Early Childhood Special Education Methods: Inclusive Strategies for Infants and Toddlers

Explores inclusive, evidence-based instructional approaches and interventions for infants and toddlers (birth-3) with developmental delays or disabilities in early childhood settings.

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Summary

What you’ll be able to do

  • Write individualized family service outcomes in alignment with policy and quality standards and use said outcomes to determine supports and intervention strategies for young children (Birth-3 years) with developmental delays or disabilities and their families.

  • Apply an understanding of early childhood curriculum, child strengths and support needs, and family preferences, support needs, and characteristics to determine curricular adaptations, instructional strategies, and family support strategies.

  • Identify different methods of family-based practices and family capacity-building practices in order to determine how to partner with and support families and young children (Birth-3 years) from a variety of backgrounds.

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Declared in Special Education: Early Childhood Special Education/Special Education Dual Certification Birth-Grade 12 or Special Education: Early Childhood Special Education Birth-Grade 3 BSE

    • Declared in Special Education: Early Childhood Special Education/Special Education Dual Certification Birth-Grade 12
    • Special Education: Early Childhood Special Education Birth-Grade 3 BSE
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    • Declared in Special Education: Early Childhood Special Education/Special Education Dual Certification Birth-Grade 12
    • Special Education: Early Childhood Special Education Birth-Grade 3 BSE

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Explore instructional approaches and practices that support developmentally appropriate, effective, and inclusive early childhood education and evidenced-based intervention for infants and toddlers (i.e., birth-3 years old). Learn strategies to support access to the general education curriculum, participation, and achievement of young children with developmental delays and disabilities. Examines "what" to teach, the selection of developmentally- and individually-appropriate child goals and objectives, and "how" to teach, the practical components of developing and delivering effective, evidenced based instruction and intervention. Emphasis on adapting general early childhood education curriculum and practices in order to support children's individualized goals within inclusive classrooms. Addresses planning and implementing instruction in alignment with state and federal mandates.

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Topics

  • Adapting general early childhood education curriculum and practices for individualized goals in inclusive classrooms.
  • Selecting developmentally and individually appropriate goals and objectives, and developing/delivering effective, evidence-based instruction and intervention.
  • Planning and implementing instruction in alignment with state and federal mandates.

Skills

  • Developing inclusive instructional strategies and curricular adaptations for infants and toddlers with developmental delays or disabilities.
  • Writing individualized family service outcomes aligned with policy and quality standards to guide intervention strategies.
  • Identifying family-based and capacity-building practices to partner with diverse families of young children.

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