The Education of People with Profound and Multiple Handicaps

The Education of People with Profound and Multiple Handicaps
Author: Judy Sebba
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1988
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780719025969

Designed as a basis for in-service courses for staff working with people who have profound and multiple handicaps. Topics covered include : assessment, curriculum, teaching methods, microelectronics, problem behaviour and physiotherapy.

Quality of Life for Handicapped People

Quality of Life for Handicapped People
Author: Roy I. Brown
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2021-06-30
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000292908

First published in 1988, Quality of Life for Handicapped People examines developments and innovations in research and practice concerning the quality of life for those with disabilities. The book centres on the topic of rehabilitation education, with a particular focus on issues relating to quality of life, including what is meant by ‘quality of life’ and the measures and systems required to assess the variables involved. It highlights the significance of rehabilitation education in underlining the key issue of how individuals feel about themselves and how they perceive the services available to them for the purpose of rehabilitation. It considers the importance of environment and the improvement of environment in increasing quality of life, and examines a range of vocational and social programmes from a variety of perspectives. Quality of Life for Handicapped People will be of use to those with an interest in the history and development of rehabilitation education.

Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities

Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities
Author: Jillian Pawlyn
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2009-01-28
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1444301535

Children and adults with profound and multiple learningdisabilities (PMLD) are among the most marginalised people insociety. They have some of the highest support needs and are mostreliant on services. This accessible text presents and promotescurrent best practice regarding interventions to meet the complexhealth needs of a person with profound & multiple learningdisabilities. Practical in focus, this text provides evidence-basedguidance on meeting the complex needs of a person with PMLD. The text presents a range of complex health needs that apractitioner may face, such as communication, nutrition, epilepsy,vision and mobility. Each practice-focused chapter provides cleardefinitions of the condition, with current evidence-basedbest-practice supporting the intervention. Written by a team of professionals who have wide experience andinterest in this subject area, this text will be invaluable for allthose working with, and caring for those with profound and multiplelearning disabilities.

A Sensory Curriculum for Very Special People

A Sensory Curriculum for Very Special People
Author: Flo Longhorn
Publisher: Souvenir Press
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2011-09-12
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0285640747

This uniquely valuable book arose from the author's work with profoundly disabled children in a special needs school. The sensory impairment of the children meant that they were unable to learn from traditional teaching methods as they were unaware of the world around them. Our very first awareness of our surroundings and ourselves come through our senses of smell, touch, taste, sight, hearing and movement, and without them we are isolated. To benefit from the normal school curriculum, children with sensory impairment must learn to develop each of their senses, individually and in combination - a process the non-handicapped child goes through spontaneously and unconsciously. This book outlines a curriculum for each of the senses in turn, using stimuli that can be varied to suit the age of the child or young person. Demonstrating how these can be combined to create a multisensory experience and how this newly developed awareness can be integrated into the rest of the school curriculum. This book was developed from the author's work with profoundly disabled children, their sensory impairment meant that traditional teaching was unsuccessful as they were unaware of the world around them. Flo Longhorn sets out a curriculum for developing each sense, both individually and in combination, using stimuli that can be varied according to the age of the child. This book shows how these techniques can be amalgamated to create multisensory experiences and how this new awareness can be integrated into the rest of the school curriculum.Designed for teachers, and parents, of children with profound multiple disabilities combined with sensory and physical impairment this has become a classic work.

Partners in Everyday Communicative Exchanges

Partners in Everyday Communicative Exchanges
Author: Nancy Butterfield
Publisher: MacLennan & Petty
Total Pages: 204
Release: 1995
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

Using assessment and intervention techniques during naturally occurring opportunities for interaction improves communication with people who have severe disabilities. Practical forms, examples, and case studies accompany step-by-step guidelines that help service providers, speech-language pathologists, and family members enrich their day-to-day exchanges with the people they serve and care for.

The Education and Care of Children with Severe, Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities

The Education and Care of Children with Severe, Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities
Author: Richard Aird
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2013-12-19
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1134124066

This is a practical guide to managing the whole curriculum for children with severe learning difficulties (SLD). Crucial guidance and effective strategies are provided on how to reconcile the rights, needs and aspirations of such children in light of recent national trends and QCA guidelines.

Special Educational Needs

Special Educational Needs
Author: Ronald Gulliford
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2002-09-11
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1134910606

The contributors focus on particular areas of special educational need, arguing that effective educational provision can be enhanced with reference to the particular problems experienced by children. Set in the context of a generic understanding of special education, this timely book addresses commonly-raised questions: what is the condition and how can I recognise it? why does it occur? what sort of educational, personal, and social consequences are there associated with it? are there any specialist skills and resources which I should know about? what are the implications for educational provision, teacher support, curricular access, assessment and classroom management? This popular book has been fully revised to provide a comprehensive overview of special needs provision. A such it is the key text on special needs in the '90s.