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The Essential Value of Early Education1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2016

Donald J. Stedman
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The purpose of this presentation is to trace the development of early educational intervention in the United States as a means to prevent intellectual and social retardation. It is meant primarily to summarize the value and effects of such programs and to urge their continued use and development as a primary prevention strategy and a valuable treatment approach to assist children at risk and to encourage families to seek services for handicapped children at the earliest age.

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Research Article
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Australasian Journal of Special Education , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , May 1988 , pp. 4 - 9
Copyright
Copyright © The Australian Association of Special Education 1988

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Paper presented at the Twelfth National Conference of the Australian Special Education Association, Melbourne, October, 1987.

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