Chapter 6
Upon completion of this chapter, you should be able to:
- Understand the process of identification of children who might have disabilities;
- Understand the process of evaluation for eligibility;
- Discuss important factors in assessment of young children with disabilities;
- Understand service delivery, its model, and components;
- Identify components of a universal design in a curriculum model;
- Understand environmental adaptations to support inclusion;
- Identify various professional team models;
- Describe how curriculum content is developed for exceptional learners;
- Describe the concept of layered curriculum within a differentiated instruction;
- List ways to measure the progress of children with disabilities during the intervention;
- Understand program evaluation;
- Describe how to best formulate guidelines for working with families of children with disabilities.
- Why is it important to have a consistent identification program in place for young children who are at risk or who have disabilities?
- What predictions could you make for developmental and educational outcomes of children who are misidentified or not identified?
- Why is it important to have licensed professionals conduct assessments in the evaluation process?
- Why is it important to have an ongoing assessment of the children you work with through the intervention program?
- Child Find Law: U.S. Department of Education http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/,root,regs,300,B,300%252E111
- ECTA Center: The Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center http://ectacenter.org/partc/overview.asp
- National Information Dissemination Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY):
Early Intervention Training for Parents and others http://www.parentcenterhub.org/repository/legacy-partc/
- Office of Special Education Programs http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/index.html?src=mr
- Boardmaker online, Mayer Johnson, LLC
https://www.boardmakeronline.com/
http://www.mayer-johnson.com/
- Apple Education, Special Education https://www.apple.com/education/special-education/
- Little Bee Speech apps for special education http://littlebeespeech.com/
- Handhold Adaptive apps for social skills learning in special education http://www.handholdadaptive.com/
- Touch Math Jungle Addition apps for math learning in special education http://www.touchmathadventures.com/