The motor impaired child
By: Myra Tingle
Series: Practical integration in education; Practical integration in education
Publisher: NFER-Nelson
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Windsor, England
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 149
ISBN-13: 9780203221211
Subjects: Special Education; Education; Children with disabilities; Physical Disabilities; EDUCATION
Description: The Motor Impaired Child provides a wealth of information and practical guidance for teachers on both the social and educational implications of impairment. Issues covered include working with parents, physical disability in childhood, and the problems posed by limited mobility. Practical advice is given on the integration of impaired children in the classroom, and the final sections focus on how a motor impaired child may be helped through adolescence towards independent adulthood.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-149).

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of Figures; Dedication; Foreword; Introduction; The Warnock Report, 20 years on; Looking forward; Working Together; The parents; The medical and paramedical team; Non-teaching staff; The individual support teacher; The role of specialist teachers; Multidisciplinary in-service education; Physical Disability in Childhood; Making sense of a diagnosis; Associated disabilities; Training in personal independence and self care; Problems Posed by Limited Mobility; Access to school buildings; Access to classrooms and specific subject areas; Aids to mobility