AN
EARLY INTERVENTION FOR CHILDREN WITH VISUAL HANDICAP
The
presentation gives a short historic background of the early treatment of
visually handicapped children in Holland,
as well as the experiences related to the positive results in the early
intervention in the development of these children. Due to that it is especially
stressed that the exercises in early intervention give essential contribution
in preventing more serious problems that appear in later period of life in
children with visual impairment. Those problems are connected with
communication, orientation and mobility, motor, social, emotional and visual development.
Also, it presents the role and the work of the professional team in the early
intervention in children with visual impairment.
