The undoubted merit of this book is the variety and relevance of is contents and their thorough examination. This work holds valuable theoretical analyses and diagnoses, as well as research reports and practical solution proposals. The undertaken problems were presented in a highly competent manner. Although the work is of a scientific nature it can be recommended to everyone who is interested in aiding persons with disabilities and their families – special educators, psychologists, physiotherapists, social and health service workers, as well as students.

Table of Contents

Grażyna Kwaśniewska,
Current tendencies in Early Childhood Intervention in child and family – the European perspective

Zdzisława Janiszewska – Nieścioruk, Teresa Żółkowska,
Perception of attachment and the social adjustment of the children with intellectual disability

Danuta Kopeć,
Development of attachment among children with profound intellectual disability

Danuta Borecka – Biernat,
Personality and family factors differentiating the secondary school youth using the task and avoidance methods of coping in difficult situations of social contact

Marzenna Zaorska,
Psychosocial problems of adults with Usher syndrome

Elżbieta M. Minczakiewicz,
Determinant factors in speech development of children with Down’s syndrome

Katarzyna Parys,
The need for creativity and the possibility of creative functioning of people with intellectual disability

Grit Wachtel,
Education for pupils with special educational needs in Germany – towards inclusions?

Zdzisława Janiszewska – Nieścioruk,
Historical conditions and multidimensional consequences of defining intellectual disability as another form of disorder

Marzenna Zaorska,
Support provided for children with deafblindness in Russia up the October Revolution