Strategies For Including Children With Special Needs In Early Childhood Settings - 01 edition

Klein, M. Diane : California State University, Los Angeles, California

Diane M. Klein Ph.D, CCC-SLP California State University, Los Angeles, California .

Dr. M. Diane Klein is a speech and language pathologist, as well as a professor of early childhood special education. She is a member of various professional organizations including the Council on Exceptional Children, the American Speech Language Hearing Association, and the Division for Childhood Communication Disorders. She is a frequent lecturer at conventions and seminars and is the keynote speaker for the Southwest Los Angeles County Special Education Preschool Staff Development conference in April 2000.

Cook, Ruth E. : Santa Clara University, Santa Clara

Ruth E. Cook, Ph.D Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California.

Ruth E. Cook is a Professor of Early Childhood Special Education, at Santa Clara Univeristy in Santa Clara, California.

Richardson-Gibbs, Ann M. : California State University, Los Angeles

Anne Marie Richardson-Gibbs, M.A. California State University, Los Angeles, California.

Anne Marie Richardson-Gibbs is the Director of the Centro di Ninos y Padres Early Intervention Center, at California State University in Los Angeles, California.

Preface
Introduction

Chapter 1: Generic Teaching Strategies.
Chapter 2: Characteristics of Disabilities.
Chapter 3: Arranging the Physical Environment.
Chapter 4: Preventing and Managing Challenging Behaviors.
Chapter 5: Monitoring Children's Progress.
Chapter 6: Arrival and Departure and Designing Effective Transitions.
Chapter 7: Free Play.
Chapter 8: Circle Time.
Chapter 9: Table top Activities.
Chapter 10: Outside Activities.
Chapter 11: Snack.
Chapter 12: Music and Rhythm.
Chapter 13: Supporting Emergent Literacy and Using Pictures and Print.
Chapter 14: Communicating with Families.
Chapter 15: Understanding the Roles of Disability Specialists.
Chapter 16: Working with Paraeducators

Appendix: Adaptations of familiar early childhood activities for children with disabilities, End of Chapter Resources.