The exceptional child: inclusion in early childhood education

An Inclusive Approach to Early Education

Federal Legislation: Early Intervention and Prevention

Inclusive Programs for Young Children

Normal and Exceptional Development

Developmental Disabilities: Causes and Classifications

Sensory Impairments: Hearing and Vision

Physical Disabilities and Health Problems

Learning and Behavior Disorders

Partnership with Families

Assessment and the IFSP/IEP Process

Characteristics of Effective Teachers in Inclusive Programs

The Developmental-Behavioral Approach

Arranging the Learning Environment

Facilitating Self-Care, Adaptive, and Independence Skills

Facilitating Social Development

Facilitating Speech, Language, and Communication Skills

Facilitating Preacademic and Cognitive Learning

Managing Challenging Behaviors

Planning Transitions to Support Inclusion.

Section 1. Early intervention and public policy. An inclusive approach to early education

Federal legislation : early intervention and prevention

Inclusive programs for young children

Section 2. Likenesses and differences among children. Normal and exceptional development

Developmental disabilities : causes and classifications

Sensory impairments : hearing and vision

Physical disabilities and health problems

Learning and behavior disorders

Section 3. Planning for inclusion. Partnership with families

Assessment and the IFSP/IEP process

Characteristics of effective teachers in inclusive programs

Section 4. Implementing inclusive early childhood programs. The developmental-behavioral approach

Arranging the learning environment

Facilitating self-care, adaptive, and independence skills

Facilitating social development

Facilitating speech, language, and communication skills

Facilitating pre-academic and cognitive learning

Managing challenging behaviors

Planning transitions to support inclusion.

Early intervention and public policy

Federal legislation

Likenesses and differences among children

Behavior and learning disorders

Planning for inclusion

Partnerships with families

Implementing inclusive early childhood programs

Facilitating social development

Managing problem behaviors.