Inclusive Education for Special Children

Contents: Preface. 1. Special needs disorders handicaps impairments and syndromes: an introductory overview. 2. Learning disabilities and disorders: problems and prospects. 3. Special education: specific signposts and case studies. 4. Educating special children in India: provisions situations and curriculum options. 5. Legal instruments dealing with mental health, rehabilitation and disabilities in India. 6. Select Indian policies institutions and testimonials dealing with disabilities disorders and handicaps. 7. Intervention programmes integrated services and child support: a framework. 8. Role of Therapies programmes visits services training modules and strategies. 9. Future prospects for inclusive education: a developing countries perspective. 10. Appendices and inventories. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.

This book Inclusive Education for special Children is a kind of reference book. This book provides with an introductory overview of special needs disorders impairments and syndromes with special focus on emotional and behavioural disorders secondary challenged cerebral palsy autism attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Aspergers syndrome and semantic pragmatic disorder. The problems with learning disabilities or disorders the prospects of suitable solutions are discussed with highlights on methods of identification causal factors and strategies for remediation. Types of skill deficits multiple roles of teachers and initiatives required for dealing with learning disabilities have been covered.
 
In this book the focus lies on India and its educational provisions for special children its educational needs in terms of curricular issues and concerns. Special emphasis has been put on visual impairment and hearing impairment. This chapter also contains three annexes dealing with low medium and high tech solutions for identifying groups and teacher education roles and functions of Department of Education of Groups with special needs, and the Mental Health Act of 1887. Multiple legal instruments dealing with mental health rehabilitation and disabilities in India have been discussed in detail. Such as RCI Act of India 1992, The persons with disabilities equal opportunities protection of rights and full participation Act, 1995, and The National Trust for Welfare of persons with Autism, cerebral Palsy, Mental retardation and multiple disabilities Act 1999. Rights of such persons given as per the aforementioned legislations have been described separately. Select Indian Government policies institutions and testimonials dealing with disabilities disorders and impairment have been discussed in detail. Focus lies on National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped National Institute for Hearing Handicapped, National Institute for Physically Handicapped National Institute for Visually Handicapped. A framework of intervention programmes integrated services and child support systems has been provided herein with focus on early intervention delivery models parents caretakers and related learning processes. (jacket)