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SENSORY PROCESSING DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Understanding Processing Deficits (htm)
Five Main Problem Areas With CAPD (htm)
Academic Symptoms of Children With CAPD (htm)
The Sensory Processing Disorder Checklist (htm)
Sensory Intergration: Tips for Teachers (htm)
Sensorimotor History Questionnaire for Parents of Preschool Children (htm)
Research Support for the DIR Model (pdf)
SOCIAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Attachment Disorder (htm)
Symptoms of Reactive Attachment Disorder (htm)
A Multisource Exploration of the Friendship Patterns of Children With and Without Disabilities (htm)
Going To Kindergarten (pdf)
What Is Character Education? (htm)
FBI Child Safety Tips (htm)
Keeping the Peace at Holiday Gatherings (htm)
Stress: Interference of Learning (htm)
FINE AND GROSS MOTOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Fine Motor Activities for Preschoolers (pdf)
Fine Motor Skill Development 0-6 Years (pdf)
Pencil Grasp Activities (pdf)
Stages of PreWriting Skill Development (htm)
Gross Motor Skill Development 0-6 Years (pdf)
Individualized Training In Copying and Tracing (pdf)
AOTA Handwriting Tips (pdf)
The Relationship Among Name Writing & Early Literacy Skills (htm)
ASSESSMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
NIEER Preschool Assessment (pdf)
NIEER Promoting Preschool Social Emotional Development (pdf)
NIEER Report (pdf)
Who Is Testing Whom? (htm)
Social Skill Autopsies: A Strategy to Promote and Develop Social Competencies (htm)
Teaching Social Skills To Kids Who Don't Have Them Yet (htm)
Ten Ways We Distort Our Thoughts (htm)
AGES & STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Stages of Art Development (htm)
Stages of Block Play (htm)
Stages of Math Development (htm)
Stages of Motor Development (htm)
Stages of Oral Language Development (htm)
Stages of Social Development (htm)
Stages of Written Language Development (htm)
Four Year Olds (htm)
DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
A Little Music With Exercise Boosts Brain Power, Study Suggests (htm)
Interventions: Early Reading Deficits (pdf)
Educational Theory in Developmentally Appropriate Early Childhood Education (htm)
First Evidence That Musical Training Affects Brain Development In Young Children (htm)
Determining Your Child's Learning Style (htm)
Music Instruction Aids Verbal Memory (htm)
Music Thought To Enhance Intelligence, Metal Health and Immune System (htm)
Music Training Linked To Enhanced Verbal Skills (htm)
Music Training 'Tunes" Human Auditory System (htm)
Rates of Computer Internet Use (pdf)
Developmental Checklist (htm)
Developmental Patterns of Autism (pdf)
Effective PreWriting Skills (htm)
Everything You Should Know About Ergonomics and Youths (htm)
Rhode Island Department of Education Grade Level Expectations
http://www.ride.ri.gov/Instruction/gle.aspxNAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children): Early Childhood Education Information
http://www.naeyc.org/ece/The What Works Clearinghouse
http://www.w-w-c.org/
Established by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences to provide educators, policymakers, and the public with a central, independent, and trusted source of scientific evidence of what works in education.The Promising Practices Network
http://www.promisingpractices.net/
Web site highlights programs and practices that credible research indicates are effective in improving outcomes for children, youth, and families.The International Campbell Collaboration:
http://www.campbellcollaboration.org/Fralibrary.html
Offers a registry of systematic reviews of evidence on the effects of interventions in the social, behavioral, and educational arenas.Social Programs That Work
http://www.excelgov.org/displayContent.asp?Keyword=prppcSocial
Offers a series of papers developed by the Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy on social programs that are backed by rigorous evidence of effectiveness.Wrightslaw
http://www.wrightslaw.com/
Information about special education law, education law, and advocacy for children with disabilities.Multicultural Holiday Celebrations
http://www.web-holidays.com/
A myriad of holidays to explore from Candlemas to Christmas, Purim to Ramadan and Mothers' Day to Tet.Reading First
http://www.ed.gov/programs/readingfirst/faq.html
Scientifically based reading research-and the proven instructional and assessment tools consistent with this research-to ensure that all children learn to read well by the end of third grade.BrainGym
http://www.braingym.org/
(The movement program that enhances learning and performance in ALL areas)How Does Your Engine Run?
http://www.alertprogram.com/
Developmentally appropriate effective self regulation strategies to change or maintain states of alertness.National Institute of Literacy
http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/early_childhood.html
Scientifically-based research on how young children develop skills that will make them successful readers.Dysgraphia: Causes and Treatment
http://www.dyscalculia.org/Edu563.html
Causes and treatments for handwriting disabilities.Handwriting Readiness: Locatives and Visuomotor Skills in the Kindergarten Year
http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v3n1/marr.html
This study investigated the relationship between the cognitive understanding of locatives (e.g., words used for spatial and temporal concepts such as "up" or "next to") and the graphomotor task of shape and letter copying in typically developing kindergarten children.NIEER (National Institute for Early Education Research)
http://nieer.org/standards/
Objective, nonpartisan information based on research.Brain Connection on Early Reading
http://www.brainconnection.com/library/?main=genhome/early-readingTITLE 16 Education CHAPTER 16-2: School Committees and Superintendents
SECTION 16-2-27 § 16-2-27 Eligibility for attendance – Kindergarten.
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/TITLE16/16-2/16-2-27.HTM
Every child who has attained or will have attained five (5) years of age on or before September 1 of any school year shall be eligible to attend kindergarten during all the days that the kindergartens are in session during the school year.TITLE 16 Education CHAPTER 16-2 : School Committees and Superintendents
SECTION 16-2-28 § 16-2-28 Eligibility for attendance – First grade.
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/TITLE16/16-2/16-2-28.HTM
Every child who has completed or will have completed six (6) years of life on or before September 1 of any school year shall be eligible to attend first grade during all the days that the public schools are in session during the school year. Every child shall be eligible to attend first grade only upon completion of a state recognized or accredited kindergarten program.The Rhode Island State Advisory Committee on Gifted and Talented Education
http://www.ri.net/gifted_talented/rhode.html