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Untersuchung mehrfachbehinderter Kinder

Assessment of children with multiple handicaps

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Die Untersuchung der mehrfachbehinderten, sehgeschädigten Kinder ist äußerst wichtig, da auch geringe Sehreste die Frühentwicklung des Kindes effektiv stützen. In der Untersuchung muß man mehrere Faktoren beachten: die Entwicklungsstufe des Kindes; die Effekte der Krankheit, speziell die der kurzen Anfälle, der Medikamente und der Körperlage auf die Leistingsfähigkeit des Kindes; die Kommunikationschwierigkeiten und Motivations- und Aufmerksamkeitsprobleme. Die medizinische Untersuchung ist die Grundlage für die spezialpädagogische und physiotherapeutische Frühbetreuung, während deren weitere Observationen des Sehvermögens gemacht werden. Eine genaue Analyse fordert oft mehrere Monate Zeit, viele Observationen und eine gute Zusammenarbeit zwischen den pädagogischen, den therapeutischen und den medizinischen Teilnehmern des Habilitationsteam.

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Since even rudimentary visual functions facilitate early development, the assessment of children with visual and other impairments is of great importance. During clinical examination following factors influence the test results: the developmental level of the child, medications, posture, communication, motivation, ability to attend to visual information, and the disease or disorder, especially minimal seizures that effectively chop visual information. Clinical evaluation is the vasis for early intervention and physiotherapy during which additional observations on visual function are gathered. A thoroughevaluation often requires several months of observation and good team work between special educators, parents, therapists and doctors participating in the habilitation team.

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Hyvärinen, L. Untersuchung mehrfachbehinderter Kinder. Spektrum Augenheilkd 6, 285–287 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03162698

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