Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Tuesday Tidbit: DEC Recommended Practices

Tuesday Tidbit from the Division for Early Childhood (DEC) Recommended Practices with Embedded Examples document (2016):

DEC Recommended Practices book cover
Photo credits: Division for Early Childhood


Strand: ENVIRONMENT

"E3: Practitioners work with the family and other adults to modify and adapt the physical, social, and temporal environments to promote each child’s access to and participation in learning experiences."

Examples:
  • "The itinerant early childhood special education teacher works with a childcare provider to modify transitions in the childcare setting by posting a visual schedule of the daily routine.
  • A developmental specialist works with family members to find resources to modify their home so their child who uses a walker can move easily from place to place.
  • An early childhood teacher modifies a popular board game (e.g., he adds an easy to grasp foam handle to game pieces) so that a child who has difficulty grasping can access and play the game with classroom peers."

(DEC, 2016, p. 15)

Question to think about:
How do you promote ACCESS to and PARTICIPATION in learning experiences in early intervention? 

Please comment below!

Download the Recommended Practices with Embedded Examples here: http://www.dec-sped.org/dec-recommended-practices






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