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The goal of this practice guide is to offer educators specific, evidence-based recommendations that address the challenge of teaching early math to children ages 3 to 6. The guide provides practical, clear information on critical topics related to teaching early math and is based on the best available evidence as judged by the authors

Parent resource sponsored by CAST, Reading Rocket, Benetech and other organizations with information on child development, school and learning, family supports, technology resources and much more. The site is available in Spanish and English and also has built in text to speech supports.

SEEC's Parent to Parent (P2P) program is a free and confidential service designed to connect Montgomery County parents and caregivers of children with special needs (age birth to 21) with trained volunteer mentors who have experience raising children with disabilities. It is based on the philosophy that peer support from veteran families is often the most helpful way to provide emotional support and practical information to parents in need. The P2P program connects parents on a one-to-one basis where contact may be made by phone, face-to-face, or via email.

 complete revision of the Pragmatics Profile of Every Communication Skills, the Pragmatics Profile contains two separate interview forms - each of them taking full account of the increasing variety of complexity of the different communicative and social setting that children encounter as they grow older and enter formal education The Pragmatics Profile of Everyday Communication Skills in Pre-School Children is for use with pre-school children, from the age of nine months; The Pragmatics Profile of Everyday Communication Skills in School-Age Children is for use with school-age children, up to the age of 10 years. Both profiles may be used as part of an initial assessment and as an aid to planning intervention. They are straightforward to administer, taking approximately 30 minutes to complete, and have been designed for obtaining structured qualitative information on a wide range of client groups including children with learning disabilities, hearing loss or physical difficulties, and those whose first language is not English. The Pragmatics Profile for each of the two age ranges falls into four sections, covering: Communicative Functions; Responses to Communication; Interaction and Conversation; Contextual Variation;