojka, Tímea Hóková, Libuša Roblová, Lenka Sobotová, ..			         Mária Glasová, Marian Groma (Slovak/local)
Conference Venue         Mercure Bratislava Centrum Hotel, Žabotova 2, Bratislava, SK 
Conference Language   English
Conference Web             http://www.unss.sk/ecpvi/ 

The 5th European Conference on Psychology and Visual Impairment is financially supported by the grant: VEGA MŠ a SAV No. 1/0829/13 Psychological Determinants of Activity and Participation of People with Disabilities in Health Care.