Special Educational Needs in the Early Years

This book is a practical and accessible guide to teaching children with special educational needs in the early years. This revised and updated edition provides the reader with comprehensive information about understanding and working with these children. The author examines the origin and impact of specific disabilities, including neurological, physical, behavioural, social and learning difficulties, and focuses on positive strategies for intervention which actively involve the child and their family.

Zusammenfassung
This volume adopts a holistic approach and focuses on the child with special educational needs as an active learner, rather than on how to cope with a disability. Young children with special needs can be very active learners when provided with environments that encourage alternative ways to explore and experience the world around them.

Inhalt

Introduction Part 1. Establishing the Framework 1. Survey of the Field 2. Special Concerns and Challenges Part 2. Child Development Issues 3. Typical and Exceptional Early Development 4. Concerns Related to Cognition, Communication and Emergent Literacy 5. Social, Emotional and Behavioural Concerns 6. Concerns Related to Sensory and Physical Development Part 3. Focus on the Team 7. The Ecological Framework 8. Partnership with Families 9. Child Find 10. Program and Community Responses Part 4. Meeting the Needs of the Individual Child 11. A Curriculum for Every Child 12. Exploration and Experiences