The training manual summarizes the scientific and theoretical issues of the study of compensation for visual impairment, reveals the role of touch in overcoming the shortcomings of sensory experience in visual disorders, identifies the features and conditions of the development of touch and fine motor skills as a means of compensating for visual impairment in preschool children with strabismus and amblyopia, and considers the main methodological approaches to the organization of correctional work in this direction. A program for the development of touch and fine motor skills is proposed, and the main organizational, methodological, and didactic aspects of its implementation are considered. Meets the requirements of the Federal state educational standards of higher education of the latest generation. For students of higher educational institutions enrolled in directions of preparation "Special (defectological) education" (qualification "bachelor" profiles "Preschool defectology", "management skills"), "Pedagogical education (profile-Preschool education), "Psychological and pedagogical education (profile Psychology and pedagogics of preschool education"), "Special (defectological) education" (qualification "master", master program "Psychological and pedagogical support of persons with disabilities", "Psychology-pedagogical support of persons with visual impairments»), as well as for students of advanced training and retraining courses in the field of special and inclusive education. It can be useful for teachers, postgraduates, students of defectology departments of pedagogical universities, teachers of special (correctional) educational institutions.
Measurement of Fine-Motor Skills in Young Children with Visual Impairment
