Home teaching for pre‐school handicapped children ‐ a cognitive approach

摘要

SummaryA case study was carried out to investigate and evaluate a home‐teaching scheme, with a cognitive bias, for parents of pre‐school handicapped children. The scheme linked teaching at the pre‐school assessment unit with teaching by the parents in the home. A speech therapist, acting as home‐teacher, demonstrated activities to the parents of a Down's syndrome child during weekly visits. The follow‐up assessment after 6 months of home teaching showed accelerated progress in cognitive areas of development. As a result of this study the scheme is to be extended and finan