Book Review: Essential Elements in Early
Intervention: Visual Impairment and Multiple
Disabilities, Second Edition
Reviewer: Dominique Neebe, M.A., Helen Keller National Center,
d.neebe@yahoo.com
The publication of the textbook entitled Essential Elements in
Early Intervention Visual Impairment and Multiple Disabilities
Second Edition is and will be an asset to the field of Early
Intervention (EI). As not only a teacher who has provided EI
Services but also a parent of a child who received EI Services, I am
grateful for this new edition to the field. This book is effective for
students beginning their careers and a useful reference tool for
professionals already working in the field. This new edition builds
on the original edition which
was published it 1998. It offers
updated information based on the latest research.
The table of contents shows that after the preliminary pages,
the textbook is broken down into 3 parts which each include 3 or 4
Chapters. The back of the book has a glossary where unfamiliar or
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