Conceptual skills in persons with visual impairment

Abstract

Conceptual skills enable the development of abilities necessary for controlling certain aspects of life. They include communication skills, functional literacy, and self-direction skills. The aim of this paper was to determine the acquisition of conceptual skills in persons with visual impairment. The research was conducted on a sample of 127 persons with visual impairment, 19-60 years of age. Conceptual Skills Domain of Adaptive Behavior Assessment System II (ABAS-II) was used to obtain data on the acquisition of conceptual skills. It was determined that age (p=0.001) and the category of visual impairment (blindness and low vision) (p=0.000) were significant factors for the acquisition of conceptual skills in persons with visual impairment. On the other hand, time when vision loss occurred was not a significant factor for acquiring conceptual skills in persons with visual impairment (p=0.195).

Konceptualne veštine omogućavaju razvoj sposobnosti neophodnih za rukovođenje nekim aspektima života. Obuhvataju komunikacione veštine, funkcionalnu pismenost i veštine samousmeravanja. Cilj ovog rada je utvrđivanje usvojenosti konceptualnih veština kod osoba sa oštećenjem vida. Istraživanje je sprovedeno na uzorku koji je činilo 127 osoba sa oštećenjem vida, starosti od 19 do 60 godina. Podaci o usvojenosti konceptualnih veština dobijeni su primenom Skale adaptivnog ponašanja (ABAS II), domen Konceptualne veštine. Utvrđeno je da starost (p=0,001), kategorija oštećenja vida (slepoća i slabovidost) (p=0,000), predstavljaju značajne činioce usvojenosti konceptualnih veština kod osoba sa oštećenjem vida. Sa druge strane, vreme nastanka oštećenja vida nije se izdvojilo kao značajan faktor za sticanje konceptualih veština kod osoba sa oštećenjem vida (p=0,195).