Almeda P. Ruger, CFCS, CVRT, CLVT

Assistant Professor

Almeda P. Ruger, CFCS, CVRT, CLVT

aruger@salus.edu

Education:

Certification in Ed. for the Visually Impaired, anticipated Summer 2007
MS Rehabilitation Teaching, PA College of Optometry
MS Vision Rehabilitation, PA College of Optometry
BS, Home Economics, Drexel University

Role At Salus University:

College of Education and Rehabilitation
- Director, Master of Science and Certificate Programs in Vision Rehabilitation Therapy (formerly Rehabilitation Teaching)
- Coordinator of low vision rehabilitation services in the Feinbloom Center
- Director, Graduate Programs in Vision Rehabilitation Therapy (formerly Rehabilitation Teaching)
- Low Vision Rehabilitation Instructor
  William Feinbloom Vision Rehabilitation Center @ The Eye Institute

Professional Affiliations:

American Association of Family and Consumer Science, since 1978
Pennsylvania Association of Family and Consumer Science
Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Iimpaired (AER), Divisions 7 & 11

Selected Representative Publication:

Duffy, MA, & Ruger, A.P. (1994). Rehabilitation teacher of blind and visually impaired adults: A career option for family and consumer sciences? Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 86 (4), 31-37.