Development and Learning of Young Children with Disabilities A Vygotskian Perspective /

This book introduces current theories and research on disability, and builds on the premise that disability has to be understood from the dialectical dynamics of biology, psychology, and culture over time. Based on the newest empirical research on children with disabilities, the book overcomes the l...

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Main Authors: Bøttcher, Louise. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Dammeyer, Jesper. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Development, 13
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39114-4
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: Development With a Disability
  • 1. Beyond a bio-medical and social model of disability: A cultural-historical approach
  • 2. Early development (infant)
  • 3. Toddler – preschool
  • 4. School-age
  • Part 2: Developmental and Educational Themes during Early Childhood
  • 5. Impairments in sensation and perception
  • 6. Emotional development and mental and behavioural difficulties
  • 7. Development and Learning with specific learning impairments or intellectual disability
  • 8. The centrality of communication and language development
  • 9. The use of aid’s
  • Part 3: Creating a Future Together
  • 10. Family life
  • 11. Assessment of children with disabilities
  • 12. Conclusion. Parents and professionals working together to support the development of the child.