Romana Romanov, Marija Zegnal Koretić, Branislava Garunović

Regular physical activity is an important factor in health prevention and is one of the postulates for a child’s optimal growth and development. Physical activity is often the crucial tool when working with children with disabilities and those who are developmentally impaired. Despite all the known benefits of physical activities and programmed exercises for visually impaired children, these kind of activities are still undervalued and limited. Fear of injury is one of the key reasons for blind and visually impaired children’s lack of movement and exercise. They are often scared of new activities and therefore do not accordingly develop and acquire motor behaviors and skills. The development of motor skills is realized through different sport activities and physical education program in schools. In order to detect and monitor changes in biological growth and development as well as motor skills development, it is crucial to identify the basic indicators of morphological and motor dimensions. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to determine the stage of biological growth and development in blind and visually impaired students and their motor skills development, based on their morphological and motor skills indicators, and in relation to their visual impairment level

Keywords: morphological characteristics, motor skills, blind and visually impaired students

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