FEATURES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN AT PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE

Abstract

The article notes that communication skills are key competencies in the period of a child’s education at primary school age, and they occupy a leading place in modern society, as they determine the variety of forms of interaction that a person uses when communicating. The authors of this article consider how the development of communication skills and abilities are influenced by various factors. In this study, the researchers are interested in vision as a factor of communication abilities of primary school children. Vision is the most important sensory area and the most important source of information. Thanks to the work of the visual analyzer, a person receives up to 90% of information from the surrounding world, and is also able to easily navigate in the surrounding space.