For courses in Introduction to Early Childhood Special Education or Characteristics of Young Children with Special Needs.
Written from a very current and broad-based developmental perspective, this text offers a rich background in child growth and development. It refines and applies students' introductory knowledge of child development as it relates to assessment, intervention, and evaluation procedures for children with special needs and their families. Updated to include the most important and useful information for teachers, this book is one of the few on the market that addresses early childhood special education in such an in-depth manner.
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A classic text for the field of early childhood special education driven by a developmental theoretical perspective, this is the only volume in the field to provide an in-depth treatment of early childhood special education with a broad-based coverage of all aspects of special education for the young. The authors of this edited text provide an exceptionally thorough discussion of how children develop and what can go wrong. The text prepares future special education teachers with a solid "knowledge-content-applications" approach from which to teach children with special needs from birth to 5 years old. Significant attention is paid to core issues such as special education's historical foundations, the growth and development of the discipline, working with families, assessment and intervention, the use of technology, and cultural competency. Featuring a new user-friendly appearance, the text has been revised and reorganized throughout, including the integration of diversity issues and case studies in each chapter, instructional and study aids, and standardized terminology for ease of learning. Young Children with Special Needs, Fifth Edition, retains its classic status and will continue to be the best resource for preparing the future educators of our young.
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