Table Of ContentEARL Y INTERVENTION STUDIES FOR YOUNG
CHILOREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
REHABILITATION EDUCATION: ASERIES IN
DEVELOPMENTAL HANDICAP
Edited by Roy I. Brown, University of Calgary
VOLUME 1: INTEGRA TED PROGRAMMES FOR
HANDICAPPED ADOLESCENTS AND ADUL TS
Edited by Roy I. Brown
VOLUME 2: MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
OF REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES
Edited by Roy I. Brown
VOLUME 3: QUALITY OF LIFE FOR HANDICAPPED PEOPLE
Edited by Roy I. Brown
VOLUME 4: EARL Y INTERVENTION STUDIES
FOR YOUNG CHILOREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
Edited by David Mitchell and Roy I. Brown
Early Intervention
Studies for Young
Children with Special
Needs
Edited by DAVID MITCHELL AND ROY I. BROWN
Both at Department of Rehabilitation Studies, University of Calgary,
Canada
Springer-Science+Business Media, B.V.
First cdition 1991
© 1991 David Mitchell and Roy I. Brown
Originally published by Chapman and Hall in 1991
ISBN 978-0-412-31530-5
All rights reservcd. No part of this puhlication may hc
rcproduccd or transmittcd. in any form or hy any mcans.
clectronic. mechanical. photocopying. recording or otherwisc. or
storcd in any retrieval systcm of any nature, without thc writtcn
permission of the copyright holder and the puhlisher, application
for which shall hc madc to the puhlisher.
The puhlishcr makes no representation, express or
implicd. with regard to the accuracy of the information
containcd in this hook and cannot acccpt any legal
responsihility or liahility for any crrors or omissions
that may he made.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Early intervcntion studies for young childrcn with spccial
necds.-(Rehabilitation education).
I. Handicappcd children. Dcvelopment
I. Mitchcll. David 1940- II. Brown, Roy I. (Roy lrwin)
1933- 111. Serics
155.45
ISBN 978-0-412-31530-5 ISBN 978-1-4899-3292-1 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4899-3292-1
Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
Availahlc
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
PREFACE ······································································ X
INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW ................................... xi
1. CHANGING CONCEPTS OF DISABILITY IN
DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES .... 1
Roy Brown, Professor of Educational Psychology and
Director, Rehabilitation Studies Programme, University
of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
2. ADVOCACY: APPLICATIONS IN THE EARLY
YEARS OF CHILOREN ................... 19
Ron Neufeld, Director, Field Development Office,
Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, Canada
3. THE NECESSITY OF A SELF-CRITICAL
PERSPECTIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Len Barton, Head of Academic and Professional
Development, Bristol Polytechnic, Bristol, United
Kingdom
4. CULTURAL SENSITIVITY IN THE DESIGN AND
EVALUATION OF EARLY INTERVENTION
PROG~S ....................... 67
Robert Heath, Research Psychologist, Centre for the
Development of Early Education, Hawaii, U.S.A.
Paula Levin, Lecturer in Educational Research, Teacher
Education Program, University of Califomia, San Diego,
U.S.A.
V
Contents
5. EARLY INTERVENTION IN
THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES ...............9 3
Robert Serpell, Associate Professor, Department of
Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, U.S.A.
Dabie Nabuzoka, Research Fellow, Community and
Occupational Health Research Programme, Institute for
African Studies, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
6. ASSESSMENT FOR EARLY INTERVENTION:
EVALUATING CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND
LEARNING IN CONTEXT ................ .127
Keith Ballard, Associate Professor of Education,
University of Otago, New Zealand
7. ASSESSMENT-CURRICULUM SYSTEMS FOR EARLY
CHILDHOOD/SPECIAL EDUCATION. ........ .160
Angela Notari, Research Associate, Department of
Special Education, University of Washington, Seattle,
U.S.A.
Kristine Slentz, Associate Professor, Special Education
and Elementary Education, and Director, Western Center
for Early Learning, Western Washington State
University, U.S.A.
Diane Bricker, Professor, Special Education and Director,
Early Intervention Program, Center on Human
Development, University of Oregon, U.S.A.
8. PARENT INVOLVEMENT ................ 206
Garry Hornby, Education Department,
University of Hull, U.K.
9. MOTHER-CHILD INTERACTION AND EARLY
LANGUAGE INTERVENTION ............................. 225
Penny Price, Lecturer in Special Education, Macquarie
University, Australia
Sandra Bochner, Senior Lecturer, Special Education
Centre, Macquarie University, Australia
vi
Contents
10. EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF EARLY
INTERVENTION PROGRAMME PERSONNEL .... 259
Roy Ferguson, Professor, School of Child and Youth Care,
University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Dana Brynelson, Provincial Adviser, Infant Development
Programmes, British Columbia, Canada
11. EVALUATING PROGRAMME IMPACT: LEVELS OF
CERTAINTY ........................ 280
Rune J. Simeonsson, Professor and Chair, Special
Education and Literacy, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hili, U.S.A.
Donald B. Bailey, Director of Early Childhood Research,
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Centre,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hili, U.S.A.
12. DESIGNING AND EVALUATING EARLY
INTERVENTION PROGRAMMES ............ 297
David Mitchell, Associate Professor in Education,
University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
SUBJECT INDEX ... . . " " . 327
AUTHOR INDEX .. . . ..... 331
vii
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
Dr. R. L. Brown Dr. R. Scrpell
Rehabilitation Studics Programme Dcpartmcnt of Psychology
University of Calgary Saltimore County Campus
25(XI Univcrsity Drive N.W. Univcrsity of Maryland
Calgary. Alberta 540 I Wilkens Avenue
T2N I N4 Canada Baltimore. Maryland 2122H
United Statcs
Dr. D. M. Milcheil Dr. K. D. Ballard
Education Department University of Otago
University of Waikato P.O. Box 56
Private Bag Dunedin
Hamilton New Zcaland
New Zealand
Dr. G. R. Neufeld Drs. A. Nortari. K. Slentz and D. Brickcr
Faculty of Education Center on Human Devclopment
Distance Education Office Division of Special Education and
University of British Columbia Rehabilitation
2125 Main Mall Clinical Services Building
Vancouver. British Columbia College of Education
V6T IZ5 Canada Eugene. Orcgon 97403-1211
United States
Dr. K. Barton Dr. G. Hornby
Bristol Polylechnie Education Departmcnt
Redland Hili University of Hull
Bristol. BS6 6UZ Cottingham Road
United Kingdom Hull. HU67RX
United Kingdom
Drs. R. Hcath and P. Levine Drs. P. Pricc and S. Bochner
Research Psychologists Special Education Centrc
Center for the Development of Early Eduation Macquarie Univcrsity
Kamehameha Schools North Ryde. Ncw South Wales 2109
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate Australia
IH50 Makuakane Strect
Honolulu. Hawaii 98617
United States Drs. R. Simeonsson and D. Bailey
Frank Porter Graham Child Dcvelopment
Dr. R. Ferguson Center
School ofChild and Youth Care University of North Carolina at Chapel Hili
University of Victoria CB No. 8180
Victoria. British Columbia Highway 54 Bypass West
VHW2Y2 Chapel Hili. North Carolina 27599-HIHO
Canada United Statcs
viii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The suggestion for this jointly edited book came from David
Mitchell. Design and development have been jointresponsibilities
of the editors. In attempting to ensure a reasonably integrated
approach each chapter has received a detailed edit from one of us
with a second edit with suggested changes from the other editor.
The chapter authors have responded to these suggestions and we
would like to thank them for their courteous and detailed re
sponses. We believe this has raised the quality of the book.
Nevertheless, we recognize there are some overlapping ideas and
we have left these alone believing they are necessary for the logical
development of a chapter or they demonstrate common themes
that are developing within the field of early intervention.
We wish to acknowledge the major assistance of Kathryn
Nikolaychuk who typed the manuscript on ward processor and
did much to identify inappropriate wording or inconsistent edit
ing- achallenge when authors come from diverse backgrounds.
We also wish to thank Aimee Anderson, Linda Culshaw and Pat
Udberg who also contributed to the initialward processing task.
John Kordyback was responsible for setting the figures on com
puter. We also wish to thank him for solving some of the challenges
of printing the master copy. Finally, we acknowledge the patience
and support of Ms Christine Birdsall and Ms Terri Cooper of
Routledge, Chapman and Hall, and not least for their understand
ing patience in awaiting our final text.
D.R.M.
R.I.B.
1989
ix
