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IEP Workboxes: An Intervention for Increasing the Cognitive Development of Preschool Students with Disabilities
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Goodman, Gay; Bains, Loveen; Moussalli, Melissa – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2011
As a result of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA; 1990), public school districts are required to provide appropriate services to preschool students who are at risk or who are experiencing developmental delays. These services are frequently offered in preschool programs for children with disabilities (PPCDs). PPCDs are generally…
Descriptors: Intervention, Individualized Education Programs, Disabilities, At Risk Students
Integrating Disabled Children.
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Hanline, Mary Frances – Young Children, 1985
Discusses research on the effect of integrating disabled children into early childhood programs. Finds fears that nondisabled children will imitate the socially unacceptable behaviors of disabled children or will not make adequate progress to be unfounded. Social integration of disabled children was found to be dependent on the attitudes and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Disabilities, Mainstreaming, Peer Acceptance
Children's Play, Teacher-Child Interactions, and Teacher Beliefs in Integrated Early Childhood Programs.
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File, Nancy – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1994
Examined the cognitive and social complexity of the play of disabled children enrolled in integrated early childhood programs and their interaction with teachers. Found that teachers were more likely to support the cognitive aspects of children's play than the social aspects, despite their belief that disabled children lagged behind their…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Cognitive Development, Disabilities, Interpersonal Competence
Effects of Differing Levels of Inclusion on Preschoolers with Disabilities.
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Mills, Paulette E.; Cole, Kevin N.; Jenkins, Joseph R.; Dale, Philip S. – Exceptional Children, 1998
This study compared three levels of inclusion (special education only, integrated special education, and mainstream placements) on the cognitive and language development of 66 preschool children with disabilities. Analysis of pre- to postgains revealed that integrated special education produced gains that significantly exceeded the rate of normal…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Disabilities, Inclusive Schools
Integrating Special-Needs Children into a Preschool Setting. Early Childhood Special Education.
Stoddard, Kim; And Others – Day Care & Early Education, 1994
Provides preschool teachers with techniques for effectively including children with disabilities in their classrooms. Examines parent cooperation, the classroom environment, curriculum, developmental problems, special teachers, and the use of the "buddy system." Presents a case study of the inclusion of a child with severe mental and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development
Evaluation of an In-Service Model To Train Child Care Providers about Inclusion.
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Espinosa, Linda M.; Gillam, Ronald B.; Busch, Robert F.; Patterson, Shirley S. – 1997
This study examines the effects of in-service education on caring for preschool children with disabilities. Caregiving behaviors and self-perceptions of caregivers who did or did not receive training were evaluated. A 2-year, pretest/posttest, experimental-control group design was used to compare the effects of live and videotaped training…
Descriptors: Caregiver Role, Caregiver Training, Cognitive Development, Developmental Disabilities