Don't accept me as I am : helping "retarded" people to excel /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Feuerstein, Reuven
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Rand, Ya'acov, Rynders, John E.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Plenum Press, [1988]
Subjects:	Children with mental disabilities > Education > Psychological aspects. Teacher-student relationships. Children with mental disabilities > Rehabilitation. Education of Intellectually Disabled. Intellectual Disability > rehabilitation. Enfants handicapés mentaux > Éducation > Aspect psychologique. Relations maîtres-élèves. Enfants handicapés mentaux > Réadaptation. Enseignement spécialisé. Personnes handicapées > Enfant. Intégration scolaire enfants handicapés. Geestelijk gehandicapten. Opvoeding. Onderwijs. Integratie. Mentally handicapped children > Education Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

You are human, you are modifiable : the belief in human modifiability
Human modifiability : it doesn't happen by itself
Structural cognitive modifiability : outrageous myth or observed reality?
The influence of mediated learning
Mediated learning experience : what makes it powerful?
Why does mediated learning fail to occur?
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Early education for children with Down syndrome and their parents
Toward literacy, social acceptance, and community integration
Reconstructive plastic surgery : an extreme form of active modification
The learning potential assessment device
Instrumental enrichment
Shaping modifying environments
A futures perspective : the need to modify society as a whole
Appendices : Mediated learning experience : criteria and categories of interaction ; Deficient cognitive functions ; Cognitive map ; Results of using IE program experimentally ; Criteria for observation of mediated learning experience in infancy and early childhood ; Examples of content based on the Special Friends Curriculum ; Resources.