Learning from Experience: A Revisit to the Children's Corner

Abstract

□ In summary, going into the fourth year, the staff applied the following concepts specifically to the program for the children: play techniques emphasizing brighter, more highly textured materials; the use of light as an incentive for tactile exploration; the use of light to enhance residual vision; music to stimulate mobility and noisy toys to stimulate hearing; and the stabilization of security by the introduction or reintroduction of the one-to-one relationship.

One major aspect of child development that has been overlooked in the literature is the need for the blind child to develop the integrated use of both sides of his body in movement. This insures the smoother development of mobility as well as a clearer body image. With regard to the program for parents, the continued role of individual and group counseling of parents is necessary.

Increasingly complicated and demanding developmental problems have been faced over the three years and the children have shown progress over a short period of time.