AN ACCOUNT OF INTERVENTION PROGRAMME FOR INFANT AGE CHILDREN WITH COMMUNICATION DISORDERS WITHIN A LARGE METROPOLITAN LAGOS COMMUNITY

Authors

  • O. A. Oribabor PhD, Institute of Education, Faculty of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejes.v0i0.1

Keywords:

intervention programme, infant age children, communication disorders

Abstract

This is a chronicle of a remedial programme implemented to address the learning problems of children with communication disorder in a location in Lagos State. The report presents the history of educational programme of the community,and the nature of the intervention which includes the policy framework with which the intervention was packaged, the staffing involved, parental involvement, the integration of the programme into the regular school and the curriculum of the programme. The report also provided information on the success recorded in the programme and suggestions for its sustenance 

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2015-11-08

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Vol 1, No 1 (2015)

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