Education for Disabled Children
Contents: Preface. 1. Special education: an introduction. 2. Incidence of disabilities. 3. Children with mental retardation. 4. Children with hearing and speech impairment. 5. Children with visual impairments. 6. Orthopaedically handicapped. 7. Learning disabilities. 8. Adjustment problems of disabled and coping strategies. 9. Identification and assessment of children with special needs. 10. Teaching learning strategies and social educational provisions. 11. Integrated and inclusive education for the disabled. 12. Policies and programmes. Annexure.
The concept of mainstreaming of disabled has gradually been taking root in the education system. While such a step is eminently desirable in the larger social perspective, the teachers need to acquire special abilities to identify out of the ordinary needs of the individual child, develop among themselves appropriate management skills in a class comprising children of diverse levels of learning abilities, use special equipment, adopt special instructional methods and material, adapt the normal educational curriculum to suit the situation, and above all in displaying a humane approach in caring students with special needs.
This book attempts to provide comprehensive guidelines in identification and effective education of children with special needs in a normal school setting. It is hoped that the material included in the book will help the teachers develop a sense of awareness about the requirements of such children and in translating this awareness into effective methods of instruction. Specific illustrations are included for curriculum modifications and teaching strategies to suit different types of disabilities. The book may be useful for normal as well as disabled children to understand each other and interact and learn together in a mutually beneficial manner.
The book also explains various concepts in the field of disabilities, indicates the size of the problem and outlines various current policies and programmes in the field of special education. (jacket)
The concept of mainstreaming of disabled has gradually been taking root in the education system. While such a step is eminently desirable in the larger social perspective, the teachers need to acquire special abilities to identify out of the ordinary needs of the individual child, develop among themselves appropriate management skills in a class comprising children of diverse levels of learning abilities, use special equipment, adopt special instructional methods and material, adapt the normal educational curriculum to suit the situation, and above all in displaying a humane approach in caring students with special needs.
This book attempts to provide comprehensive guidelines in identification and effective education of children with special needs in a normal school setting. It is hoped that the material included in the book will help the teachers develop a sense of awareness about the requirements of such children and in translating this awareness into effective methods of instruction. Specific illustrations are included for curriculum modifications and teaching strategies to suit different types of disabilities. The book may be useful for normal as well as disabled children to understand each other and interact and learn together in a mutually beneficial manner.
The book also explains various concepts in the field of disabilities, indicates the size of the problem and outlines various current policies and programmes in the field of special education. (jacket)
