Early Focus: Working with Young Blind and Visually Impaired Children and Their FamiliesAmerican Foundation for the Blind, 2002 - 501 Seiten Early intervention is critical to the development and growth of children with visual impairments and other disabilities. This completely revised and updated edition of this AFB classic provides comprehensive information for professionals in such areas as vision, cognitive development, literacy, social development, motor development, and mobility. Early Focus offers tested strategies and recommended approaches to working with young children who are visually impaired or have multiple disabilities and their families, including those that are culturally diverse. |
Inhalt
Setting the Stage for Working | 1 |
Working Effectively | 16 |
Understanding the Medical | 52 |
Developing Cognition | 107 |
Developing Skills | 154 |
Developing Social Skills | 188 |
Promoting | 218 |
Developing Positive | 250 |
Promoting Movement | 287 |
Developing Early Skills | 326 |
Current Trends | 405 |
REFERENCES | 443 |
405 | 459 |
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