The Essentials: Supporting Young Children with Disabilities in the Classroom (The Essentials Series) - Softcover

Brillante, Pamela

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1938113292 ISBN 13: 9781938113291

Publisher: The National Association for the Education of Young Children, 2017

Synopsis

Create an inclusive environment that promotes the success of all young learners

Every year, the number of children with developmental delays or disabilities in early childhood programs and classrooms is increasing. What do you need to know to support them? This guide is filled with practical information that will help educators who work with children ages birth through 8 teach children with disabilities alongside their peers. Learn the essentials of what you need to know:

• » What developmental delays and disabilities are
• » How special education laws apply to you and your program or school
• » The process of referral, assessment, IFSP/IEP development, and service delivery
• » Which supports and interventions can help children be successful socially and academically
• » How to work with families, special education professionals, and the medical community
• » Information about specific disabilities, including speech and language impairments, autism spectrum disorder, physical disabilities, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

All children thrive in high-quality programs that recognize and support their individual strengths, interests, and needs. Use the information in this book to help children meet their potential.

About this title

About the Author

Pamela Brillante, EdD, is assistant professor of special education at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. She does consulting and is a former special education teacher and administrator.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

Chances are, at some point in your early childhood career, you will work with children who have, or might have, a developmental delay or disability, along with their families. This book offers essential information about disabilities and how they impact young children’s learning and development. More than that, it encourages you to go beyond a child’s disability label to see her strengths, needs, interests, and preferences and to figure out how best to support those in the classroom, just as you do for any other child. Regardless of medical diagnoses or individual challenges, children with disabilities are first and foremost children.

Edition details

• Publisher: The National Association for the Education of Young Children
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1938113292
• ISBN 13: 9781938113291
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 147