Book Review: A Parents’ Guide to Special Education for Children with Visual Impairments

2007 ◽  
Vol 101 (8) ◽  
pp. 495-497
Author(s):  
Missy Garber
2021 ◽  
pp. 192-201
Author(s):  
Н.Н. Шельшакова

Одной из проблем, которую должна решить психологическая и педагогическая наука, является социальная адаптация, реабилитация и интеграция детей с недостатками зрения в общество. В советский период известные психологи Л. С. Выготский, Р. М. Боскис, М. С. Певзнер, Ф. Ф. Рау и другие стояли на пути индивидуального подхода в обучении детей с психо-физическими нарушениями. Такие дети требуют специальной поддержки, помощи в обучении в зависимости от их психо-физических пороков. Все это должно быть направлено на раскрытие индивидуальных возможностей учащихся для достижения социальной адаптации и интеграции их в общество. В исследованиях отмечается, что дети с недостатками здоровья легко воспринимают наряду с положительными сторонами жизни также негативные, в частности вступая в конфликт с законом. Целью данного исследования является анализ проблемы обучения детей с недостатками зрения и раскрытие педагогических условий, которые будут способствовать эффективной адаптации и интеграции их в общество. За последнее десятилетие принят ряд нормативных документов по улучшению учебно-воспитательного процесса в школе, в частности, по специальному образованию (принят закон “Об образовании” и “концепция специального образования”, принята Декларация ООН о правах отсталых детей и инвалидов и др. Большинство вспомогательных школ являются школами интернатного типа. Это приводит к изоляции ребенка от общества, созданию условий, направленных, в основном, на удовлетворение личностных потребностей детей. В таких условиях формируется лицо, которое не готово к полноценной самостоятельной жизни после окончания учебного заведения. Встал вопрос о модификации системы специального образования-осуществлении интеграции в общеобразовательную структуру. One of the problems that psychological and pedagogical science should solve is the social adaptation, rehabilitation and integration of children with visual impairments into society. In the Soviet period, well-known psychologists L. S. Vygotsky, G. M. Boskis, N. Sec. Pevsner, F. F. Rau and others stood in the way of an individual approach to the education of children with psycho-physical disabilities. Such children require special support, assistance in learning, depending on their psycho-physical vices. All this should be aimed at revealing the individual capabilities of students to achieve social adaptation and integration into society. The research notes that children with disabilities are easily perceived along with the positive aspects of life as well as the negative, in particular, coming into conflict with the law. The purpose of this study is to analyze the problem of teaching children with visual impairments and to reveal the pedagogical conditions that will contribute to their effective adaptation and integration into society. Over the past decade, a number of normative documents have been adopted to improve the educational process in schools, in particular, on special education (the law “On Education” and “The Concept of Special Education”, the UN Declaration on the Rights of Backward Children and Disabled People, etc.). Most of the auxiliary schools are boarding schools. This leads to the isolation of the child from society, the creation of conditions aimed mainly at meeting the personal needs of children. In such conditions, a person is formed who is not ready for a full-fledged independent life after graduation. The question arose about the modification of the system of special education-the implementation of integration into the general education structure.


1989 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. J. Pagliano

The education of children with visual impairments in Australia has a long history of innovations which have been at the forefront of special education. Educators in Australia and the United States often face similar philosophical concerns and issues. Differences which do occur in Australia appear to be mainly owing to the lack of national legislation and the absence of a strong research base. Decision-making in Australia has tended to be regional and primarily determined by a combination of demand, availability of human and material resources, and international trends. Support for these observations has been found by examining recent Australian developments, especially those relating to integration.


Author(s):  
Yevheniia Lyndina

The scientific article reveals some of the historical facts of the beginning of helping children with visual impairments. The main chronological events of caring for children with the noted category of disorders are noted, which later became the basis for the development of special education, in particular, typhlopedagogy. The article describes the emergence of hospitals, shelters for orphans, sick and crippled people throughout Rus, which testifies to the attention of society to their lives. The facts of the search for ways of treatment and the development of methods, principles and means of teaching people with impaired psychophysical development are outlined. Based on the study of historical sources, the times of Kyivan Rus are characterized, when in some monasteries and churches premises were allocated for the residence of orphans and crippled children. There is information about the first institution in Ukraine, which was guarded by the problem of blind people, although it did not provide for special education and training for this category of persons. An important point of the article is the definition of the role of the state in the care of visually impaired persons. It is noted that in the 17th and 18th century in Ukraine, social work began to take care of orphans and people with disabilities. From the end of the 17th century, orphans and children of "mutilations" began to be in the care of shelters and hospitals, which was stipulated by a number of state decrees. In the 30s of the 18th century, a new form of guardianship over the disabled was introduced, patronage, which still exists in a modernized form. For a deeper retrospective of the state's assistance to children with visual impairments, it is necessary to investigate the facts of historical sources from the 18th century to the present


2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-18
Author(s):  
Dragana Maćešić-Petrovića ◽  
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Vesna Žigića ◽  
Jasmina Kovačevića ◽  
Zora Jačovab ◽  
...  

The paper focuses the quallity of attention processes in children with visual impairments on special educational, rehabilitational and medical treatment. The subjects of research were 52 examinees from the School for children with visual impairments in Belgrade. In the sample were present 25% of the legally blind children and 75.0% of blind children. The quallity of attention wass estimated by Cancellation test (adapted version which comprise items with geometrical objects). The results of research point out the suxssess of the tested sample on the implemented instrument. Complex, pervasive chronically disturbances such as attention disability with or without hyperactivity at the population with visual impairments need complex oriented team approach in applied treatment such as multidisciplinary team work with special education treatment and medication therapy (psyhostimulanses i atomoxetin) same as multimodal oriented treatment approach.


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