Early Intervention with Mentally Handicapped Children: A Critical Appraisal of Applied Research

1985 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 305-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kofi Mario ◽  
Gerard M. Kysela
Keyword(s):  
Early Intervention ◽  
Applied Research ◽  
Critical Appraisal ◽  
Mentally Handicapped ◽  
Handicapped Children

Mothers' and Fathers' Interaction with their Young Mentally Handicapped Children

1989 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen McConachie
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Early Intervention ◽  
Ecological Validity ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Interaction Time ◽  
Mentally Handicapped ◽  
Handicapped Children ◽  
Mothers And Fathers

Studies of interaction between parents and their young mentally handicapped children generally lack ecological validity, ignore individual differences, and fail to consider the long-term implications of observed patterns. Such limitations may also be seen to apply to current strategies of early intervention. The paper reports a study of 21 young mentally handicapped children and their mothers and fathers, presenting data on daily patterns of child-care and observed teaching interactions. Predictions of differences between mothers and fathers, taken from literature on nonhandicapped and handicapped children, are confirmed. However, taking into consideration that fathers have less time available, parents do not differ as groups on the proportion which they spend in concentrated interaction with the child. Concentrated interaction time of mothers is related to a tendency to dominate observed teaching interactions; however, for fathers it is positively related to sensitivity in interaction. Possible implications of the results for intervention strategies are outlined.

PARENTS OF MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN

The Lancet ◽  
1962 ◽  
Vol 279 (7230) ◽  
pp. 642-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.I. Mackay
Keyword(s):  
Mentally Handicapped ◽  
Handicapped Children

scholarly journals Muneera El-Solh Twenty Years In The Service Of Mentally Handicapped Children

1970 ◽  
pp. 2
Author(s):  
Nayla Kassis
Keyword(s):  
Mentally Handicapped ◽  
Private Initiative ◽  
Handicapped Children ◽  
Mentally Disabled ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
The Social

Private initiative has always played a leading role in the development of Lebanon, especially in the social and economic fields. To this initiative, the 18 centers created in this country for the rehabilitation of the physically and mentally disabled owe their existence.

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