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Cognitive‐perceptual treatment of exceptional children *
Author(s) -
KOH† TONGHE
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
child: care, health and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2214
pISSN - 0305-1862
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2214.1976.tb00247.x
Subject(s) - cognition , psychology , perception , information processing , medical diagnosis , autism , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , mentally retarded , medicine , psychiatry , pathology , neuroscience
SUMMARY Adopting the notion that cognitive operations consist of multiple stages of information‐processing, this treatment is designed to specify the locus and nature of the child's deficits in information processing and to compensate for these deficits. Our own clinical and empirical observations, as well as the findings of others, have convinced us that this treatment programme can be applied to exceptional children of many different diagnoses, including emotionally disturbed, learning disabled, autistic, and mentally retarded. A case study involving a seven‐year‐old autistic child is presented to illustrate the technique, process, and effectiveness of the treatment programme.