The Carolina Curriculum for Infants and Toddlers With Special Needs

by Johnson-Martin, Nancy M., Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9781557666536
• ISBN10: 1557666539
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-01
• Publisher: PAUL H. BROOKES PUBLISHING CO, INC.

Summary

Developed for use with children from birth to 36 months who have mild to severe disabilities, The Carolina Curriculum for Infants & Toddlers with Special Needs (CCITSN) clearly links assessment with intervention and lets professionals work closely with the child's teachers, family members, and other service providers. Already trusted by thousands of early childhood professionals from coast to coast, this proven system is even easier to use with the revisions and updates in this third edition. This volume includes 24 logical teaching sequences covering five developmental areas: personal-social, cognition, communication, fine motor, and gross motor. For each sequence -- complete with adaptations for children with motor, visual, and hearing impairments -- a professional initiates age-appropriate activities with the child in a naturalistic environment, and caregivers may or may not participate. Professionals collect data about the child's performance on the easy-to-use Assessment Log and summarize their findings in just minutes on the Developmental Progress Chart (forms are included in the book and also sold separately). After the activities in each sequence have been observed or attempted, professionals and caregivers examine strengths and weaknesses revealed during assessment, pinpoint items that need work, and select from teaching activities that will help encourage the child's development within daily routines. Reorganized and refined by user feedback, this third edition of CCITSN works the same as it always has, ensuring that users of previous editions can start using it right away. It was developed side-by-side with the revised edition of its companion volume, The Carolina Curriculum for Preschoolers with Special Needs, Second Edition, ensuring a seamless transition between the two volumes. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Nancy M. Johnson-Martin, Ph.D., is a psychological consultant for assessment and early intervention Susan M. Attermeier, Ph.D., PT, is Physical Therapist, Pediatric Physical Therapy, in Hillsborough, North Carolina Bonnie J. Hacker, M.H.S., OTR/L, is Director, Emerge -- A Child's Place, in Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Table of Contents

About the Authors	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(12)
Guiding Learning: Principles and Suggestions	13	(8)
Environmental Factors Influencing Learning, Development, and Emergent Literacy	21	(10)
Using The Carolina Curriculum	31	(434)
Assessment Log	53	(25)
Developmental Progress Chart	78	(5)
Curriculum Sequences
Personal-Social
Self-Regulation & Responsibility	83	(12)
Interpersonal Skills	95	(20)
Self-Concept	115	(16)
Self-Help: Eating	131	(18)
Self-Help: Dressing	149	(8)
Self-Help: Grooming	157	(8)
Self-Help: Toileting	165	(6)
Cognition
Attention & Memory: Visual/Spatial	171	(22)
Visual Perception: Blocks & Puzzles	193	(10)
Visual Perception: Matching & Sorting	203	(6)
Functional Use of Objects & Symbolic Play	209	(14)
Problem Solving/Reasoning	223	(22)
Number Concepts	245	(6)
Cognition/Communication
Concepts/Vocabulary: Receptive	251	(16)
Concepts/Vocabulary: Expressive	267	(12)
Attention & Memory: Auditory	279	(14)
Communication
Verbal Comprehension	293	(12)
Conversation Skills	305	(26)
Grammatical Structure	331	(8)
Imitation: Vocal	339	(12)
Fine Motor
Imitation: Motor	351	(10)
Grasp & Manipulation	361	(18)
Bilateral Skills	379	(14)
Tool Use	393	(8)
Visual-Motor Skills	401	(8)
Gross Motor
Upright: Posture & Locomotion	409	(18)
Upright: Balance	427	(8)
Upright: Ball Play	435	(6)
Upright: Outdoor Play	441	(6)
Prone (On Stomach)	447	(10)
Supine (On Back)	457	(8)
Appendix A Selected Impairments and Their Effects on Development	465	(2)
Appendix B Resources and Recommended Readings	467	(2)
Appendix C Play and Children with Motor Impairments	469	(4)
Appendix D Object Boards as Aids for Teaching Children with Severe Motor Impairments	473	(2)
Appendix E Motor Milestones in Infant Development	475	(4)
Index	479