Don't Accept Me as I am: Helping "Retarded" People to Excel
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (785 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0306429640 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 322 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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From case studies drawn from the authors' clinical experiences, the double deficits of low-functioning childrenlearning disability and low self-confidenceare considered in the evaluative and educative process. The authors, viewing intelligence as a plastic that can be molded, argue that retardation can be modified. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. Mediated learning and other intervention techniques are described in this optimistic look at Down's syndrome and other developmental problems. . Parents and teachers are cautioned that they need to be convinced that children's potentialities are modifiable. One of the more controversial experiments cited is reconstructive surgery to improve articulation and appearance. From Publishers Weekly The changing definition of what constitutes intelligence and the trend away from conventional IQ testing find dynamic expression in this ground-breaking repo
Don't Accept Me as I am: Helping "Retarded" People to Excel book has been released since 2015-12-28. Don't Accept Me as I am: Helping "Retarded" People to Excel are written by Reuven Feuerstein, Ya'acov Rand, John E. Rynders and it has 322 of pages on paperback.
The title says it all. NICOLAS BILLIKOPF E. The title of this text is the best part of the book. Feuerstein's thesis is that in order to help Down Syndrome ("DS") children, the almost banal expression "Accept me [him] as I am [he is]" is definitely not the way to go. Instead, the idea is to challenge the retarded child in a manner that does not set out pre-established limits. Feurstein et al base their cognitive theories on the basic premise of the ability to modify. Chapter 2 is an excellent discussion of the two opposing schools of thought in connection with retarded children: (a) the passive-acceptant ("PA") approach versus Feuerstein's active-modification ("AM") theory. As. How the rich get richer and the poor get poorer A Customer This was the first book that I read by this researcher, after reading a small article in a magazine. Feurerstein clearly explains how a learning disability is self referencing. The disability usually induces an environment which offers less opportunities to learn and so the individual learns less,and as a result his environment becomes even less generous. Feurerstein offers strategies for parents and educators to counteract this tendency of the disability to imbed itself. It gives clear names for the cognitive functions which are the tools of thinking, and shows how parents and educators can train themselves to become aware of these . Excellent resource to help you on your quest to help someone 'different' As the mother of an autistic child, I had fears my son would not succeed in life. This book gave me concrete examples of how I could bridge my son's learning into our world. My son is 18 now and he was about 5 when I read this. He gained his Senior Certificate from High School and will be studying dance at college this year (practical based as he still has language difficulties). I believed in neuro-plasticity and the brain's ability to learn lifelong, before it was popular so it was mainly about the 'how' for me.This book will make you realise that you can teach your child how to survive and excel in our world and it will give you l