The Essentials: Supporting Young Children with Disabilities in the Classroom (The Essentials Series)

By: Pamela Brillante

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Synopsis: Chances are, at some point in your early childhood career, you will work with children who have, or might have, a developmental delay or disability, along with their families. This book offers essential information about disabilities and how they impact young children’s learning and development. More than that, it encourages you to go beyond a child’s disability label to see her strengths, needs, interests, and preferences and to figure out how best to support those in the classroom, just as you do for any other child. Regardless of medical diagnoses or individual challenges, children with disabilities are first and foremost children. This book is a resource for early childhood educators and preservice teachers who work or will work with children birth through age 8 who have developmental delays or disabilities. Program directors and administrators as well as providers of physical, occupational, and speech-language therapy will also find the information in this book useful as they work with teachers and families to help children become active participants in their environments and master a variety of skills. This book will help you understand more about disabilities and their implications for children and families, and this knowledge, along with your understanding of children in general, will help you recognize and rebut inaccurate or harmful stereotypes and attitudes about individuals with disabilities.