The Carolina Curriculum for Preschoolers with Special Needs

by Johnson-Martin, Nancy M.

• ISBN13: 9781557666543
• ISBN10: 1557666547
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Spiral Bound
• Copyright: 2004-07-01
• Publisher: PAUL H. BROOKES PUBLISHING CO, INC.

Summary

Developed for use with children from 24 to 60 months who have mild to severe disabilities, The Carolina Curriculum for Preschoolers with Special Needs (CCPSN) clearly links assessment with intervention and lets professionals work closely with the child's teacher, 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 second edition. This volume includes 22 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 classroom and other daily routines. Reorganized and refined by user feedback, this second edition of CCPSN 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 Infants & Toddlers with Special Needs, Third 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 Bonnie J. Hacker, M.H.S., OTR/L, is Director, Emerge -- A Child's Place, in Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina Susan M. Attermeier, Ph.D., PT, is Physical Therapist, Pediatric Physical Therapy, in Hillsborough, North Carolina

Table of Contents

About the Authors	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(12)
Guiding Learning: Principles and Suggestions	13	(10)
Environmental Factors Influencing Learning, Development, and Emergent Literacy	23	(12)
Using The Carolina Curriculum	35	(382)
Assessment Log	57	(23)
Developmental Progress Chart	80	(5)
Curriculum Sequences
Personal-Social
Self-Regulation & Responsibility	85	(10)
Interpersonal Skills	95	(20)
Self-Concept	115	(12)
Self-Help: Eating	127	(8)
Self-Help: Dressing	135	(8)
Self-Help: Grooming	143	(8)
Self-Help: Toileting	151	(6)
Cognition
Attention & Memory: Visual/Spatial	157	(14)
Visual Perception: Blocks & Puzzles	171	(10)
Visual Perception: Matching & Sorting	181	(12)
Functional Use of Objects & Symbolic Play	193	(10)
Problem Solving/Reasoning	203	(18)
Number Concepts	221	(16)
Cognition/Communication
Concepts/Vocabulary: Receptive	237	(20)
Concepts/Vocabulary: Expressive	257	(14)
Attention & Memory: Auditory	271	(8)
Communication
Verbal Comprehension	279	(12)
Conversation Skills	291	(16)
Grammatical Structure	307	(14)
Imitation: Vocal	321	(6)
Fine Motor
Imitation: Motor	327	(6)
Grasp & Manipulation	333	(8)
Bilateral Skills	341	(10)
Tool Use	351	(8)
Visual-Motor Skills	359	(12)
Gross Motor
Upright: Posture & Locomotion	371	(18)
Upright: Balance	389	(10)
Upright: Ball Play	399	(8)
Upright: Outdoor Play	407	(10)
Appendix A Selected Impairments and Their Effects on Development	417	(2)
Appendix B Resources and Recommended Readings	419	(2)
Appendix C Play and Children with Motor Impairments	421	(4)
Appendix D Object Boards as Aids for Teaching Children with Severe Motor Impairments	425	(2)
Index	427