A Programme for changing attitudes of pupils in mainstream schools towards the educational integration of visually impaired pupils

Focus: School Years

Topic: Inclusive Education

Prof.dr.sc Mira Oberman-Babic,

University professor,

chief of the department for the visual impairment,

Faculty of  Education and Rehabilitation,

University of Zagreb,

Croatia

Works continuously for 29 years at the department of visual impairment. For about 20 years shows the special interest for problem of educational integration. She was the chief of two projects related to integration. She lectures for about 8 years at the Faculty of Defectology in Tuzla (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and High medical school University of Zagreb. She participated at the several conferences in Croatia and Europe,specially on Alpe-Adria congresses. She actively participated at the ICEVI conference in Krakow 2000.,Russia,Slovenia etc.She is an affirmated expert in the area of ex. Yugoslavia (Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina).She is occupied with the problem of families of children with handicap.

In the private life she is specially interested in pets and nature which are also professionally related to the pet-therapy. That’s why she has a dog and a bird at home.