A History of Childhood and Disability

Portada
Teachers College Press, 1996 - 342 páginas
In their chronological portrait, the authors synthesize the many voices of exceptional children, providing a historical picture that includes not only the perspective of the professional, but also, to the extent possible, that of the "client." The book begins by placing the origins of special education in historical context from Aristotle through the Enlightenment and beyond. Subsequent chapters consider individual "conditions" traditionally associated with specialized approaches (e.g., blindness, deafness, and retardation), discuss conditions that have given rise to further differentiation of childhood exceptionality, and offer a synthesis of themes and a prospective for a "new history," now emerging, of children considered exceptional.

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Childhood and Disability A Legacy of Neglect
PERSISTENCE OF PAST THEMES Exceptional Risk
2
THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE RENAISSANCE
11
Enlightenment and Revolution
25
CURING THE DEAF
27
NATURAL LANGUAGE
34
THINKERS AND HEALERS
42
Childhood Education and Social Reform
54
EDUCABILITY AND LIMITS OF IMPROVEMENT
169
MEASURING INTELLIGENCE
174
DAY CLASSES
178
Body Mind and Spirit Childrens Physical and Health Impairments
187
EXPERIENCES OF CHILDREN
188
FOUR OVERVIEWS
190
MORTALITY AND RISK IN CHILDHOOD
199
SETTLEMENT WORKERS AND VOLUNTEERS
206

SCHOOLING FOR ALL
62
COMMON SCHOOLS DIVERSE PUPILS
76
Deafness Communication and Identity
89
THE AMERICAN SCHOOL
91
CONFLICTING IDEOLOGIES AND TRADITIONS
94
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL AND THE ORAL REVIVAL
99
A FAMILY AFFAIR
105
CONFLICTING IDEOLOGIES
108
GENETIC AND CULTURAL
112
Blindness Charity to Independence
121
SCHOOLS IN EUROPE
123
SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES
126
THE CHEVALIER AND HIS BROTHERSINARMS
131
HELEN AND TEACHER
136
LITERACY
137
DAY CLASSES
142
Mental Retardation Educability and Worth
152
EXPERIENCES OF CHILDREN
153
HOWE AND SEGUIN
154
INSTITUTIONAL MODELS
157
INTERPRETATIONS OF MENTAL RETARDATION
163
WAR DISABILITY AND THE ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS
210
SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES
215
AGENCIES SCHOOLS AND SPECIAL CLASSES
218
Feared Victims Dependent Neglected Disturbed and Delinquent Youth
222
INNOCENT VICTIMS AND WILLFUL BURDENS
223
ASYLUMS FOR ORPHANS
228
MANAGEMENT OF DELINQUENTS
231
CHILD GUIDANCE JUVENILE JUSTICE AND MENTAL HEALTH
241
Children with Communication and Processing Disabilities
256
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
261
LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT
266
PARENT ADVOCACY AND THE LEARNING DISABILITIES MOVEMENT
276
REDEFINITIONS REDISCOVERIES AND NEW UNDERSTANDINGS
279
Dimensions of a New History
285
THE CONTEXT OF CHILDHOOD EXCEPTIONALITY
286
EARLY INTERVENTION AND THE NEW ENVIRONMENTALISM
294
CODA
298
References
300
About the Authors
341
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