Early Focus: Working with Young Blind and Visually Impaired Children and Their FamiliesEarly Focus provides clear descriptions of early intervention techniques with blind and visually impaired children and stresses the benefits of family involvement and transdisciplinary teamwork. Practical applications and strategies relating to cognitive and language development, orientation and mobility, social skills, early intervention, and program development are presented to integrate current practices in one convenient source. Valuable information on working with families of various ethnic/minority groups is detailed, as are useful descriptions of how teams can work most effectively. Includes extensive resource and readings sections. |
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| Title | Early Focus: Working with Young Blind and Visually Impaired Children and Their Families |
| Authors | Rona L. Pogrund, Diane L. Fazzi, American Foundation for the Blind |
| Editors | Rona L. Pogrund, Diane L. Fazzi, Jessica S. Lampert |
| Edition | 3, illustrated |
| Publisher | American Foundation for the Blind, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | Oct 21, 2009 |
| ISBN | 0891282157, 9780891282150 |
| Length | 147 pages |
| Subjects | › › Family & Relationships / Children with Special Needs Psychology / Developmental / Child |
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