Sheelagh Lucas

SPED 435

These children often receive their services in their homes or their preschools

They include Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Pathology, and Preschool Education Services

These are aimed to teach the child in the Least Restrictive Environment

Children in preschool have unique needs. They require additional aid in different ways than their elementary counterparts. Many of the typically functioning children in preschool are still developing social skills and fine and gross motor skills. Early Childhood Intervention is aimed at ensuring the right amount of aid is given to children in this age bracket.

Some children are developmentally delayed in ways that the just need a “springboard” to function typically. Children who receive early childhood services are more likely to obtain typically functioning abilities and require fewer services in elementary school.

The goals of Early Childhood Nebraska….Children can be receiving some services through age eight. Due to certain guidelines of assessment, children can hold verifications from early childhood, such as a Developmental Delay, until that age.

•develop high quality environments for young children;

•promote equitable access to inclusive programs and services

for all children from birth through age eight;

•facilitate state and community partnerships that address

the needs of young children and their families; and,

•provide professional development, technical assistance

and resources for personnel in early childhood care and

education settings

Early childhood has been a long recognized age for educational need.

1658 - John Amos Comenius, known as the Father of Modern Education and was the first to recognize that the play of childhood was learning, produced the first children's picture book, "The World Illustrated"

1837 - Children's Garden (Kindergarten) started in Germany by Friedrich Froebe

1854 - The Nursery School for Children of Poor Women was opened in cooperation with Children's Hospital of New York City.

1873 - First public school kindergarten started in St. Louis.

1926 - National Association for the Education of Young Children is founded. Now over 100,000 members and 400 affiliates.

1964 - Head Start is funded by the Economic Opportunites Act

•1985 - National Academy of Early Childhood Programs is established by NAEYC •for voluntary accreditation of center based programs. •1988 - The U.S. Department of Education establishes Even Start, a parent education/literacy program. •1990 - Child Care and Development Grant is enacted. •2001 - The No Child Left Behind Act bill is passed.

The effects of the legislation are beginning to be felt in preschools because policy makers believe that an early start on developing academic skills will help children reach the standards they are expected to achieve in elementary school. They hope also that an early introduction to academics will reduce the gap in achievement between children from economically disadvantaged and more advantaged homes. Preschool teachers are accordinglybeing pressured to begin teaching children the basic academic skills that are assessed under NCLB. -

2013 - President Obama called on Congress to expand access to high-quality preschool to every child in America, called The Preschool for All initiative.

More preschools are being budgeted into public elementary schools.

More families who fall between the gap of Head Start and Private Preschools can afford early childhood.

More children are receiving early childhood services which helps them throughout life

Early childhood education has a direct link to furthering education past high school.

http://www.education.ne.gov/oec/

http://www.childcarelounge.com/articles/milestones.php

http://cepa.stanford.edu/content/no-child-left-behind-comes-preschool