title: Home teaching for pre-school handicapped children - a cognitive approach.
abstract: A case study was carried out to investigate and evaluate a home-teaching scheme, with a cognitive bias, for parents of pre-school handicapped children. The scheme linked teaching at the pre-school assessment unit with teaching by the parents in the home. A speech therapist, acting as home-teacher, demonstrated activities to the parents of a Down's syndrome child during weekly visits. The follow-up assessment areas of development. As a result of this study the scheme is to be extended and finance sought.
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D007808:Language Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D010290:Parents; D010348:Patient Care Team