Early intervention models and procedures 2016 for Dr. Ibrahim Abdullah Al-Zreikat

Early Intervention Models and Procedures Dr. Ibrahim Abdullah Al-Zreikat The early years of a child's life are considered important and influential in all developmental aspects. Specialists confirm that early experiences of the child affect their development and learning later on. This, in turn, highlights the importance of encouraging the child's growth and development and providing the best experiences that can help achieve this goal. In our present era, children with special needs are now receiving their education in various contexts and educational settings. Specialists, with their diverse academic backgrounds, also provide various services aimed at creating the best environments to encourage the child's development and enrich them with the necessary experiences. Due to the importance of early intervention services and their role in achieving the desired goals with young children with special needs, the idea of this book came to be as a scientific reference that provides the reader with contemporary information, procedures, and models for delivering early intervention services. Thus, this book serves as a guide for parents of children with special needs, special education teachers, general education teachers, and other professional specialists interested in early childhood care. This book is organized into eight chapters as follows: Chapter One: Presents the foundations of special education in early childhood, including its definition, pioneers of early childhood, origins of early special education, the development of provided services, and the importance of early intervention services in special education. Chapter Two: Discusses development in the early childhood stage, defining the various developmental milestones including cognitive, linguistic, social, communication, and motor development, and how to encourage these milestones in early childhood. The chapter also presents some developmental tables illustrating developmental requirements at different ages. Chapter Three: Explains the assessment of young children with special needs, including the assessment procedures used and examples of some of these procedures. It also discusses the assessment process across all developmental milestones and provides guidelines for conducting assessments with children with special needs. Chapter Four: Aims to identify the curriculum in early childhood and how to prepare it, presenting the theoretical foundations for developing the curriculum in special education during early childhood. Chapter Five: Focuses on models of delivering early intervention services, their advantages and disadvantages, the educational program, and strategies for providing early intervention services to young children with special needs. Chapter Six: Discusses parental participation and how to involve them in identifying and providing the best services. It also addresses the specific challenges they face due to having a child with special needs, and discusses the process of establishing effective relationships with parents and the role of the specialist in achieving this goal. Chapter Seven: Presents early intervention services for children with different types of special needs, including definitions of disability, psychological and behavioral characteristics of individuals with disabilities across various categories, and the early intervention services provided to these groups. Chapter Eight: Discusses inclusive care with young children and its importance for children with special needs and its objectives.