EDTE 3710 - Instructional Adaptations for Early Childhood Learners with Exceptionalities and Diverse Needs

• Demonstrate knowledge of co-planning and co-teaching methods to strengthen content acquisition of individuals.
• Demonstrate knowledge of consultation and collaboration methods to work with families, agencies, and early childhood programs.
• Demonstrate knowledge of issues, assurances, and due process rights related to assessment, eligibility, and placement of young children within a continuum of services.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the educational and social implications of characteristics of various exceptionalities.
• Evaluate and modify instructional practices in response to progress monitoring and ongoing assessment data.
• Implement research-supported methods for academic and nonacademic instruction of young children with exceptional and diverse learning needs and their families.
• Organize, develop, and sustain learning environments that support universally designed, developmentally appropriate intra-cultural and intercultural experiences.
• Recognize differing ways of learning, including those from culturally diverse backgrounds/demonstrate skill in implementing strategies and identifying related levels of support.
• Use reflection on one’s practice to improve instruction and guide professional growth.
• Utilize strategies to support and enhance communication and early literacy skills of individuals with exceptional & diverse learning needs.