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Informationen zum Autor Margaret Fawcus is the author of Children with Learning Difficulties: A Collaborative Approach to Their Education and Management, published by Wiley. Klappentext The book has a broad base of learning difficulty which includes autism and Asperger's syndrome. Dyslexia has also been included, since it contributes so pervasively to learning difficulties at school. The author also covers a wide developmental life span, from working with young babies to adolescents; and the whole spectrum of mental handicap, from mild learning difficulties to severe learning difficulties and profound and multiple handicaps. Zusammenfassung Intended for those professionals whose work brings them into contact with children with learning difficulties! this work covers the theoretical rationale for the approaches used by each professional and examples of the practical activities and techniques used. Inhaltsverzeichnis Current theoretical thinking on children with learning difficulties! Dermot Bowler; Applying the principles of the code of practice to pupils with specific learning difficulties and dyslexia! Janet Tod; Approaches to the education of children with severe learning difficulties including those with profound and multiple disabilities! Chris Robertson; Towards an educational model for pupils with autism and Asperger's syndrome! Mike Blamires; The role of the clinical psychologist with children with learning difficulties! Sarah Lister Brook; The role of the occupational therapist with children with learning difficulties! Chia Swee Hong; Sensory integration - working with children with multiple handicap and profound learning difficulties! Karen Bunning; The use of play in the assessment and development of young children with learning difficulties! Dorothy Jeffree; Development of signing and language in young Down's syndrome children! Janet Gompertz; The importance os social skills training with adolescents with learning difficulties! Alex Kelly; The use of drama in working with children with learning difficulties! Myra Kersner; Music therapy with children with learning difficulties! Helen Tyler. ...
