Facilitating Participation in Education: TheDistinctive Role of the Specialist Teacher in Supporting Learners with VisionImpairment in Combination with Severe and Profound and Multiple LearningDifficulties Abstract

Journal of Blindness Innovation and Research

Mike McLinden¹ 

关键词: Vision impairment;    learningdifficulties;    ICF-CY;    bioecological systems theory;   

DOI  :  10.5241/7-124

学科分类：眼科学

来源: National Federation of the Blind

【 摘 要 】

Within the wide range of needscreated by vision impairment in combination with severe and profound and multiple learning difficulties (SLD/PMLD)the potential influence of impaired vision on a learner’s participation ineducation can be neglected. Thispaper examines the distinctive role ofspecialist teachers of children with vision impairment in facilitating such participation through reference to the children and youth version ofthe InternationalClassification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF-CY) and a bioecological systems theory. A bioecological model is outlined that incorporates the language and approach to disability in the ICF-CY with the systems theory toenable a holistic analysis of the role. An important aspect of the role is considered tobe the facilitation of a child’s participation in education through thepromotion of progressive and mutual accommodation over a given timeframe. The implications of the model for future research areexamined with reference to a person-process-context-time (PPCT) design.

【 授权许可】

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