Special Needs and Early Years: A Practitioner's Guide
Provides practitioners, students, and parents with current examples of good practice and updated information on interagency issues and working with parents.
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Wall (early childhood studies, primary education, Canterbury Christ Church University College, UK) discusses theory and practical issues related to special needs children five and under. After an introductory chapter on definitions and UK legislation, she covers working with families, observation and assessment, programs of intervention, responding to the affective needs of children, and issues of inclusion. Distributed by Sage Publications, the book will be of interest to early childhood practitioners, professionals dealing with special needs children, and students in these fields. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
1Definitions of special needs and relevant legislation12Families of children with special needs323Partnerships with parents534Responding to the affective needs of young children755Observation and assessment1036Programmes of intervention1297Interagency working1548Inclusive education for young children1789Issues for consideration201
\ The Parenting Shelf"Following the very successful first edition is an updated second edition of Special Needs and Early Years: A Practitioner's Guide - a reference which offers the latest early years initiatives and legislation along with leading examples of goodpractice and handling parents of children with special needs." — The Bookwatch\ \ \ \ \ The Parenting Shelf\ - The Bookwatch\ "Following the very successful first edition is an updated second edition of Special Needs and Early Years: A Practitioner's Guide - a reference which offers the latest early years initiatives and legislation along with leading examples of goodpractice and handling parents of children with special needs."\ \
