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.
Author(s): Mrs Myra Tingle
Edition: 1
Year: 1990
Language: English
Pages: 160
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of Figures......Page 8
Dedication......Page 9
Foreword......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
The Warnock Report, 20 years on......Page 13
Looking forward......Page 14
Working Together......Page 16
The parents......Page 17
The medical and paramedical team......Page 20
Non-teaching staff......Page 23
The individual support teacher......Page 25
The role of specialist teachers......Page 28
Multidisciplinary in-service education......Page 29
Physical Disability in Childhood......Page 30
Making sense of a diagnosis......Page 31
Associated disabilities......Page 45
Training in personal independence and self care......Page 52
Problems Posed by Limited Mobility......Page 64
Access to school buildings......Page 65
Access to classrooms and specific subject areas......Page 67
Aids to mobility......Page 70
Safety factors......Page 75
Educational Implications of Motor Impairment 1. Practical Issues......Page 77
Assessing the degree of difficulty......Page 80
Handwriting difficulties......Page 84
Alternative methods of recording......Page 92
Social communication aids......Page 107
Access to practical subjects......Page 109
Physical education, movement, games and swimming......Page 118
Educational Implications of Motor Impairment 2. Associated Learning Difficulties......Page 125
Identifying the problem areas......Page 126
The effect of poor sensory and motor organization on basic educational attainments......Page 132
Training sensory and motor organization......Page 134
A curriculum-based approach to learning difficulties......Page 135
If the child has a visual or hearing impairment......Page 137
Towards Adult Independence......Page 139
Planning a leavers' programme......Page 141
Examinations, further education and employment......Page 144
Planning for Successful Integration;The Social and Psychological Implications......Page 149
Changing the integration model......Page 152
Benjamin......Page 153
List of Addresses......Page 155
Reading List......Page 158
References......Page 0
