MOTOR DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT

The aim of this study was to determine the level of motor development of children with visual impairment and comparison with peers of typical development. The research sample consisted of a total of 135 children with visual impairment and children with typical development, 7-10 years old, of both s...

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Main Authors: Ivana Sretenović, Goran Nedović
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute for Human Rehabilitation 2019-04-01
Series:Human Research in Rehabilitation
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description The aim of this study was to determine the level of motor development of children with visual impairment and comparison with peers of typical development. The research sample consisted of a total of 135 children with visual impairment and children with typical development, 7-10 years old, of both sexes. The Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency, 2nd edition was used to estimate motor development. The methods of descriptive statistics, as well as the T-test of independent samples, and the Hi square test were used in statistical processing of the obtained data. The results of the study had shown that the level of motor development of the subjects with visual impairment was below and well below the average for their age. Typical development subjects are mostly within the average norms.
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spelling doaj.art-16b0191734e1406f845118b4f7a265692023-12-03T10:51:24ZengInstitute for Human RehabilitationHuman Research in Rehabilitation2232-99352232-996X2019-04-0191364110.21554/hrr.041904MOTOR DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTIvana Sretenović0Goran Nedović1University of Belgrade, Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation, Belgrade, SerbiaUniversity of Belgrade, Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation, Belgrade, SerbiaThe aim of this study was to determine the level of motor development of children with visual impairment and comparison with peers of typical development. The research sample consisted of a total of 135 children with visual impairment and children with typical development, 7-10 years old, of both sexes. The Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency, 2nd edition was used to estimate motor development. The methods of descriptive statistics, as well as the T-test of independent samples, and the Hi square test were used in statistical processing of the obtained data. The results of the study had shown that the level of motor development of the subjects with visual impairment was below and well below the average for their age. Typical development subjects are mostly within the average norms.https://human.ba/wpdm-package/full-text-170/?wpdmdl=1300BOT-2motor developmentstudents with visual impairmentsvision
spellingShingle Ivana Sretenović
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Human Research in Rehabilitation
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motor development
students with visual impairments
vision
title MOTOR DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT
title_full MOTOR DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT
title_fullStr MOTOR DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT
title_full_unstemmed MOTOR DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT
title_short MOTOR DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT
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motor development
students with visual impairments
vision
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