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ICF Workshop (Zoom) 26 and 27 June 2025
The next English-language ICF workshop (Zoom) will take place on Thursday, 26 June 2025 (13:00-17:00 CET) and Friday, 27 June 2025 (13:00-16:00 CET).
This two half-day interactive training comprises lectures and exercises that deepen basic knowledge of the ICF*, provide insight in potential application of the ICF and make available structured workshop material. Each participant will receive a certificate of participation.
*Participants are required to complete the ICF e-Learning Tool (https://www.icf-elearning.com/) before the start of the workshop.
Day 1: Deepening the basics of the ICF - biopsychosocial model of functioning and disability, structure/codes of the ICF, ICF qualifiers/other scales, ICF Core Sets
Day 2: Linking methodology and various other applications of the ICF with real-life examples (e.g. rehabilitation management and other topics depending on the participants' interests)
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for the preliminary schedule.
Workshop fee: CHF 250 (equivalent in EUR depending on the exchange rate at invoicing)
To register, please complete the registration form registration form (click here: 
to access the form) and email it to the ICF Research Branch Coordinator Melissa Selb (melissa.selb@paraplegie.ch) at the latest Friday, 6 June 2025! The workshop fee is due Friday, 13 June 2025.
For further information, please feel free to contact Melissa Selb. We look forward to hearing from you !
2025 release of the ICF in English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Turkish and Czech
The World Health Organization has now released the 2025 version of the ICF in French, Spanish, Chinese, Turkish and Czech in addition to the English version.
To access the ICF Browser in any of the languages, click onto the visual of the respective language below. The English-language version can be accessed here: https://icd.who.int/browse/2024-01/icf/en.
ICF Core Sets for Deafblindness
Deafblindness describes the presence of both vision and hearing difficulties of any severity across the lifespan. The Nordic Definition describes deafblindness as “a combined vision and hearing impairment of such severity that it is hard for the impaired senses to compensate for each other. Thus, deafblindness is a distinct disability”. According to the World Federation of the Deafblind, between 0.2 and 2% of the world’s population live with some form of deafblindness. Some of the most common genetic causes of deafblindness include Usher Syndrome and CHARGE Syndrome; however, most persons living with deafblindness are over the age of 65.
Deafblindness affects almost all aspects of human functioning, and can severely threaten quality of life, independence and the ability to participate. Given the heterogeneity of deafblindness, the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) can serve as a common language and will prove to be helpful in standardizing the development and selection of outcome measures for service delivery with persons living with deafblindness.
The development of the ICF Core Sets for Deafblindness is a global collaborative effort. The policy lead for this project is Ricard Lopez, representing the European Deafblind Network. The scientific lead is Dr. Walter Wittich, based at the School of Optometry, Université de Montréal, Canada. Together with the World Federation of the Deafblind and Deafblind International, they brought together representatives and data from 54 countries across all six regions of the WHO.
Next available German-language ICF Workshops
The next available German-language ICF workshops conducted by the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich, Germany will take place online. The 2-day (3.5 hours/day) workshop will cover a wide range of topics and comprises a basic module as well as specific modules.
Day 1: Basic module – 8 trainings sessions in in-person trainings or 3.5 hours in online trainings
Day 2: Advanced modules (optional) – 4 training sessions in in-person trainings or 3.5 hours in online trainings
Further information about the workshops and the registration form can be found here:
http://ihrs.ibe.med.uni-muenchen.de/veranstaltungen/icf_schulung1/index.html.