Early Childhood Special Education Programs and Practices

Karin Fisher, Kate Zimmer

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN: 9781630917029
• eBook ISBN: 9781040142844
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Inclusive Education

Early Childhood Special Education Programs and Practices is a special education textbook that prepares pre- and in-service teachers with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to deliver evidence-based instruction to promote positive academic and behavioral outcomes for young children (prekindergarten through second grade) with development delays and/or disabilities.

Early Childhood Special Education Programs and Practices intertwines inclusive early childhood practices by using real-life anecdotes to illustrate evidence-based practices (EBPs) and procedures. The authors, experts in their fields, emphasize high-leverage practices, EBPs, and culturally sustaining pedagogy and align them with the practices, skills, and competencies recommended by the Council for Exceptional Children's Division for Early Childhood. Families, administrators, and teacher educators of pre- and in-service early childhood special education and general early childhood education programs alike will find this book useful.

Included in Early Childhood Special Education Programs and Practices are:

• An overview of early childhood and development of children ages 4 to 8
• Strategies for relationship building with students, families, communities, and school personnel
• Tips on creating a caring and positive classroom environment
• Chapters devoted to evidence-based instruction in core subjects of reading and writing, mathematics, science, and social studies for students with disabilities in pre-K to second grade
• More than 80 images, photos, tables, graphs, and case studies to illustrate recommended Practices

Also included with the text are online supplemental materials for faculty use in the classroom, consisting of an Instructor's Manual and PowerPoint slides.

Created with the needs of early childhood special educators in mind, Early Childhood Special Education Programs and Practices provides pre- and in-service teachers with the skills and practices they need to serve young children, their families, and communities across settings.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• About the Editors
• Contributing Authors
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Overview of Early Childhood and Development (Ages 4 to 8)
• Chapter 2 Using Culturally Relevant Pedagogy With All Children and Families
• Chapter 3 Early Childhood Assessments (Ages 4 to 8)
• Chapter 4 Positive Behavioral Supports and Strategies for Young Children
• Chapter 5 Planning for Success
• Chapter 6 Language Development (Prekindergarten to Second Grade)
• Chapter 7 Early Childhood Reading
• Chapter 8 Emergent Writing in the Early Childhood Years
• Chapter 9 Early Childhood Mathematics (Ages 4 to 8)
• Chapter 10 Teaching Science to Students With Disabilities in Early Childhood Classrooms
• Chapter 11 Social Studies in prekindergarten to Second-Grade Classrooms
• Chapter 12 Social-Emotional learning for Young Children
• Conclusion
• Glossary
• Financial Disclosures
• Index