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Early Identification and Intervention

• Identifying children with disabilities

− Difficulty in oral language
Notes
− Difficulty in reading and writing Sskills
− Difficulty related to cognition

− Difficulty in motor skills

− Difficulty in social behavior
• Meaning and significance of early identification

• Early identification strategies
− Screening,

− Examination
− Systematic observations

− Comprehensive evaluation
• Early interventions

− Early intervention programme services
− Advantages of early interventions

• Strategies for early intervention

− Occupational therapy
− Physiotherapy

− Speech therapy
• Characteristics of quality interventions

− Family centred
− Developmentally appropriate

− Child focused
− Supportive and structured

• Assistive technologies for supporting inclusion
− Types of assistive technologies
• Barriers in assistive technology

− Lack of awareness

− Lack of governance including legislation, policies and national
programmes
− Lack of services

− Lack of products

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