Teaching Children Who Are Deafblind - Contact Communication and Learning

Informationen zum Autor Stuart Aitken is Principal Officer (Research and Practice) with Sense Scotland, and Senior Research Fellow with the CALL Centre, which is located in the Faculty of Education, University of Edinburgh. Marianna Buultjens is the Coordinator of the Scottish Sensory Centre at Moray House Institute of Education, University of Edinburgh. Catherine Clark is the head teacher of Carnbooth School. A Glasgow City Council school, Carnbooth is the only provision for pupils with a dual sensory impairment in Scotland. Jane T Eyre is assistant head teacher at Carnbooth School. She has been involved with deafblind education for approximately fourteen years, mostly working hands on with deafblind students of all ages and abilities. Laura Pease is Head of the School for Children with Sensory Impairment and Learning Difficulties at Whitefield Schools and Centre in London. Klappentext First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung Written for practitioners from a variety of backgrounds, this text is intended for teachers, residential staff and students who wish to understand more about the education of children and young people who are deafblind. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Understanding deafblindness, StuartAitken; Chapter 2 Creating a communicating environment, Pease Laura; Chapter 3 Personal and social development, Catherine Clark; Chapter 4 Holistic assessment, Jane T.Eyre; Chapter 5 Curricular frameworks, OlgaMiller, MarionMcLarty; Chapter 6 Effective teaching and learning, LizHodges; Chapter 7 Deafblindness and society, StuartAitken;Further reading; Glossary; Index;

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• Authors: Stuart (San Diego State University Aitken, Stuart Buultjens Aitken
• Assisted by: Stuart Aitken (Editor), Aitken Stuart (Editor), Marianna Buultjens (Editor), Buultjens Marianna (Editor), Catherine Clark (Editor), Jane T Eyre (Editor), Eyre Jane T. (Editor), Laura Pease (Editor), Pease Laura (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.06.2000
• EAN: 9781853466748
• ISBN: 978-1-85346-674-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / Special Education / Physical Disabilities, Relating to people with visual disabilities or impairments, Teaching of hearing-impaired students, Relating to people with hearing disabilities or impairments, Teaching of visually impaired students