Conductive education for children and adolescents with cerebral palsy : enquiry into theory and practice / Anita Tatlow.
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TextPublisher: Hong Kong : The Spastics Association of Hong Kong, [2005]Description: x, 346 pages : illustrations ; 30 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeSubject(s): Cerebral palsied children -- Education -- China -- Hong Kong | Children with disabilities -- Education -- China -- Hong KongSummary: The practice of Conductive education, successfully developed in the Peto institute, Budapest, is undertheorized. Conductive education for children and adolescents with cerebral palsy: enquiry into theory and practice investigates its theoretical underpinnings and seeks, in a way not so far attempted, to relate atheoretical discourse with experience of the condition and with actualities of educational-therapeutic practice. The detailed description and justification of practical application and methodologies aims to raise awareness of the necessary unity of theory and practice. It will, therefore, appeal to students, teachers and therapists, as well as parents, psychologists, doctors, and anyone interested in the use of Vygotskian and Lurian educational theory and in Goldstein's holistic neurology within rehabilitation. The book contains over a hundred phtotgraphs, many drawings, a glossary and an ectensive index. -- from back cover
| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Book | Gratia Christian College Library Book Shelves | Print book | LC4599.H6 T38 2005 (Browse shelf) | Available | 0005458M |
Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 343-346).
The practice of Conductive education, successfully developed in the Peto institute, Budapest, is undertheorized. Conductive education for children and adolescents with cerebral palsy: enquiry into theory and practice investigates its theoretical underpinnings and seeks, in a way not so far attempted, to relate atheoretical discourse with experience of the condition and with actualities of educational-therapeutic practice. The detailed description and justification of practical application and methodologies aims to raise awareness of the necessary unity of theory and practice. It will, therefore, appeal to students, teachers and therapists, as well as parents, psychologists, doctors, and anyone interested in the use of Vygotskian and Lurian educational theory and in Goldstein's holistic neurology within rehabilitation. The book contains over a hundred phtotgraphs, many drawings, a glossary and an ectensive index. -- from back cover