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Special Needs Articles for Early Childhood Educators
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Meeting in the Middle: Parent’s Perspective of Educating a Child with Special Needs
November 15, 2022
Learn ways to approach partnerships and communicate with parents of children with special needs. Read More
Family Engagement Special Needs
Perspective-Taking: Understanding Challenges, Fears and Joys of Parents of Children with Special Needs
June 14, 2021
Learn about serving and working with diverse populations including parents of children with special needs. Read More
Family Engagement Special Needs
Working with Children with Disabilities: Inclusion Works!, in partnership with Region 9 Head Start Association
June 29, 2020
Working with children with disabilities. Read More
Head Start Region 9 Special Needs
IEP and IFSP 101: Everything You Need to Know - Planning to Implementation
February 3, 2020
Learn legal requirements of an IEP, qualifying disabilities, and procedures for meeting with students and families. Read More
Observation and Assessment Special Needs
Collaboration to Support Children with Special Needs
November 25, 2019
Providing an inclusive classroom for a child with special needs is a challenge with tremendous benefits. Learn your role and some strategies to provide an inclusive classroom. Read More
Learning Environments Special Needs
ADHD 101: Bringing Focus to the Confusion
July 24, 2019
Symptoms of ADHD, the process of making an ADHD diagnosis, and classroom interventions to support children with ADHD. Read More
Challenging Behavior Child Growth and Development Health and Safety Special Needs
Unlocking the Mystery of Selective Mutism
February 27, 2019
This course describes selective mutism, how to assess for selective mutism characteristics, and what teachers and caregivers can do to support and help children. Read More
Child Growth and Development Special Needs
Safety Tips for Young Children
November 26, 2018
This article guides the reader through tips on how to prevent accidents and injuries in the car, home, and at play for young children. A special section will also be presented specifically for wanderi... Read More
Health and Safety Learning Environments Special Needs
Supporting Teachers in Addressing Challenging Behavior: A Team Approach (a workshop for Directors & Administrators of EC programs)
November 21, 2018
To be effective, leaders must be self-reflective—think about who they are, become aware of their strengths and weaknesses, and look for ways to develop their own and their staff’s competencies and... Read More
Challenging Behavior Director and Administrator Special Needs
Visual Supports
October 26, 2018
Visual supports are especially helpful to use with young children who have autism or who may have communication difficulties. This course will describe designing and utilizing visual supports in the e... Read More
Challenging Behavior Learning Environments Special Needs
Understanding and Supporting Children with Anxiety
September 26, 2018
Anxiety is becoming one of the most concerning childhood diagnoses, and one that impacts children in the classroom, therapy room, and community setting. Dr. Kotrba presents up-to-date information on h... Read More
Learning Environments Special Needs
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) - Impact on Children and Families
August 2, 2018
Description of FASD and the impact it has on children and families, including brain structure and their impact on behavior. Read More
Child Growth and Development Special Needs
Autism Basics
July 16, 2018
This course examines autism through the lens of child development. Read More
Special Needs
How to Grow a Young Child's Listening Brain
June 26, 2018
A description of hearing and listening from a neurological perspective, along with practical suggestions for enriching an infant, toddler and young child's auditory brain for the attainment and advanc... Read More
Child Growth and Development Special Needs
Introduction to Autism Spectrum Disorders
April 17, 2018
An introduction to autism spectrum disorders, including information about the diagnosis of autism as it is described in the DSMV. Read More
Special Needs
How to Grow a Young Child's Reading Brain
April 17, 2018
An overview of pre-literacy and literacy process from an auditory neurolinguistics perspective, along with practical suggestions for reading aloud to infants, toddlers and preschoolers, and for develo... Read More
Child Growth and Development Special Needs
Feeding Tips for Young Children
April 17, 2018
The developmental stages of feeding and practical tips for teaching young children how to eat. Read More
Health and Safety Nutrition Special Needs
Behavior or Sensory? Understanding Challenging Behavior
April 17, 2018
A framework for better understanding challenging behavior including how to identify target behavior, create a hypothesis, and create an intervention plan. Read More
Challenging Behavior Special Needs