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Early Education Pilot Program Using a Developmentally Appropriate Practice for Children with Language and Learning Problems: The GEL Program (Guidelines for Early Learning). A Condensed Report.
Gelfer, Jeffrey Ian – 1989
The paper describes the GEL (Guidelines for Early Learning) Program developed by the Easter Seal Society of Southwest Florida which serves children, aged 4-6 years, with language, learning, and/or developmental problems. Developmental theories of Piaget and Chomsky and the model of David Weikart's High Scope Program were used to develop the GEL…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Disabilities, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Interdisciplinary Approach
Everyone Can Come to School: Learning from Experience.
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Lewis, Eleanore Grater – Dimensions of Early Childhood, 1997
Argues importance of a flexible approach to educating physically and developmentally disabled children, one that allows children to learn and play with attention to age, stages, temperaments, personalities and individual needs. Notes that staff attitudes and willingness to adjust schedules, plans, room arrangement, curriculum, and expectations are…
Descriptors: Child Development, Classroom Environment, Developmental Disabilities, Developmental Programs