John McInnes, J a Treffry

Deaf-Blind Infants and Children

A Developmental Guide

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is a comprehensive reference guide for teachers, parents, and paraprofessionals working or living with children who are both deaf and blind. It provides day-to-day guidance and suggestions about techniques and methods for assessing children with multi-sensory deprivation, and for devising programs to help them cope.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• 2nd Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Mai 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 153mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780802077875
• ISBN-10: 0802077870
• Artikelnr.: 21355366

Autorenporträt

By John McInnes and J.A. Treffry

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. The Multi-Sensory Deprived Child
o Multi-sensory deprivation
o Rubella
o Some Basic Assumptions
o Organizing a Program
o Where Do I Start?
o Activity-Based Programming in a Reactive Environment
o Creating a Reactive Environment
o General Suggestions
2. Social and Emotional Development
o The Need for a Reactive Environment
o Stages of Interaction
o General Development
o General Suggestions
o Specific Suggestions
3. Communication
o Types of Communication
o Mechanical Aids
o General Suggestions
o Motor Development
o Gross Motor Development
o Fine Motor Development
4. Perceptual Developmen
o Tactile Development
o Visual Perception
o Auditory Perception
5. Cognitive-Conceptual Development
o Cognitive Functioning
o Assessment of Intelligence
o Suggested Aproach to Assessment
o Concept Formation
o General Suggestions
6. Orientation and Mobility
o Development of Individual Approaches
o General Suggestions
o Specific Suggestions
o Formal Orientation and Mobility Training
7. Life Skills
o Awareness
o Learning
o Application
o Maintenance and Modification
o General Suggestions
o Conclusion
8. Some Frequently Asked Questions
o How Should I Discipline My Child?
o Is My Child Deaf-Blind?
o Integration, Segregation, or Institutionalization?
Glossary
References
Index