Resource Worth Looking Into
June 4, 2008
We have come across a new resource that may be of some interest to many of you. It’s called Blended Practices for Teaching Young Children in Inclusive Settings by Jennifer Grisham-Brown, Mary Louise Hemmeter and Kristie Pretti-Frontczak. “Blended Practices for Teaching Young Children in Inclusive Settings takes an innovative and much-needed approach to preparing future teachers of young children. Responding to the reality that most early childhood teachers will work in settings that include children with and without disabilities, the authors have blended the best thinking from the fields of early childhood education and early childhood special education, advocating for practices that likewise blend a variety of evidence-based, effective approaches to meet the needs of all young children. While recognizing the need to differentiate teaching to meet individual needs, this book repeatedly makes the point that the same features of early childhood classsrooms and the same teaching strategies that promote positive development in typically developing children also benefit children with disabilities.”
