RaisingChildrenwithDisabilitiesinChina:theNeedforEarlyInterventionsLindaH.Chiang,AzusaPacificUniversity,CaliforniaAzarHadadian,BallStateUniversity,IndianaAbstractParents’activeengagementinearlylearninganddevelopmentisassociatedwithbetterdevelopmentaloutcomesandacademicachievements.InChina,thenationalstrategyforEarlyChildhoodCareandEducation(ECCE)iscoherent.Thispolicyhasraisedthepublicawarenessofthevalueofearlychildhoodeducation(ECE).However,childrenwithdisabilitiesdidnotreceivetheattention,orresourcesaschildreninregulareducationprograms(EducationforAllGlobalMonitoringReport,2007,UNESCO).Basedontheavailablesourceschildrenwithdisabilitiesareviewedmostlyasasocialissueratherthanasmedicalissue.Thispresentationwilladdressdifferentissuesincluding:childrearingpractices,policiesandinterventionsrelatedtochildrenwithdisabilitiesinChina.RecentonsiteobservationwithdisabledearthquakevictimsinSichuanChinawillalsobeshared.---本文来源于网络，仅供参考，勿照抄，如有侵权请联系删除---RaisingChildrenwithDisabilitiesinChina:theNeedforEarlyInterventionsI.IntroductionThereareapproximately2.46millionchildrenundertheageof6whoareconsideredtoexhibitsometypeofdisabilitiesinChina.ServiceforyoungchildrenwithspecialneedsisarelativelyrecentphenomenoninthePeople’sRepublicofChina(PRC).Chinaisconfrontedwiththetaskofprovidingearlyinterventiontothispopulation.Issuesrelatedtoearlyinterventionincludetheshortageofappropriatelytrainedprofessional,lackofsufficientnumbersofearlychildrenspecialeducationprograms,andsupportservicetotheparentsandpoliciesdesignatingsufficientfundsforservices.GivingbirthtoachildwithdisabilitiesinChinacanbedevastating;raisingachildwithdisabilitiesisevenmoredifficult.Thetraditionalviewofgivingbirthtochildrenwithspecialneedsisperceivedassinsagainsttheirancestorsorcursesfromsomegods.Manyfamiliesaretooashamedtoexposetheirchildwithspecialneedsinpublic.Itisalmostlikea“don’task,don’tanswer”issuewhichhasbeeninplaceforcenturies.Parentswithtypicallydevelopingchildrenmaynotrealizehowdifficultitistocopewiththeday-to-daychallengesofraisingchildrenwithdisabilities.Theseparentsconstantlyarefightingfortherightsfortheirchildren.Atthemeantime,theyexperiencedstressandexhaustionduetothelackofsocial,political,andeconomicalsupportfromthepublic.Herring(1996)listedpotentialemotionsthoseparentsmayexperiencesuchasgrief,guilt,fear,anxiety,resentment,denialandanger.Giventheimportanceofthewellbeingofthefamilyunit,itiscriticalforthesocietytoprovideinterventionstosupportthesefamilies.---本文来源于网络，仅供参考，勿照抄，如有侵权请联系删除---Thefocusofthispaperistoexplorechildrearingpractices,policies,andearlyinterventionsforchildrenofdisabilitiesinChina.Additionally,onsiteobservationswillbesharedfromarecentearthquakevictimwithdisabilitiesandothervolunteers.II.HistoricalandCulturalPerspectivesTheoriginofspecialeducationinChinacanbetracedbackformorethantwothousandyears,whiletheChinesenoticedtheexistenceofcertainabnormalitiesandobviousdisabilitiesinsomeindividuals.Availableancienttextsindicateadvocatingfortreatmentofpeople,including:disabilitieswithtoleranceandprovidecareforthoseinneedofsupport.Confucius’TheBookofRitesindicatedthat“peopleshouldrespectothers’parents,andtreatothers’childrenliketheirown;allthosewhoarebachelors,windows,orphans,single,handicappedandsickshouldbeten...