Lilli Nielsen

Lilli Nielsen (born Reker ) ( born December 21, 1926 in Ronne, Bornholm, Denmark) is a Danish psychologist who promotes and teaches children who are also multiple disabilities blind or visually impaired and under certain circumstances. She has published several textbooks under the Blind and Visually Impaired.

Life

Lilli was the second of seven children of the Reker family, four of whom were born blind. At the age of seven years, she therefore came already to the task of taking care of her little blind brother.

Initially taught Lilli Nielsen preschool children, then worked in a hospital, studied psychology and was eventually hired as a teacher for blind children. In 1988, she was awarded her PhD in psychology in Aarhus.

Dr. Lilli Nielsen also took over the management of the public school for the promotion of blind and visually impaired children and adolescents in Denmark, Refsnaesskolen later.

Became known Lilli Nielsen for the development of learning materials, especially for the so-called little room, the place for decades around the world in early intervention and promotion of children born blind application.

For her achievements, she was knighted the Dannebrogorden.

" Little Room "

One of the most famous ideas Lilli Nielsen was the development of the so-called little rooms. This has the form of a large open box, which is usually made ​​of thin wood. This is adjusted by the cot or sleeping pad of the baby or small child concerned, similar to a forward open canopy of a stroller. From the ceiling of the little rooms hanging toys that represent a stimulus for children. Most of them are things that stimulate tactile by their surface properties or different sound at the touch, in short: to animate hinfassen. Thus, a child who was born blind, analogue develop as a seeing of space exploration and space perception. The aim is to understand spaces to learn in addition to promoting ear -hand coordination and develop a four- page concept for the environment.

Publications

  • Are you blind? Promoting development of visually impaired children, Ed. Bentheim, Würzburg 1992, ISBN 3-925265-39-2
  • The ego and the space. Active learning in the "little room ", Ed. Bentheim, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-925265-44-9
  • Griffins and you can understand, Ed. Bentheim, Würzburg 1992, ISBN 3-925265-36-8
  • Step by step. Early learning of visually impaired and multi-disabled children, Ed. Bentheim, Würzburg 1996, ISBN 3-925265-52- X
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