BOOK
Visual Perception Problems in Children with AD/HD, Autism, and Other Learning Disabilities
(2006)
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Abstract
This book provides a comprehensive overview of vision problems in children with developmental disabilities such as AD/HD, autism spectrum disorders, and specific learning disabilities.
Written in a very accessible style, it is appropriate for parents and professionals alike and offers non-technical explanations of how vision difficulties are screened for and advice on where to seek appropriate professional care. Lisa Kurtz outlines a range of activities for strengthening children's functional vision and perceptual skills using simple, homemade materials that are readily available in the home or classroom.
This is an excellent practical companion for parents of children with visual perception problems and the professionals who work with them.
`an excellent resource for any parent, teacher or professional whose child is presenting with subtle vision difficulties as it contains quite a few gems (eg explanations, screening tests, addresses and activities) which adds to the knowledge of the reader.'
Good Autism Practice
`Lisa Kurtz writes in an open and informative way which holds your attention giving an easy to understand description of the problem experienced by many of the children that we see in `Special Times'
Play Therapy UK
`This short book is a reliable introduction to a complex area of need which is all too often masked by a child's other, more obvious difficulties. The practical suggestions provide useful starting points for both specific visual difficulties and general visual development…This book is a good reminder that it is crucial for parents and practitioners to promote alternative activities that provide opportunities for children to practice and develop their visual skills.'
Support for Learning (NASEN)
`This book is exceptionally practical. Kurtz keeps parents in mind throughout by providing the medical lingo to necessary inform, but not to confuse. She provides a list of organizations that offer vision therapy (both inside and outside the U.S.), suggested questions to ask an eye professional before making an appointment, an explanation of the terminology a parent might find in a medical report, and a list of organizations, along with their web addresses and a one- to two-sentence description of the content at that web site.'
ForeWord
Lisa A. Kurtz is a pediatric occupational therapist at Jameson Primary School in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, and has worked with children with special needs for over 31 years. Lisa was formerly Director of Occupational Therapy for the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Children's Seashore House. She also served as the Director of Training for post-professional Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disorders in affiliation with the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Lisa is a Fellow of the American Occupational Therapy Association, and was awarded the Recognition of Achievement Award for training others about developmental disorders. She has published extensively, and is the author of How to Help a Clumsy Child, also published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Table of Contents
Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
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Foreword | |||
About this publication | |||
Acknowledgments | |||
Introduction 1 | |||
Ch. 1 Especially Difficult Circumstances 7 | |||
Street girls 8 | |||
Urban girls at work 12 | |||
Commercial sexual exploitation 17 | |||
Teenage mothers 21 | |||
Identifying needs and programme responses 25 | |||
Ch. 2 Income Generation and Vocational Training 29 | |||
Case study: Youth Skills Enterprise Initiative (YSEI), Street Kids International (SKI); Zambia 30 | |||
Case history: Profile of three participants of the Youth Skills Enterprise Initiative 34 | |||
Model programme: Servol Life Centres: Education for life and work; Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies 36 | |||
Model programme: Child Welfare Society of Kenya: Empowering domestic workers 38 | |||
Model programme: The SIMMA Vocational Training Institute and the WACAR Foundation: Empowerment of women for better prospects and sustainable development; The Gambia 40 | |||
Elements of success: Income generation and vocational training 42 | |||
Ch. 3 Formal and Non-formal Education 45 | |||
Cause study: Adolescent Mothers Programme of the Women's Centre of Jamaica Foundation: A second change for education 46 | |||
Case history: Ellorine, from teen mother to nurse: Jamaica 49 | |||
Model programme: Enda: Literacy for domestic workers; Dakar, Senegal 50 | |||
Model programme: Paaralang Pantao; Children's Laboratory for Drama in Education and The People's School; Manila, The Philippines 51 | |||
Elements of success: Formal and non-formal education 54 | |||
Ch. 4 Health and Mental Wellbeing 57 | |||
Case study: Casa de Passagem: Health outreach by and for girls; Recife, Brazil 58 | |||
Case history: Betania, form street girl to mother; Brazil 61 | |||
Model programme: Kabalikat, Philippines: Health education for street children and bar workers; Manila, the Philippines 62 | |||
Model programme: Undugu Society of Kenya: 'Outward bound' for street girls; Nairobi, Kenya 64 | |||
Elements of success: Health and mental wellbeing 65 | |||
Ch. 5 Culture 67 | |||
Case study: Sasha Bruce Teen Mothers Programme: Rites of passage for African-American girls; Washington, DC, USA 68 | |||
Model programme: FACT: AIDS education through art; Bangkok, Thailand 72 | |||
Model programme: African Culture International: Theatre of change, theatre of tradition; Dakar, Senegal 74 | |||
Model programme: Kapatiran-Kaunlaran Foundation: Linking the elderly and youth; Manila, the Philippines 75 | |||
Elements of success: Culture 76 | |||
Ch. 6 Advocacy and Protecting Girls' and Young Women's Rights 79 | |||
Model programme: The Kamla Project: Preventing sexual exploitation of girls; Thailand 81 | |||
Model programme: ECPAT: Legislation against cross-border sexual exploitation of children; Worldwide network 83 | |||
Model programme: Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children: Confronting harmful traditions 85 | |||
Model programme: Heart-to-Heart: Preventing sexual abuse among adolescent mothers and their children; Chicago, USA 86 | |||
Elements of success: Advocacy and rights 88 | |||
Ch. 7 Involving Boys and Men in Efforts to Improve Young Women's Lives 91 | |||
Reflections on working with adolescent boys in the reproductive-health field 92 | |||
Reflections on involving men in the prevention of domestic violence 94 | |||
Programme examples in working with adolescent boys 95 | |||
Case study: The experience of SIDH in India 95 | |||
Case study: ECOS's experience in Brazil 95 | |||
Case study: The experience of the Ounce of Prevention Fund in the USA 96 | |||
Lessons learned from work with adolescent males in gender equity 97 | |||
Ch. 8 Conclusions 101 | |||
Advocacy recommendations 101 | |||
Service recommendations 103 | |||
Looking to the future 106 | |||
References and Bibliography 107 | |||
Consortium for Street Children-Profile 119 | |||
CSC members working with at-risk girls and young women 120 |