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When Preschool Overwhelms: How Teachers can Support Kids with Autism

Classrooms are diverse places where we encounter many different kinds of people. Every child comes in with a different perspective and a different set of needs. Young learners with autism spectrum disorders may struggle with the transition to a new environment.
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Related Book: Teaching Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Strategies for Teaching Children Who Have Trouble Sitting Still

Students with ADHD benefit from movement and learning activities in the classroom just like other children. Movement activities are important for students with ADHD, because they allow them a way to channel energy in a constructive way, but finding activities for ADHD students incorporating movement and learning connection may seem daunting to some teachers. However, ADHD classroom management doesn’t have to be difficult if you take the time to understand your ADHD students’ needs and interests, in turn making your classroom run more smoothly.
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Related Book: Themes for Inclusive Classrooms
How to Make Families Feel Welcome in the Kindergarten Classroom

The kindergarten classroom has many parts. There are centers that must be set up, decorations to go on the wall, desks for sitting at, pencils and paper for writing, and of course the teacher who puts it all together. However, though the teacher’s importance to the classroom is never in question, there is another group of adults who critically impact early childhood education: parents.
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Related Book: The Welcoming Classroom
Supporting Families with Special Needs

Teachers know that all children have strengths and weaknesses. However, children with special needs face many more challenges than typically-developing children. Early intervention programs do their best to catch learning disabilities in infancy so that the proper course of action can be taken. While educators put early intervention techniques to their best use, there are other facets of the child’s environment that need to be addressed. Often, the families of special needs children have struggles of their own that schools and educators need to help with. School readiness in particular can provide families with the resources they need to take care of their child—and themselves.
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Related Book: Teaching Infants, Toddlers, and Twos with Special Needs
How to Help DLL Students Struggling to Read

School can be difficult for young children. It’s a new place with new rules that may be different from the rules at home, and there is a newfound responsibility in learning in a classroom. Now imagine doing all that without understanding what people are saying! DLL students—(or dual language learners)—struggle with this issue every day.
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Related Book: Literacy for All Young Learners
Building Phonemic Awareness and Other Pre-Literacy Skills

Phonemic awareness is a key part of building a foundation for successful literacy development within young children. Researchers have found that children as young as four weeks old have the ability to recognize differences between certain letter sounds, already starting to develop their phonological awareness at this early stage.
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Related Book: Literacy for All Young Learners
Understanding and Addressing Common Challenging Behaviors in Young Children

Many parents and teachers may view challenging behavior as something a child will outgrow with time, but, when left unchecked, challenging behaviors in young children can lead to greater behavioral problems as they mature. Some challenging behaviors such as not getting along with other students or disrupting class can be expected, but when these behaviors escalate or the bad behavior is severe from the start, an effective plan for classroom management is crucial in addressing and dealing with these issues.
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Related Book: When Nothing Else Works
How to Identify and Support Children With Sensory Process Disorder

Children learn early on how to react to their environment using their natural response system: their senses. However, many children have trouble relying on their senses, as they have sensory processing disorder. Sometimes found within children with learning disorders such as ADHD, sensory processing disorder is most common among children with autism.
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Related Book: Teaching Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Structuring Lessons for an Inclusive Classroom

The task of creating an inclusive classroom may seem daunting to some teachers. Many are unsure of how to accommodate students with learning disabilities or how to implement special education into their early childhood curriculums. However, creating an inclusion classroom is not as hard as it seems.
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Related Book: The Inclusive Early Childhood Classroom
Dos & Don’ts of Connecting with Children Exposed to Trauma

Creating a sense of emotional safety and using developmentally appropriate practices in early childhood programs are key parts of developing social and emotional learning in cases of child trauma.
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Related Book: Reaching and Teaching Children Exposed to Trauma

Teachers will learn how to create an inclusive classroom environment for preschool and younger years, plus tips for creating an inclusive classroom community that will positively benefit all students.

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