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Kulwinder Pal, Lovely Professional University Unit 6: Physically Challenged: Preventions, Teaching Strategies

Unit 6: Physically Challenged: Preventions, Teaching Notes

Strategies

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
6.1 Prevention of Visual Impairment
6.2 Teaching Strategies for Visual Impairment
6.3 Prevention of Hearing Impairment
6.4 Teaching Strategies for Students with Hearing Impairments
6.5 Prevention of Speech and Language Impairment
6.6 Teaching Strategies for Speech and Language Disorders
6.7 Prevention of Orthopedic Impairment
6.8 Teaching Strategies of Orthopedic Impairment
6.9 Teaching and Orthopedic Impairment Children
6.10 Summary
6.11 Keywords
6.12 Review Questions
6.13 Further Readings

Objectives
The objectives of this unit can be summarized as below:
• to explain about the prevention and teaching strategies of visual impairment.
• to describe about the prevention and teaching strategies for students of hearing impairment.
• to discuss the prevention and teaching strategies of speech and language impairment.
• to explain the prevention and teaching strategies of orthopedic impaired children.

Introduction

A student that exhibits articulation difficulties and or impairments that can be a direct result of
neurological, physical or psychological factors may have a speech disorder. Voice fluency is usually
missing. Sometimes a child will have both language and speech delays. Note: language delays include
lack of understanding, and the ability to relay thoughts.
The physical disability is of four types. Each disability has different preventive measures and teaching
strategies. Visual impairment, hearing impairment and speech impairment need more and peculiar
type of teaching, but physical handicapped or orthopedic disabled children can get education with
normal children. Prevention in all types of disability is almost same like protection from diseases,
victimization, avoid from accidents. In this unit we will discuss prevention and teaching strategies of
different disabilities.

6.1 Prevention of Visual Impairment
Eyes are the most precious gift of God. We do every work by seeing anything. Without eyes, there is
blank and dark world in front of us. We should good are of eyes. Here we are discussing some
preventive measures to avoid the eye problems. If the parents are aware of these measures and

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