Tactile Strategies for Children Who Have Visual Impairments and Multiple Disabilities: Promoting Communication and Learning Skills
Provides essential information about alternative communication strategies for young children who are visually impaired and have multiple disabilities.
This item is made to order and is non-refundable.
$39.95
Catalog Number: F-B0048-00
Publishers: APH Press
Authors: Deborah Chen, June E. Downing
ISBN: 978-0-89128-610-3
Product Description
Highlighting critical information for families as well as for communication experts, this user-friendly new manual provides you with both essential information about alternative communication and countless practical strategies and insights to create effective solutions for working with children. Teachers, early interventionists, and parents looking for valuable techniques will find them here, on topics ranging from how to assess a child’s tactile skills to how to interact effectively with children and plan interventions. The suggestions and insights in Tactile Strategies will be welcome additions to your teaching plans.
To view the Table of Contents, please see the “Includes” section.
This item is made to order, therefore all sales are final.
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Acknowledgments
Introduction: Lessons Learned from Project SALUTE
Chapter 1: The Sense of Touch
Chapter 2: Supporting Interactions through Touch
Chapter 3: Assessing Tactile Skills and Planning Interventions
Chapter 4: Focusing on Tactile Strategies
Chapter 5: Considering Multiple Communication Options
Chapter 6: Adapting Manual Signs to Meet a Child’s Needs
Chapter 7: Selecting Appropriate Tactile Strategies
Chapter 8: Encouraging Emergent Literacy
References
Resources
Glossary
Index
About the Authors
Narrative Descriptions
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Product Type: Communication, Multiple Disabilities
Authors/Editors: Deborah Chen, June E. Downing
Publishers: APH Press
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- Table of Contents:
- The Sense of Touch
- Supporting Interactions Through Touch
- Assessing Tactile Skills and Planning Interventions
- Focusing on Tactile Strategies
- Considering Multiple Communication Options
- Adapting Manual Signs to Meet a Child's Needs
- Selecting Appropriate Tactile Strategies
- Encouraging Emergent Lit
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