Blind Infant Development

Learn about growth and development for blind or visually impaired babies and children.

Blind infant development.

A manual for early intervention helping children who are blind and children with visual impairments we ve compiled development charts in five different areas that tell you what skills your blind or visually impaired child should have at certain age groups. Blind and visually impaired children can have difficulty going to sleep. The key is to stick to the same daily routine. Social emotional development was assessed with a scale from the bielefeld developmental test for blind infants and preschoolers containing three subscales on emotions social interaction and impulse control.

Hearing everyday speech is good for all babies language development but the blind child will be able to use your verbal cues to begin distinguishing with her other senses a change in location. Using three sources developmental guidelines for infants with visual impairment. Placing a comfort object like a plush toy or stuffed animal in their crib can help relax. The blind children s vocational discovery development program assists children between the ages of birth and 22 years who live in texas who are blind or visually impaired.

The five 9 month old and the 17 12 month old blind infants were completely blind from birth and exhibited no further serious disabilities. Helping your blind child develop effective listening skills learning to listen carefully and distinguish between different sounds is an important skill for any child but espeically for children with visual impairments. For example my 20 month old daughter was able at about one year to go to the kitchen or the bathroom when told to do so.