292 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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How can we help children with special needs become active learners? This book is a practical and accessible guide to teaching young children with special educational needs. At the heart of the book is the belief that the focus should be on the child as an active learner, rather than on their disability. This fully revised and updated edition takes into account current changes in educational... Read more
Introduction Part 1. Establishing the Framework 1. Survey of the Field 2. Special Concerns and Challenges Part 2. Child Development Issues 3. Typical and Exceptional Early Development 4. Concerns Related to Cognition, Communication and Emergent Literacy 5. Social, Emotional and Behavioural Concerns 6. Concerns Related to Sensory and Physical Development Part 3. Focus on the Team 7. The Ecological Framework 8. Partnership with Families 9. Child Find 10. Program and Community Responses Part 4. Meeting the Needs of the Individual Child 11. A Curriculum for Every Child 12. Exploration and Experiences
Biography
Dr Ruth Wilson is an Emeritus Professor with Bowling Green State Univeristy in Ohio, USA
'A strength of the book is the spotlight on children and their learning and not on particular disabilities. It makes a useful contribution to the field and I will be recommending it to Undergraduate and Postgraduate students alike.' - Margaret Sutherland, University of Glasgow, Escalate website
