Παιδιά με μειωμένη όραση και επιπλέον βλάβες: το παράδειγμα των ειδικών σχολείων της Κρήτης

Περίληψη

The purpose of this inquiry was to identify a number of children with visual impairment and other multiple impairments within the public and private special schools of Crete. The stimulus for this study came from previous research which disclosed that there was no educational provision for these children (Koutantos. 1998- Koutantos, 1999). The identification of these children can help in a better educational provision, methods of teaching, teaching programmes technology and materials (Porter &, Pease, 1998). However, ii is not helpful to divided up a school population according to dry categories of impairments without some educational interventions (Koutantos, 2000a). For the purpose or the study, the head-teachers and classroom teachers 18 special educational placements filled in a questionnaire (n=59).The results, reveal an important number of these children in these schools (n = 58) or out of any educational placement (n= 18). This gave a total of 76 children and young people with VIMI, and at least 12 children with VI. Furthermore, the current educational provision concerns more traditional technique rather than contemporary