Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Clifford : Interconnections, [2019]
Physical description
102 p.; 26 cm
ISBN
9780957660168
Library's review
Text from back cover:
Peter Limbrick is an educationalist with long experience of babies and young children who have multiple diagnoses. His approach helps children who have disabilities and very special needs learn basic skills and supports parents with all they have to deal with. This book is
Peter describes three essential pillars of effective support:
Health: for the child’s survival and freedom from pain
Education: for the child’s understanding, skills and wellbeing
Family support: for the family’s resilience and quality of life
Peter tells us there is no time to waste and roles are very clear: Parents’ role is to bring up their children. The role of therapists, teachers and other practitioners is to help them. Even so, many parents have to go into battle to get what they need.
Peter Limbrick is an educationalist with long experience of babies and young children who have multiple diagnoses. His approach helps children who have disabilities and very special needs learn basic skills and supports parents with all they have to deal with. This book is
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about support children and families might need. It contrasts effective 21st century support with approaches that are out-of-date and, at worst, insensitive and institutional. Peter describes three essential pillars of effective support:
Health: for the child’s survival and freedom from pain
Education: for the child’s understanding, skills and wellbeing
Family support: for the family’s resilience and quality of life
Peter tells us there is no time to waste and roles are very clear: Parents’ role is to bring up their children. The role of therapists, teachers and other practitioners is to help them. Even so, many parents have to go into battle to get what they need.
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