Teaching Exceptional Children : Foundations and Best Practices in Inclusive Early Childhood Education Classrooms (Paperback, 2 ed)

Preface

PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION

Chapter 1: Early Childhood Special Education: An Introduction to the Field

Chapter 2: Theoretical Foundations in Early Childhood Special Education

Chapter 3: Typical and Atypical Development

Chapter 4: Families Are the Most Important of All

Chapter 5: Children who are at-Risk

Chapter 6: Identification and Intervention

Chapter 7: Developing IFSP and IEP

PART II: DISABILITIES: DIAGNOSIS, CHARACTERISTICS, AND BEST PRACTICES

Chapter 8: Working with Children on the Autism Spectrum Disorder

Chapter 9: Working with Children Who Have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Chapter 10: Working with Children who have Challenging Behaviors: Best Practices for Promoting Mental Health in Children

Chapter 11: Children with Communication Impairments

Chapter 12: Children with Intellectual Disability

Chapter 13: Children with Hearing Loss and Visual Impairment

Chapter 14: Children who Have Motor Issues and Those with Other Health Impairments

PART III: KINDERGARETN THROUGH 3^RD GRADE

Chapter 15: Education of Children with Disabilities in Primary School Years: K-3^rd

Chapter 16: Children who are Gifted

Glossary of Terms

Index