Educating Young Children with Special Needs / Edition 1

by Louise Porter

Overview

‘In scope and spread this book deserves to become a standard text for policymakers, practitioners, those in training and their tutors. I welcome this book for its coverage of typical and atypical development in young children and its emphasis upon an ethical and principled approach to working with young children and their families' - Professor Sheila Wolfendale, Director of the Doctorate in Educational Psychology programme at the University of East LondonEducating Young Children with Special Needs is a comprehensive guide to working with such children. It outlines how to recognize when young children have atypical needs, how to individualize relevant programs for them, and how to make sure that they can participate socially with other children in the group. It highlights the importance of teachers' and caregivers' responsiveness both to the children and their parents.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761941255
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	11/04/2002
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Louise Porter is a child psychologist with many years' experience of working with children. She lectures in the School of Education at Flinders University of South Australia and is author of Behaviour in Schools, Gifted Young Children, and Young Children's Behaviour, and co-author of Professional Collaboration with Parents of Children with Disabilities.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS OF EARLY YEARS EDUCATION
Fundamentals of Early Education - Louise Porter
Collaborating with Parents - Louise Porter
Identification and Assessment - Louise Porter
Principles of Program Individualisation - Louise Porter
PART TWO: PROGRAMMING FOR ATYPICAL DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS
Vision - James D Kenefick
Motor Skills - Margaret Sullivan
Daily Living Skills - Zara Soden
Hearing - Lindsay Burnip
Communication Skills - Bernice Burnip
Cognitive Skills - Louise Porter
Emotional and Social Needs - Louise Porter
Guiding Children's Behaviour - Louise Porter