Bridging Ability, Disability, and Cognitive Growth
eBook - ePub

Bridging Ability, Disability, and Cognitive Growth

Diagnostic Teaching in Special Education and Early Childhood

  1. 345 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Bridging Ability, Disability, and Cognitive Growth

Diagnostic Teaching in Special Education and Early Childhood

About this book

Teachers are rarely given what they truly need: a comprehensive framework for understanding how young learners think, process, and develop-and how to support those who struggle. Bridging Ability, Disability, and Cognitive Growth addresses this need by placing cognitive development directly in educators' hands through the Unified Development Continuum (UDC). Dr. Myung-Sook Koh presents child development as an interconnected hierarchy of cognitive systems rather than a collection of symptom-based profiles. Moving from foundational processes-sensory integration, attention, and perception-through advanced competencies such as abstract reasoning and executive function, and into integrated domains including social-emotional cognition, language, and literacy, the UDC demonstrates how cognitive systems build upon one another to form functional intelligence. Each continuum is paired with sequenced, classroom-ready diagnostic instruction, enabling educators to identify cognitive barriers early and respond with targeted, developmentally aligned strategies. Essential for early childhood and special education professionals, this book equips pre-service and in-service teachers, learning coaches, and caregivers to shift from static testing toward responsive diagnostic teaching that supports diverse learners.

Information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2026
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9798216375777
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Early Childhood Education

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgment
  6. Preface
  7. 1 Ability and Disability
  8. 2 Sensory Systems: A Gateway to Developmental Milestones
  9. 3 Attention Systems: Foundations of Mental Performance and Efficiency
  10. 4 Perceptual Systems: The Foundation for Concrete Learning
  11. 5 Advanced Perceptual Systems: Bridging Concrete Learning to Abstract Reasoning
  12. 6 Conceptual Systems and Higher-Order Thinking: From Abstract Reasoning to Action
  13. 7 Interconnected Socialā€“Emotionalā€“Language Cognition: Development and Challenges
  14. 8 Bridging Home Development and School Readiness
  15. 9 Sensoryā€”Attention Proficiency: Strengthening the Brainā€“Body Connection
  16. 10 Attention ProficiencyReference: Building Blocks for Cognitive and Perceptual Learning
  17. 11 Perceptual Proficiency in Concrete ReasoningReferences
  18. 12 From Language to ThoughtReferences: Building Abstract Reasoning and Conceptual Literacy
  19. 13 Unified Social-Emotional-Communication Development Continuum
  20. Index
  21. Copyright

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