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Photo of early intervention in Vietnam, a sensory integration activity

This image was selected as a winner of the 2010 Fogarty Grantee Photo Contest.

Baby lies in purple bucket full of balls, woman seated cross-legged on floor

Photo title: A home-based intervention for children with intellectual disabilities in Vietnam

Photographer: Staff at Office of the Genetic Counseling and Disabled Children

Description: A teacher in the early intervention program for children with intellectual disabilities uses sensory integration activities with balls to assess how a child senses, reacts, cooperates and functions. We use a low-tech but high quality evaluation and teaching techniques!

Principal Investigator: Jin Y. Shin, Hofstra University

Funding Fogarty program: Brain Disorders in the Developing World