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A blog about food, family and ways to encourage language through mealtime.

Mentioned at Winter Institute by presenter

Found this great story about a family who really understands what it means to spark creativity and play with their children. Check it out! "Every year, my wife and I devote the month of November to convincing our children that, while they sleep, their plastic dinosaur figures come to life. It began modestly enough. The kids woke up to discover that the dinosaurs had gotten into a box of cereal and made a mess on the kitchen table."

model for providing services to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families

 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;

The "Word Gap" has come to symbolize the gulf that can separate very young children who have rich opportunities for positive early learning experiences from those who do not.

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.

FAQs and responses developed by the National Council of Teachers in Mathematics

Governors' Role in Strengthening Early Mathematics Learning

Assistive Technology must be play-based and appealing for young children. Appropriate assistive technology supports encourage children to explore and participate in literature, and use their imagination. Assistive technology may support their mobility and provide access to materials. Visual supports help them to understand what comes next or the steps in an activity. These supports must never take the place of engaging activities but should enhance participation and understanding. The following materials were created as examples of how supports could be added to normally occurring activities to enhance the participation of young children.