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Designing and Evaluating Early Intervention Programmes

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Early Intervention Studies for Young Children with Special Needs

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Early intervention for infants and toddlers with handicaps and their families is increasingly recognized as an essential component of a modern society’s special education services. During the past decade there has been a trend in many countries to provide a comprehensive range of provisions for this population — a trend that represents the confluence of several factors: a recognition of the importance of early experiences for the development of handicapped and at-risk children, the emergence of technologies for working with such children, parental advocacy, and accumulating evidence as to the efficacy of early intervention (Mitchell, Brynelsen and Holm, 1988).

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    David M. Mitchell

  2. Rehabilitation Studies Programme, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N. W., T2N 1N4, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    Roy I. Brown

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Mitchell, D.R. (1991). Designing and Evaluating Early Intervention Programmes. In: Mitchell, D.M., Brown, R.I. (eds) Early Intervention Studies for Young Children with Special Needs. Rehabilitation Education. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3292-1_12

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