Building Blocks for Teaching Preschoolers with Special Needs
Updated for today's educators—especially those new to inclusion—the second edition of this bestselling guide is the lifeline preschool teachers need to fully include children with disabilities in their classrooms.\ \ \ Easy to use with any existing curriculum, including Creative Curriculum and HighScope, Building Blocks gives educators three types of practical, research-based inclusion strategies that promote progress in critical areas like behavior, emergent literacy, and peer...
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Updated for today's educators—especially those new to inclusion—the second edition of this bestselling guide is the lifeline preschool teachers need to fully include children with disabilities in their classrooms. Easy to use with any existing curriculum, including Creative Curriculum and HighScope, Building Blocks gives educators three types of practical, research-based inclusion strategies that promote progress in critical areas like behavior, emergent literacy, and peer relationships. A must for professional development, this revised edition helps teachers thrive in the era of accountability with NEW material that reflects the six years of changes in early education since the first edition. Teachers will• discover how the Building Blocks approach aligns with OSEP outcomes to help teachers meet the federal requirements for special education• learn everything they need to know about evidence-based practice and how to apply it in their classrooms• print more than a dozen helpful forms—including classroom assessments, planning worksheets, and child evaluation forms—with the convenient NEW CD-ROM Through clear and instructive vignettes woven throughout the book, teachers will also meet four young children from diverse backgrounds and learn from their teachers' examples of successful interventions. A perfect training tool for teachers and an ideal textbook for college and university courses, this revised bestseller will help today's preschool educators start all their students on the road to lasting school success. Promote inclusion and improve child outcomesthrough:• curriculum modifications that allow all children to participate• embedded learning opportunities used in typical classroom activities•child-focused instructional strategies that help students with individual learning objectives Booknews The authors, professors of special education at the University of Washington, offer suggestions for easily implemented curriculum modifications that allow all children to participate, embedded learning opportunities to use in typical classroom activities, and child-focused instructional strategies that help students achieve individual learning objectives, including IEP goals. Examples are given for everyday classroom situations such as free play, book corner, and clean up. Reproducible forms are included. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
CD-ROM ContentsForeword Mary Louise Hemmeter Hemmeter, Mary LouiseSect. I Using the Building Blocks FrameworkCh. 1 Introduction 3Ch. 2 Evidence-Based Practice and the Building Blocks Framework 9Ch. 3 Keys to Collaboration 21Ch. 4 Getting Started 29Sect. II Teaching StrategiesCh. 5 Curriculum Modifications 53Curriculum Modifications by Type 60Curriculum Modifications by Activity and Routine 84Ch. 6 Embedded Learning Opportunities 135Ch. 7 Child-Focused Instructional Strategies 149Sect. III Important Topics Related to the Building Blocks FrameworkCh. 8 Becoming More Independent 165Ch. 9 Acquiring and Using Knowledge Including Language and Early Literacy 171Ch. 10 Friendships and Social Relationships 181Ch. 11 Developmentally Appropriate Classroom Behavior 187Ch. 12 Concluding Thoughts 195References 197Appendix A Blank Forms 203Appendix B Additional Resources 221Index 229
\ BooknewsThe authors, professors of special education at the University of Washington, offer suggestions for easily implemented curriculum modifications that allow all children to participate, embedded learning opportunities to use in typical classroom activities, and child-focused instructional strategies that help students achieve individual learning objectives, including IEP goals. Examples are given for everyday classroom situations such as free play, book corner, and clean up. Reproducible forms are included. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
