Special needs in the early years : snapshots of practice / edited by Sheila Wolfendale.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wolfendale, Sheila, 1939-

World Organization for Early Childhood Education.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children with disabilities--Education (Preschool)--Great Britain.

Children with disabilities.

Special education--Great Britain.

Special education.

Physical Description:

xiv, 144 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : RoutledgeFalmer, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book celebrates good practice in the area of early years and special needs by bringing together authors who are either practitioners or researchers, from a range of different and diverse early years settings including nurseries and units providing special provision. They describe their work with young children who have different and distinctive special needs and disabilities.

Contents:

Cover

Special Needs in the Early Years

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

List of figures

List of contributors

Foreword

1 Profiling early years and special needs: Celebrations of practice

2 Working together in different ways: Rodney House School

3 Integrating a child with Down's Syndrome into an Under-Fives Education Centre

4 Working with the young child who has special needs in the hospital setting

5 'Listen hear': Parents supporting parents with deaf children

6 Research and practice: An evaluation of an education improvement strategy to support teachers and parents of young children with special educational needs

7 Play partners: Parental involvement in a pre-school project for children with communication difficulties

8 What is normal?

9 Behaviour problems in the early years: The conceptualisation of behaviour problems and its relevance to management approaches

10 Early intervention for hearing-impaired children in families of ethnic minority origin

11 A contextual orientation to assessment

12 Sheffield Early Childhood Association: A snapshot of Sheffield Practice

Index.

Notes:

At foot of t.p.: OMEP.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-61246-X

1-85346-759-6

0-203-19061-0

1-280-32836-3

0-203-13442-7

9780203134429

OCLC:

49569866