Description
For Introduction to Special Education courses, Early Childhood Special Education courses, and Early Childhood Intervention courses.
For over thirty years, Young Children with Special Needs has provided the field with an in-depth treatment of early childhood special education. This classic, edited book offers broad-based coverage of all aspects of special education for the young from a theoretical-developmental perspective. In the Fifth Edition, the authors continue to provide an exceptionally thorough discussion of how children develop and what can go wrong while giving future special education teachers a solid "knowledge-content-applications" approach from which to teach children with special needs from birth to 5 years old. Significant attention is paid to core issues including special education's historical foundations, the growth and development of the discipline, working with families, assessment and intervention, the use of technology, and cultural competency. Readers will appreciate the revised and reorganized content of the entire text, integration of diversity issues throughout the text, integrated case studies in each chapter, a new user-friendly appearance, helpful instructional and study aids, and standardized terminology for ease of learning. Interesting, appealing, practical and inspiring, Young Children with Special Needs, Fifth Edition, retains its classic status and will continue to be the best resource for preparing the future educators of our young.
Table of Contents
PART I FOUNDATIONS
Chapter 1 Introduction to Young Children with Special Needs (Warren Umansky)
A Rationale for Early Childhood Special Education
The Early Interventionist
Young Children with Special Needs and Their Families
The Family and the Community
Chapter 2 Typical Development and Factors Affecting Development (Stephen Hooper, Crista Wetherington, and Jaclyn Wetherington)
Definitional Issues and Processes
Typical Development
Factors Affecting Development
PART II DEVELOPMENTAL DOMAINS
Chapter 3 Gross Motor Development (Carole Dennis and Kathleen Schlough)
Theoretical Models of Gross Motor Development
Stages of Gross Motor Development
Factors Affecting Gross Motor Development
Gross Motor Development in Young Children with Special Needs
Specific Strategies for Assessment of Gross Motor Functioning
Instructional Methods and Strategies for Intervention
Technology in Intervention
Chapter 4 Fine-Motor, Oral Motor, and Self-Care Development (Jean Patz and Rose Messina)
Theoretical Models of Fine-Motor, Oral Motor, and Self-Care Development
Stages of Development
Factors Affecting Development
Fine-Motor, Oral Motor, and Self-Care Development in Young Children with Special Needs
Specific Strategies for Assessment
Instructional Methods and Strategies for Intervention
Technology in Assessment and Intervention
Chapter 5 Cognitive Development (Warren Umansky)
The Range of Cognitive Skills
Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development
Piaget's Stages of Development
Other Theories of Development
Relationships Between Development and Cognitive Processing Models
Factors that Affect Cognitive Development
Cognitive Development and the Child with Special Needs
Strategies for Assessment of Cognitive Development
Facilitating Cognitive Development
Technology in Assessment and Intervention
Chapter 6 Communication Development (Susan Easterbrooks and Tanya Parker)
Definitional Issues
Theoretical Models
Factors Affecting Communication Development
Specific Strategies for Assessment of Communication Functioning
Instructional Methods and Strategies for Intervention
Technology in Assessment and Intervention
Chapter 7 Social and Emotional Development (Joan Lieber)
Definitional Issues
Theoretical Models
Factors Affecting Social and Emotional Development
Specific Strategies for Assessment of Social-Emotional Functioning
Instructional Methods and Strategies for Intervention
Technology in Assessment and Intervention
PART III PRINCIPLES OF ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION
Chapter 8 Assessment of Young Children (Rebecca Edmondson Pretzel, Jennifer Hiemenz, and Rita Kahng)
Current Standards for the Assessment Process
Stages of Assessment
Team Approaches and Typologies
Considerations for the Assessment of Young Children
Chapter 9 Intervention (Tina Smith-Bonahue, Jennifer Harman, and Tashawna Duncan)
Defining Intervention
Family-Centered Intervention
Program Planning
Chapter 10 Partnerships with Families (Zolinda Stoneman, Mary Rugg, and Katy Gregg)
Parent Emotions, Beliefs, and Parent-to-Parent Support
Family-Centered Process
The Family as a System
Family Diversity
Guiding Families Through Natural Learning Opportunities in Everyday Settings
Skills for Effective Work in Partnerships with Families
Desired Family Outcomes
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