Moving Ahead - A Training Manual for Kids with Celebral Palsy

Authors : J. O'Connor, Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation, Pokfulam, HK and E. Yu, Honorary Advisor, Conductive Learning Centre, Spastics Association of Hong Kong

A vast number of children with motor disorders need rehabilitation. In response to the expressed needs of their care givers, this manual was compiled, along with a CD of songs. The manual is directed at middle-level rehabilitation workers, but doctors, nurses, therapists, teachers, parents, and nursery nurses will also find it useful in their daily practice. The text provides a practical, step-by-step guide to the activities of daily routine for different levels of functional ability. Written in five parts, it aims to highlight the importance of the daily routine/programme in providing children with the optimum opportunity for training, practice and reinforcement in learning daily life skills.

Part One: Discusses the early development of the normal child, in particular stressing the interrelationship of all aspects of the child's development including a structured learning environment. All the factors are then discussed in relation to a child with cerebral palsy.
Part Two: Sets the groundwork for the actual implementation of the environment to teach the child all the skills to function in life. It also sets goals in conductive education.
Part Three: Takes the child step by step through the implementation process.
Part Four: Deals with the task series, where the skills needed at the four different levels of position (lying, sitting, standing, and walking) are taught.
Part Five: Scrutinises some problems that may arise from individual cases which require specific adaptations.

ISBN: 981-3083-27-1, US$30.00

Published by : Springer-Verlag Singapore Pte Ltd, #04-01 Cencon I, 1 Tannery Road, Singapore 347719. Tel : (65) 84 20 112, Fax : (65) 84 20 107, e-mail : springer@cyberway.com.sg Website : http://www.springer.com.sg

LISTENING TO SOUND AND SIGNS : Trends in Deaf Education and Communication

Editors : Prabhakar Emmanuel, Claudia Koenig, Sian Tesni

This book provides an overview of the historic developments, approaches, innovations and services provided within the area of education for children with hearing impairment. It is useful for professionals, trainers, hearing impaired persons and their families, and others who are interested in the area of hearing impairment, communication and education.

Published by : Christoffel Blindenmission, South Asia Regional Office (South), 559 11th Main Road, HAL 2nd Stage, Indiranagar, Bangalore - 560 008, India. Books for Change, 8 Wood Street, Ashoknagar, Bangalore - 560 025, India.

PUBLICATIONS OF DISABILITY AWARENESS IN ACTION (DAA)

DAA has resource kits on different aspects such as media information, consultation and influence, campaigns, organisation-building, and fund-raising. These information kits are available in English, French and Spanish, in large print and English Braille, on audio-cassettes, and on computer disks.
Available from : Disability Awareness in Action, 11 Belgrave Road, London SW1V 1RB, UK.

SCIENTIFIC STUDIES ON DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES IN BANGLADESH

Edited by : Sultana S. Zaman This is a collection of research articles that have been published in various journals, or presented at conferences, and deals with different aspects of developmental disabilities in Bangladesh.

Available from : Bangladesh Protibandhi Foundation, 12, New Circular Road, West Malibag, Dhaka 1217, Bangladesh

FROM AWARENESS TO ACTION : ENSURING HEALTH, EDUCATION AND RIGHTS OF THE DISABLED

Edited by : Sultana S. Zaman, Naila Z. Khan, Shaheen Islam This is the proceedings of the Regional Seminar on Childhood Disability held in Dhaka in December 1994.

Available from : Bangladesh Protibandhi Foundation, 12, New Circular Road, West Malibag, Dhaka 1217, Bangladesh

THE SALAMANCA STATEMENT AND FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION ON SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION

The Salamanca Statement was adopted by the World Conference on Special Needs Education : Access and Quality, held in Salamanca, Spain in June 1994, organised by UNESCO and the Ministry of Education and Science, Spain. It represents a worldwide consensus on future directions for special needs education.

Available from : UNESCO, Special Education, Division of Basic Education, 7 place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07-SP, France

NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US : DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR, BY AND WITH DISABLED PERSONS

Author : David Werner

Available from : Healthwrights, 964 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA

TEACH US TOO --- A DICAG GUIDE FOR THE TEACHING OF YOUNG CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES

Author : Letitia Brummer

This is a teaching guide for parents, educare workers and their trainers. It gives information on child development and assessment, and also provides exercises and teaching plans to accommodate the educational needs of children with disabilities at home in special day care centres and in local educare centres.

Available from : The National Co-ordinator, Disabled Children's Action Group, 4 James Street, Observatory 7925, Cape Town, South Africa.

A GUIDE TO SOCIAL ANALYSIS FOR PROJECTS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Available from : HMSO Publications Centre, PO Box 276, London SW8 5DT, UK.

KEEPING THE PROMISE : REFLECTIONS ON A GLOBAL WORKSHOP ON CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.

Available from : Academy for Educational Development, 1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20009-1202, USA. Website : http://www.aed.org/publications

THE UNIT : AN EDUCATIONAL APPROACH FOR SPECIAL PEOPLE WITH EDUCATIONAL NEEDS.

Authors : Adam Gudalefsky, Concepcion Madduma

This booklet describes a special educational approach initiated in Nepal and India, which centres around the home as the primary classroom and parents as the primary teachers, using the principles of creativity and discovery.

Available from : Adam B. Gudalefsky, MM, 100 Tsui Ping Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hang Kong SAR, PR China.

NEUROREHABILITATION PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE

Editors : A.B. Taly, K.P. Sivaraman Nair, T. Murali

This book provides an overview of different aspects of neurorehabilitation, and is meant to be a practical guide for all those who are involved in caring for people with neurological and neurosurgical disorders.

Available from : Dept. of Psychiatric and Neurological Rehabilitation, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore - 560 029, India

Title:
ASIA PACIFIC DISABILITY REHABILITATION JOURNAL Vol. 10 @ No. 1 @ 2000

Produced by:
Shree Ramana Maharishi Academy for the Blind, 3rd Cross, 3rd Phase, J.P. Nagar, Bangalore - 560 078, India.
Tel : 91-80-6631076, Fax : 91-80-6638045

Printed at:
National Printing Press, 580, K.R. Garden, Koramangala, Bangalore - 560 095, India. Tel : 91-80-5710658