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Based on their clinical practice and extensive experience in the field, the authors provide a creative and flexible guide to helping young children with learning difficulties. Their accessible and positive approach focuses on children's potential and what they can—rather than cannot—do, and can be carried out at home, in school, or in therapy sessions. The approach, applicable to all students, including those of diverse backgrounds, can be extended to all aspects of the child's life, and enables them to participate in everyday activities at home and school.Fully illustrated, the book offers techniques and activities to help children develop their learning, with a focus on:Developing learning toolsWorking with parentsLanguage and communicationBehavior and emotional developmentIntegrating learning into everyday lifeThe book includes a CD-ROM/DVD with printable material for making cards and worksheets, plus illustrative video material.
Therapeutic Work with Parents
Therapeutic Work with Parents
A Different Parenting Experience
It is generally recognized that confident parenting in a warm, loving, secure environment provides the ideal conditions for the development of learning, communication and emotional growth of the young child. In such an environment, pleasurable responsiveness and mutual exchanges or ‘intuitive parentese’ (Trevarthen and Aitken, 1994) are a natural part of the young child's early experience. Of course this family environment is also available to children with developmental delay. However, the emotional reciprocity between parents and their delayed child may be late in developing with a neurologically impaired child, and ...
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