Exeter Project for Handicapped Children

A project in Exeter has tried to increase the contribution of the paediatric department of a district general hospital to the long-term care, support, and treatment of handicapped children and their families. They include an infant care unit, day units for handicapped children, and holiday projects, and are based on close links with the educational and social services. The availability of such a family support unit may diminish the strain on the families of handicapped children and help them to maintain normal family and social relationships.     

Caring for the Alzheimer's Patient

Alzheimer's Disease is a devastating, age-related, irreversible clinical syndrome characterized by a wide spectrum of progressive impairments in cognitive, behavioral and functional abilities. Since no effective therapy exists to cure or arrest the disease progression, treatment efforts are directed at providing relief of the physical, emotional and psychosocial discomforts associated with the advancing illness. Treatment goals focus on promoting quality of life for both patient and family with particular emphasis on role adjustments, comfort and safety. The complexity of changing illness manifestations necessitates professional multidisciplinary collaboration throughout the course of the illness. Continuity of care in the transition from home to institution is of great benefit to the patient, the family and the professional staff. The philosophy of caring and examples of intervention strategies to deal with the distressing symptoms in both the patient and the family are discussed.     

Creativity and the Handicapped

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Revisiting Music Education Research

Richard Colwell and Carol Richardson, eds. The New Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning New York: Oxford University Press 1222 pp. $175.00

A Thing of Beauty Is a Joy Forever?

David Kenneth Holt The Search for Aesthetic Meaning in the Visual Arts: The Need for the Aesthetic Tradition in Contemporary Art Theory and Education Bergin &; Garvey Publishers 148 pp. $62.50