Abstract
Some of the multiply-handicapped, 18 to 36 month old children enrolled in a parent-child early intervention program, exhibited severe impairment such that those program activities normally implemented were inappropriate. Consequently, the interdisciplinary team - teachers, physical therapist, occupational therapist, speech pathologist, psychologist, and social worker-developed an individualized program of sensory stimulation. Of central importance was the careful monitoring of sensory input and programming of the child's encounters with his environment. The responses of individual children and of the group as a whole are summarized and de- scribed, following a description of the methods employed and their rationale.
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