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Believe in My Child with Special Needs! Helping Children Achieve Their Potential in School, by Mary A. Falvey

Phonological Disorders in Children: Clinical Decision Making in Assessment and Intervention, edited by Alan G. Kamhi & Karen E. Pollock

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Early in her career, Jennifer Grisham-Brown's experience teaching in a "reverse mainstream" preschool gave her insights most new teachers aren't privy to. Read on to find out what she learned that could benefit all early childhood educators.

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Cross-Pollination of Practices in Inclusive Settings Helps Young Learners Grow

One third of children with disabilities in early childhood settings are receiving services right alongside children without disabilities. As the number of children in inclusive programs rises, general and special education teachers will be called upon to borrow more and more from each other.

For integrated techniques that have already been shown to work, read the perspective of veteran inclusive educator Jennifer Grisham-Brown, co-author of the new publication Blended Practices for Teaching Young Children in Inclusive Settings.

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Learn to Assess Children's True Abilities

Angela Losardo and Angela Notari-Syverson, authors of the highly regarded Alternative Approaches to Assessing Young Children, Second Edition, offer customized workshops that show how to use six alternative approaches to assessment—and learn what norm-referenced tests don't show you. For a comprehensive picture of a child's true abilities, make this topic a priority for professional development.

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Two Programs Added to Maryland's Reading First Approved List

Maryland early childhood teachers have two new supplemental intervention programs to help them teach young children to read. Phonemic Awareness in Young Children: A Classroom Curriculum and Road to the Code: A Phonological Awareness Program for Young Children have been approved by the state for use by Reading First schools.

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