List Books » Intervention Strategies for Infants and Preschoolers with Special Needs: A Team Approach
Authors: Sharon A. Raver
ISBN-13: 9780136747307, ISBN-10: 0136747302
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Date Published: July 1998
Edition: 2nd Edition
This book features contributions from leading professionals who have extensive experience with children who have special needs -- birth to three years of age. Extremely practical in approach, it contains "recommended practices" in early intervention that are easy to implement for serving young children and their families. Presents foundations for infant and toddler intervention and explores the importance of teamwork in early intervention. Surveys intervention strategies for developmental domains -- neuromotor development, cognitive development, and social and communication development. Considers intervention strategies for medical contexts -- for the neonatal period and for medically fragile/complex infants and toddlers. Discusses intervention with infants and toddlers who are at-risk, have multiple or severe disabilities, hearing impairment, or visual impairment. Explains how to collaborate with families and how to develop an Individualized Family Service Plan. For interventionists, educators, and families who are dealing with young children with special needs.
Pt. I | Foundations of Early Intervention | 1 |
1 | Foundations of Infant and Toddler Intervention | 2 |
2 | Teamwork in Early Intervention | 28 |
Pt. II | Strategies for Developmental Domains | 49 |
3 | Neuromotor Development in Infants and Toddlers | 50 |
4 | Cognitive Development in Infants and Toddlers | 77 |
5 | Social and Communication Development in Infants and Toddlers | 108 |
Pt. III | Intervention Strategies for Medical Contexts | 139 |
6 | Techniques for the Neonatal Period | 140 |
7 | Coordinating Services for Infants and Toddlers with Medically Fragile/Complex Conditions | 168 |
Pt. IV | Intervention with Specific Populations | 197 |
8 | Techniques for Infants and Toddlers Who Are At Risk | 198 |
9 | Techniques for Infants and Toddlers with Multiple or Severe Disabilities | 224 |
10 | Techniques for Infants and Toddlers with Hearing Loss | 259 |
11 | Techniques for Infants and Toddlers with Visual Impairments | 298 |
Pt. V | Serving Families | 331 |
12 | Collaborating with Families | 332 |
13 | The Individualized Family Service Plan Process | 362 |