Published: 2016-11-15

Early development support of blind children and education of their families, based on “International School of Mothers” project

Jadwiga Kuczyńska-Kwapisz
Pedagogical Forum
Section: Articles and essays
https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2014.2.04

Abstract

For six years in the Crimea, an international project has been implemented. It has two closely interrelated objectives: early development support of blind children and education of their family members. The first edition of the project took place in 2008 and since then I have participated in it every year in July. In this article, I present the following issues: the people working on the project, conditions in which it takes place, participants, programme, workshops for parents and brief descriptions of selected families, as well as spatial orientation and locomotion practice, which I was conducting. In the countries which participated in the project there is a clear social need to organise educational assistance for families with blind children. Without the support of professionals it is difficult for parents to ensure proper development of their blind child. Therefore, engaging professionals of diverse specialisations, nationalities, age, experience, visual capabilities, beliefs, gender, etc. seems a good practice of the “International School of Mothers”. Set of activities done in the project is flexibly tailored to meet the requirements of individual families, interests of children and their abilities.

Keywords:

blind children, education of blind persons, spatial orientation, locomotion, early development support

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Kuczyńska-Kwapisz, J. (2016). Early development support of blind children and education of their families, based on “International School of Mothers” project. Pedagogical Forum, 4(2), 45–59. https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2014.2.04

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