Adaptive behavior of children with visual impairment

Abstract

Univerzitet u Beogradu -Fakultet za specijalnu edukaciju i rehabilitaciju UVODAdaptivno ponašanje je aspekt razvoja koji obuhvata sve sposobnosti i karakteristike ličnosti, određujući veštine bitne za prilagođavanje zahtevima fizičkog i sociokulturnog okruženja. Odnosi se na oblike ponašanja koji su u skladu sa uzrastom i omogućavaju osobi da samostalno, sigurno i adekvatno funkcioniše u svakodnevnom životu. Deficiti u ovom području predstavljaju primarnu smetnju za samostalan život (Soenen, Van 1

Conceptual skills in persons with visual impairment

“…As concluded by a group of researchers from Greece (Papadopoulos et al, 2011), children with visual impairment have difficulties in independent and reasonable behavior, they find it difficult to predict an outcome before making a decision, they rarely apologize for their mistakes, and they cannot control anger. Most authors point out that the impairment and its consequences (Agran et al, 2007; Bardin & Lewis, 2008), as well as inadequate attitude of parents and teachers toward children with visual impairment, have a negative influence on the sense of security and self-assessment of abilities to make independent decisions in everyday life (Anđelković, 2014;Eniola, 2007;Lieberman & Robinson, 2004). Self-direction problems become more complex with age, thus these people even in adulthood often depend on the help of persons without visual impairment.…”

Practical skills of persons with vision impairment

“…20 Practical skills, like adaptive behavior in general, are affected by an array of personal and environmental factors. 21 This is why the creation of more efficient programs aimed at improving the self-reliance of persons with vision impairment requires a good understanding of the degree to which they succeed in acquiring a wide spectrum of practical adaptive skills and the factors which affect this. 22 The aim of this study is to determine the level of acquisition of practical adaptive skills among adults with vision impairment in comparison to the norms among the general population, and with regard to the visual status (low vision and blindness), age of vision loss onset, gender, age, living arrangements, education, and employment status.…”