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The role of “augmented mothering” in teacher education in special needs
Author(s) -
Miller Linda,
Ephraim Garry
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of the british institute of mental handicap (apex)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1468-3156
pISSN - 0261-9997
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3156.1988.tb00471.x
Subject(s) - transactional analysis , pedagogy , psychology , special education , medical education , mathematics education , medicine , social psychology
The article describes the use of “augmented mothering”, a transactional approach to working with people who have profound and complex learning difficulties. First year students in the School of Education at Hatfield Polytechnic, following an initial teacher education course in “The Education of Children with Special Needs”, were involved in using the approach within experimental workshops in a hospital school setting. The students' evaluation of the workshops suggests they may have a useful contribution to make in the training of staff involved in working with people with such learning difficulties.