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Spatial Orientation in Children: A Tyflological Approach

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This chapter explains the cognitive and psychological basis of teaching visually impaired children, especially when teaching them spatial mobility and spatial orientation . The tyflological approach is proposed.

Tyflology is the science of mobility; Tyflos is the Greek word for blind.

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Acknowledgements

This chapter is dedicated to my outstanding student and friend Miss Hanna Pasterny. Hanna Pasterny is a graduate of Romance Philology and postgraduate in speech therapy. She works as a consultant for persons with disabilities in the association “Civil Initiative Development Centre (CRIS)” in Rybnik (Poland). She is a social assistant for the European deputy Prof. Jerzy Buzek, and a volunteer at the Association for Welfare of Deafblind. In 2009, Hanna received Lady D award for her involvement in social integration of the VIP, and in 2011 she was awarded the distinction “Man without barriers.” Hanna has authored three books “How I conquered Belgium with the white cane” “Tandem and tartan” and “My travels in the darkness” (all written in Polish).

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  1. Ośrodek Szkolno-Wychowawczy dla Dzieci Słabowidzących i Niewidomych, Dabrowa Gornicza, Poland

    Krystyna Nawrocka-Łabuś

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  1. Université de Rouen Normandie, Rouen, France

    Edwige Pissaloux

  2. Universidad Panamericana, Aguascalientes, Mexico

    Ramiro Velazquez

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Nawrocka-Łabuś, K. (2018). Spatial Orientation in Children: A Tyflological Approach. In: Pissaloux, E., Velazquez, R. (eds) Mobility of Visually Impaired People. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54446-5_9

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