Orientation and Mobility Training in Special Education Curriculum for Social Adjustment Problems of Visually Impaired Children in Pakistan

Autor/inn/en	Malik, Shazia; Abd Manaf, Umi Kalthom; Ahmad, Nor Aniza; Ismail, Maimunah
Titel	Orientation and Mobility Training in Special Education Curriculum for Social Adjustment Problems of Visually Impaired Children in Pakistan
Quelle	In: International Journal of Instruction, 11 (2018) 2, S.185-202 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1694-609X
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Visual Impairments; Visually Impaired Mobility; Travel Training; Special Education; Social Adjustment; Instructional Effectiveness; Personality; Prosocial Behavior; Well Being; Interpersonal Relationship; Questionnaires; Randomized Controlled Trials; Regression (Statistics); Pakistan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Visual handicap; Sehbehinderung; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Soziale Anpassung; Unterrichtserfolg; Personalität; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Fragebogen; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	The study is aimed at investigating the impact of orientation and mobility (O&M) training as a part of the special education curriculum on the social adjustment of visually impaired children. The population consisted of visually impaired children between the ages of (5-15), studying at different special education institutes in Pakistan was the assessable population for the study. A sample of 125 male and female visually impaired children from public and private special education institutes of Islamabad, Pakistan were conveniently selected as a sample of the study. The study used two sub-dimensions of social adjustment, namely Self-Personality and Pro-social behavior, to be explored in terms of their relationship with orientation and mobility training. The results showed a significant relationship between O&M training and social adjustment of children in terms of personality well-being and social interaction while with the others. The variables were found to be correlated with each other. The results were in line with most of the previous research studies. The novelty of the study lies in selection of cultural context of Pakistan, which is a developing country and to date international standard trainings and social care is not provided to the visually impaired at large. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Journal of Instruction. Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Faculty of Education, Eskisehir, 26480, Turkey. e-mail: iji@ogu.edu.tr; Web site: http://www.e-iji.net
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01