Abstract
The current paper presents the MISC approach to early intervention. Its special features, basic differences from other approaches, and research carried out cross culturally and with different populations of children with special needs, are described. The MISC involves the identification, and attempts to enhance, the mediational components within adult-child interaction in a developmentally appropriate manner taking into consideration ethnocultural and ecological variables. The first part of the paper describes the MISC approach, the second part highlights research on the modifiability of the basic variables of mediation and its short and long-term effects on children.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 19-31 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Educational and Child Psychology |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2000 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The research presented in this paper has been supported in part by WHO, UNICEF, UNESCO, NORAD and Red Barnna supporting the implementation of the MISC in: Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Norway, Sweden, the US and Israel. Preparation of this paper was supported by the Machado Chair for research on Cognitive Modifiability, Bar Ilan University, Israel.
Funding
The research presented in this paper has been supported in part by WHO, UNICEF, UNESCO, NORAD and Red Barnna supporting the implementation of the MISC in: Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Norway, Sweden, the US and Israel. Preparation of this paper was supported by the Machado Chair for research on Cognitive Modifiability, Bar Ilan University, Israel.
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| Bar Ilan University, Israel | |
| MISC | |
| World Health Organization | |
| United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization | |
| UNICEF | |
| Direktoratet for Utviklingssamarbeid |