Achieving Learning Goals Through Play: Teaching Young Children with Special Needs

This practical guide for early childhood educators provides strategies for incorporating developmental learning goals into play situations throughout daily routines and classroom activities. The ideas introduced can be used with typically developing children as well as with children with various disabilities, but the book is geared to supporting 2- to 5-year old children with special needs. There are numerous adaptations for children with severe and/or multiple disabilities as well as new content on challenging behavior, and the book has been updated to reflect growing knowledge in the field. In addition, the book includes a new chapter on emergent literacy and incorporates more activities in this area throughout the text. The great strength of the book remains its jargon-free, accessible language and practical activities for meeting the learning needs of young children in the preschool classroom.