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[Psychomotor development in the blind infant]
Bulletin De La Societe Belge D'Ophtalmologie
|May 10, 2001
Insights
Children blind from birth experience delayed psychomotor development. Early multidisciplinary support and family involvement can foster harmonious development by enhancing other senses.
Area of Science:
- Developmental Psychology
- Neuroscience
- Sensory Integration
Context:
- Congenital blindness presents unique developmental challenges.
- Visual impairment necessitates compensatory sensory development.
- Environmental structuring is crucial for cognitive development.
Purpose:
- To explore psychomotor development in children blind from birth.
- To understand the role of compensatory sensory development.
- To identify factors promoting harmonious development in visually impaired children.
Summary:
- Children blind from birth exhibit slower psychomotor development compared to sighted peers.
- This delay stems from the need to compensate for visual information deficits.
- Development relies on enhancing and integrating information from other senses for environmental structuration.
Impact:
- Highlights the critical role of early intervention for visually impaired children.
- Emphasizes the importance of a multidisciplinary approach in pediatric care.
- Underscores the significant contribution of family participation in developmental support programs.
Abstract:
The blind from birth has a slower psychomotor development than the normal child because he must palliate the deficiency of visual information by the development of suppletory senses and integrate these information to the structuration of environment. An early assistance by a multidisciplinary team with an important participation of the family will however permit a harmonious development.