it is important to apply flexible testing methodologies to arrive at a proper assessment of children with multiple disabilities, to give proper weight to their individual and compounded effects and to establish a multi disciplinary approach amongst professionals and an Integrated relationship between them, parents and the child to optimise development; the needs of the child, parents and professionals are discussed and tabulated.
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