Blindness and Children

Klappentext This is a summary and interpretation of the research literature on infants and children with visual impairments. Zusammenfassung The book reviews and interprets the existing research about the development of children with visual impairments. It concludes that many of the typical developmental difficulties are not a necessary result of the impairment of vision! but rather are a result of the altered expectations that parents and professionals have for these children. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Interaction with the Physical World: 1. Perception of the physical world; 2. Motor and locomotor interaction with the physical world; 3. Understanding the physical world; 4. Spatial understanding and spatial behavior; Part II. The Acquisition of Cognitive Skills: 5. Language, concept formation, and classification; 6. Executive functions: memory, attention, and cognitive strategies; 7. Cognitive style, creativity, and intelligence; Part III. Adapting to the Social World: 8. Social-emotional and communicative development in infancy; 9. Communication as a social skill; 10. Social development and adjustment; 11. Developing a sense of self; Part IV. Summary: 12. Longitudinal studies; 13. Individual differences.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: David H. Warren, Warren David H.
• Edition: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 15.11.1994
• EAN: 9780521457194
• ISBN: 978-0-521-45719-4
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 230 mm x 20 mm
• Thèmes: Cambridge Studies in Social &; Cambridge Studies in Social &
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Psychologie > Psychologie appliquée; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Médecine > Général; PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology