Promote the participation of all children in the full early childhood curriculum. This kit provides guidance for how to make adaptations for daily activities and routines so that children ages 3–6 with disabilities and other special needs can successfully participate in all classroom activities. Contains a CD with resources and a booklet about adaptations. From the Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children.

This two-part DVD is designed for use as an inservice training tool for program directors and caregivers to inspire and inform them in meeting the challenge of caring for children with disabilities. The first part describes how the Americans with Disabilities Act applies to child care programs and documents the experiences of four families and programs that are currently making inclusion work.

The second part provides detailed information about how child care programs can interact with parents and special services providers to insure that children with disabilities receive the best possible care.

Produced by Video Active Productions. Includes printed training module.

Did you miss this issue of NAEYC's award winning journal Young Children? March 2007 features a cluster of articles on linking with community partners, including important topics for teachers and program administrators. While supplies last.

This book looks at the core principles of HighScope's participatory learning approach, in which young children actively construct their knowledge of the world through their interaction with poeple, events, materials, and ideas. Supportive adults are partners in this learning experience, creating a climate in which children become trusting and independent. The authors—experts in the field of special education with more than 40 years of teaching and therapy experience between them—explore how children with special needs experience the same positive results of the HighScope approach as do their typically developing peers.

This book addresses questions that include:

–How do I use the HighScope curriculum with a child who has an Individualized Education Program?

–How do I problem-solve with a child who has special needs?

–Does the daily routine work for a child with special needs? What sorts of accommodations are necessary?

–Are there ways to effectively integrate curriculum and therapy?

From HighScope Press.

DEC Recommended Practices (#786) is also available as a set with its companion resource DEC Recommended Practices Workbook: Improving Practices for Young Children with Special Needs and Their Families.

This ready-to-use workbook for assessment, evaluation, and planning can help ensure high-quality services for young children with special needs. From the Division for the Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children.

This revised edition contains the information found in the original DEC Recommended Practices about the most useful programs for children with disabilities and other special needs, plus real-life examples and practical tips for implementation. This comprehensive guide includes strategies for program assessment and improvement, useful checklists for parents and administrators, and an annotated list of relevant resources. From Sopris West and the Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children.

This invaluable resource for preservice and practicing teachers provides strategies for addressing challenging behaviors and in-depth explanations of the research on which they are based. Vivid classroom examples illuminate evidence-based techniques that work with the most difficult behaviors to benefit every child in the classroom. In this second edition, new chapters are offered on inclusion and relationships, as well as a totally revised chapter on positive behavior support and functional assessment. Also includes chapters on resilience, culture, and working with families, and updated material on the brain and bullying. From Allyn & Bacon.

This fifth edition covers the basics of screening used to identify which children may have learning problems or disabilities. Offers advice for selecting an appropriate screening instrument and for setting up a screening program. Contains reviews of current developmental screens, plus an entirely new annotated bibliography. For the first time, it includes sections on screening for social-emotional/behavioral concerns and screening individual areas of development.

To view the table of contents and sample pages, click on Preview Content above.

This two-video set is designed for use as an in-service training tool for program directors and caregivers to inspire and inform them in meeting the challenge of caring for children with disabilities. The first tape describes how the Americans with Disabilities Act applies to child care programs and documents the experiences of four families and programs that are currently making inclusion work. The second tape provides detailed information about how child care programs can interact with parents and special services providers to insure that children with disabilities receive the best possible care. Produced by Video Active Productions. For video set plus printed training module, see #818B; (training module not sold separately). Also available in DVD (#8181).

This two-video set is designed for use as an inservice training tool for program directors and caregivers to inspire and inform them in meeting the challenge of caring for children with disabilities. The first tape describes how the Americans with Disabilities Act applies to child care programs and documents the experiences of four families and programs that are currently making inclusion work. The second tape provides detailed information about how child care programs can interact with parents and special services providers to insure that children with disabilities receive the best possible care. Produced by Video Active Productions.

Also available in DVD (#8181).