Helps literacy coaches navigate the choices they face as they develop and fine-tune a coaching program that offers the best fit for a particular school. This book provides guidance on coaching models and how to choose among them; the role of reading assessment in coaching; and, balancing classroom-level, grade-level, and whole-school tasks.
In an inclusive early childhood classroom, the everyday challenges teachers face can seem overwhelming - especially if they have little experience working with children who have disabilities. This book offers strategies for teaching children with special needs, tailoring activities to individual needs, and working on a child's IEP goals.
A Guide for Early Childhood Educators of Children Learning English as a
Describes the natural progression of second-language acquisition in young children. This book helps teachers learn how to create a supportive classroom environment for second-language learners with ways to measure progress, address individual differences, and work with parents.
A follow-up to the successful ""Transition to Kindergarten (1999)"", this book offers a discussion of transition in the context of modern educational arena, reflecting policy changing practices, and different program approaches. It also addresses pertinent community influences in early education demographic changes, racial and cultural influences.
A useful first step in the IEP process, this DVD facilitates collaboration between professionals and parents as they help young children make the critical transition from early intervention to preschool. Suitable for guiding parents and training new and future practitioners, it answers common questions and concerns about IEPs.
Strategies from Addressing Challenging Behavior in Early Childhood Settings: A Teacher's Guide come to life in this DVD that provides footage of effective techniques to manage children with challenging behaviors.
Designed to accompany The Carolina Curriculum for Infants and Toddlers with Special Needs (CCITSN), Third Edition, The Assessment Log's convenient recording system encourages data collection about a child's performance of hundreds of discrete skills in more than 20 developmental sub-domains.
Nancy M. Johnson-Martin, Ph.D., has been a consultant for assessment and early intervention following her retirement fromm the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she held positions in the Division for Disorders of Development and Learning and in the Frank Porter Graham.
The first book to capture the Head Start debates in all their complexity and diversity, this landmark volume brings together the research and personal experience of 52 top experts in a wide range of fields - including education, research, medicine, and social work.
