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This chapter considers the early intervention programmes broadly and also one specific approach to early intervention: parent-mediated intervention. It also considers the issues in early intervention more generally and introduce some of the most influential programmes. Although early intervention programmes all aim at enhancing child development, they differ widely in the extent to which they work directly with parents, to increase their capacity as caregivers and teachers. This approach, variously termed parent training or parent education, has a strong empirical base. However, a family-centred philosophy of service provision in the developmental disability field has represented a sort of paradigm shift during the past two decades, leading many professionals to eschew parenting education programmes as too directive and incompatible with being attentive to family needs and offering support. From the beginning of parent education programmes, professionals wrote instructional manuals as how to resources that would supplement, or even substitute for, professional consultation.
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