Special Needs Children in Early Childhood Education

This course offers an introduction to children with special needs (physically and mentally disabled) in early childhood education programs.

Topics and Objectives

Philosophical, Historical, and Legal Foundations of Special Education of Special Needs Children in Early Childhood Education

  • Summarize the key concepts, early pioneers, and current public policies that form the basis for early childhood special education practice.
  • Analyze the laws, regulations, and policies related to early childhood special education.
  • Compare and contrast an Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) and an
  • Individualized Education Program (IEP).

Characteristics of Learners

  • Summarize the sequence of typical motor, cognitive, social-emotional, and communication development.
  • Identify factors that affect young children's development and learning.
  • Identify etiologies, characteristics, and classifications of commonly diagnosed disabilities in young children.

Assessment, Diagnosis, and Evaluation of Special Needs Children in Early Childhood Education

  • Examine assessment of young children.
  • Examine various types of tools used to assess the development of young children with special needs.
  • Analyze issues involving assessment.

Instructional Content and Practice

  • Examine developmentally appropriate practices for young children with special needs.
  • Develop functionally and developmentally appropriate activities that focus on children's needs and interests.

Planning and Managing the Teaching and Learning Environment

  • Evaluate developmentally and functionally appropriate materials, equipment, and environments.
  • Select physically and psychologically safe and healthy learning environments that promote development and learning of young children with special needs.

Managing Student Behavior and Social Interaction Skills

  • Examine the stages of development of communication skills and factors that support the development of communication skills in young children with special needs.
  • Analyze methods of behavior support and management appropriate for young children with special needs.
  • Analyze methods of promoting social and emotional development for young children with special needs.

Communication and Collaborative Practices

  • Evaluate services for families.
  • Generate strategies for positive, collaborative relationships with families.
  • Identify professional and interagency collaborations.

Professionalism and Ethical Practices

  • Critique the role of the professional.

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