Children with Special Needs
Contents: Preface. 1. Children with special needs. 2. Concept of integrated education. 3. Integrating the hearing impaired. 4. Integrating the visually impaired. 5. Integrating the orthopaedically handicapped. 6. Integrating the educable mentally. 7. Integrating the learning disabled. 8. Resource room. 9. Integrating the multiple handicapped. 10. Types of special education services. 11. Integrated education for the disabled in India. 12. Emotionally disturbed children. 13. Concept of giftedness. 14. Education of the gifted. 15. Education of socially disadvantaged children. 16. Inclusive education. Bibliography. Index.
The NPE, 1986 has duly realized that separate education for the disabled in residential schools is psychologically, socially, emotionally and educationally unsecured. Moreover it states that the educational objective must be adherence to integrate the physically and mentally handicapped with social environment to make them able to encounter day to-day problems with courage and confidence.
The concept of integrated education for children with special needs is a recent origin in place of the term exceptional, handicapped and disabled which has been incorporated in different courses with an enthusiastic sprit to gear the plans and programmes among the teachers of our country. This has also prompted innovative scopes in the execution and success of Education for All and Health cover by all to provide equal opportunity to the neglected children of our society.
The author has prepared this unique volume with a view to satisfy the crying need of M.A. (Edn.) B.Ed. and M.Ed students of different Indian Universities. Besides, the educationists, psychologists, teachers, parents, doctor and administrators in their respective fields will feel very easy while dealing with the disabled children to cope with main stream of the present society.
The NPE, 1986 has duly realized that separate education for the disabled in residential schools is psychologically, socially, emotionally and educationally unsecured. Moreover it states that the educational objective must be adherence to integrate the physically and mentally handicapped with social environment to make them able to encounter day to-day problems with courage and confidence.
The concept of integrated education for children with special needs is a recent origin in place of the term exceptional, handicapped and disabled which has been incorporated in different courses with an enthusiastic sprit to gear the plans and programmes among the teachers of our country. This has also prompted innovative scopes in the execution and success of Education for All and Health cover by all to provide equal opportunity to the neglected children of our society.
The author has prepared this unique volume with a view to satisfy the crying need of M.A. (Edn.) B.Ed. and M.Ed students of different Indian Universities. Besides, the educationists, psychologists, teachers, parents, doctor and administrators in their respective fields will feel very easy while dealing with the disabled children to cope with main stream of the present society.
