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Blindness and children : an individual differences approach / David H. Warren.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.Description: 1 online resource (x, 380 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780511582288
  • 0511582285
  • 0511000383
  • 9780511000386
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Blindness and children.DDC classification:
  • 155.45/11 20
LOC classification:
  • HV1596.2 .W36 1994eb
NLM classification:
  • 1995 A-794
  • WW 276
Other classification:
  • 80.27
  • DT 6200
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- pt. I. Interaction with the physical world. Perception of the physical world -- Motor and locomotor interaction with the physical world -- Understanding the physical world -- Spatial understanding and spatial behavior -- pt. II. The acquisition of cognitive skills. Language, concept formation, and classification -- Executive functions: memory, attention, and cognitive strategies -- Cognitive style, creativity, and intelligence -- pt. III. Adapting to the social world. Social-emotional and communicative development in infancy -- Language as a social skill -- Social development and adjustment -- Developing a sense of self -- pt. IV. Summary. Longitudinal studies -- Individual differences -- Conclusion.
Summary: "A summary and interpretation of the research literature on infants and children with visual impairments. It concludes that many aspects of delayed development are the result not of visual impairment itself, but of an environmental variables that tend to accompany visual impairment."
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-365) and indexes.

Introduction -- pt. I. Interaction with the physical world. Perception of the physical world -- Motor and locomotor interaction with the physical world -- Understanding the physical world -- Spatial understanding and spatial behavior -- pt. II. The acquisition of cognitive skills. Language, concept formation, and classification -- Executive functions: memory, attention, and cognitive strategies -- Cognitive style, creativity, and intelligence -- pt. III. Adapting to the social world. Social-emotional and communicative development in infancy -- Language as a social skill -- Social development and adjustment -- Developing a sense of self -- pt. IV. Summary. Longitudinal studies -- Individual differences -- Conclusion.

Print version record.

"A summary and interpretation of the research literature on infants and children with visual impairments. It concludes that many aspects of delayed development are the result not of visual impairment itself, but of an environmental variables that tend to accompany visual impairment."

English.

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