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A child sighted or blind is born into this world with all the building blocks for what they can become. This physical material is impacted by the child's environment over a life time while the "self" evolves. The self is the same in blind children as it is in the sighted, only the developmental process is different. Both children have the same starting materials: mind, body, and spirit. With these parts the child develops a process of thinking, feeling, and behaving toward other people, objects and situations, and they recognize that others also think, feel and behave in their environment. It is with their thoughts, emotions, and actions that children relate to their world using physical, emotional, cognitive, social, and moralistic attributes and through this interrelationship the self evolves. The self is everything that exists in a person's unique world and it exists because of their self-concept and self-esteem. Aspects of self-concept are the elements of well-being that assists our survival in our environment. They consist of all the physical things, our personality, feelings toward life, our knowledge and problem solving techniques, how we successfully interface with others; and our social and spiritual values in life. If our self-concept contains the important things, and issues in life, and there is a high regard for them, then our self will evolve in a manner conducive to peace and harmony. If not, the opposite will occur. The blind child must build a self with a missing part. Granted self will evolve for a blind child, but it must be augmented by all other senses of the body in order to enhance the mind and spirit. A blind child's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors serve the same purpose as they do for a sighted child, but will evolve differently. The physical, emotional, cognitive, social, and moral concepts are necessary, but are obtained without the benefit of the automatic process of seeing. The self

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William F. Cavitt was born July 13, 1940, in Corning, Arkansas, a small town in the northeastern part of the state. His family were tenant farmers who worked very hard. Bill did not like farm work so at the age of 15 he ran off and joined the U.S. Navy. In the navy he progressed through the enlisted ranks very rapidly to Master Chief Petty Officer (E-9), working primarily on top secret projects. While serving on a small patrol boat in Vietnam, he became interested in education. Having dropped out of school in the 10th grade he was required to complete his high school through the General Education and Development (GED) program. Bill received his high school diploma from Bremington College Adult High School, Bremington, Washington, even though he has never been there. While serving in Hawaii he entered Chaminade College of Honolulu where he received a Bachelors of General Studies in Sociology and Psychology. Upon being transferred to Pensacola, Florida he entered the University of West Florida where he received his Masters Degree in Psychology. Bill retired from the navy at the age of 35 and shortly thereafter he started his doctoral program. He was awarded his doctors degree in Education, concentrating on Educational Psychology (primarily in Instructional Systems Design and Development using computer technology).As an Education Specialist and Education Psychologist with the Federal Government, Bill was responsible for the design and development of various highly technological instructional programs. He served as the Deputy Director of Navy Technical Training at the Chief of Naval Education and Training, Pensacola, Florida where he was in charge of about 70 program managers of instructional systems. After retiring from the Department of Defense, Bill taught Psychology at Darton College, a small two year college in Albany, Ga. He truly loved his teaching experience at Darton, but the illness and eventual death of his

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  • PublisherAuthorHouse
  • Publication date2006
  • ISBN 10 1425932843
  • ISBN 13 9781425932848
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages228

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