“In play, a child is always above his average age, above his daily behavior.” (Vigotsky 1966) This makes play one of the most important parts of the child’s early development. From the first days of a child’s life, he is engaged in playing; not only as an enjoyable activity but as one of the most [...]
Playing with a child with a visual limitation
On October - 2 - 2011
Also for children with a visual limitation play is important. But often the child must be invited not only in a different way but also in various ways. The involvement of the adult is not only encouraging but also often to help to start the playing and to explore the challenges together. Because the child [...]
Playing and Children with Special Needs -2-
On September - 10 - 2011
As indicated in page 1, play for children has, besides just experiencing fun and pleasure also very functional aspects. And that sometimes makes that playing, especially for children with special needs becomes a kind of task: the children have to play in a certain way, according to the rules and the intentions of [...]
The education of a deafblind child
On August - 22 - 2011
THE EDUCATION OF A DEAFBLIND CHILD A deafblind child has an auditory and visual limitation, whose combination, even using hearing equipment and optical devices, gives such problems that access to information, communication with other people and the mobility is very limited such that an appropriate deafblindness-specific support is needed. This is because a [...]
Have nice holiday’s together with your child
On October - 6 - 2010
Summer holydays are a terrible time for the child with special needs and for us as family. My child lacks the discipline and routine and the care and expertise of the structured special education environment. And at home it will misbehave, especially in public places. So, we more or less are condemned to stay at [...]
“We can’t cope with him!
On October - 6 - 2010
a mail from a mother Recently we got a mail from a mother. Her problem is quite common and we would like to share with you our first reaction. Maybe it can help other mothers too. Because of reasons of privacy the direct messages will be summarized. The mother wrote that she was very worried. [...]
