Supportive Educational Aids and Their Impact on the Development of Cognitive Skills among Learners with Multiple Disabilities

Abstract

The field of special education represents a notable development in the employment of supportive educational aids with the aim of improving learning opportunities for learners from various disability categories. Learners with multiple disabilities are among the groups that face the most complex challenges due to the interaction of impairments, which necessitates the adoption of adapted educational aids that meet their diverse needs. This study aims to investigate the impact of using supportive educational aids — digital, manual, and interactive — on the development of basic cognitive skills among learners with multiple disabilities, with emphasis on attention, perception, discrimination, memory, and problem solving. The study also addresses the teacher’s role in selecting and adapting these aids, and the family’s role in reinforcing their use during home-based learning. The study adopts a descriptive-analytical approach supported by field data to measure the effectiveness of these aids, with the goal of offering scientific recommendations that contribute to improving educational practices within inclusive institutions and specialized centers.