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Early Intervention Special Education Programs

Early intervention special education programs offer support to children identified with developmental delays, cognitive disabilities and behavioral disabilities. Early intervention has shown to provide significant benefits to children with significant developmental challenges, especially children on the autism spectrum.

Extended School Year Programming for Early Intervention Children

Extended school year programs for children with disabilities need to address the many developmental challenges these children face.

A Circus Unit for Early Intervention

An Early Intervention unit for an extended school year program focused on the circus.

Fine Motor Skills for Special Education Early Intervention

Fine motor skills are often weak in young children with disabilities, and addressing those deficits will strengthen school performance.

Special Education Early Intervention Programs

Early intervention programs address the developmental needs of children with disabilities and children with developmental delays in order to remediate developmental skills they may have failed to acquire.

Attention and Attending – the First Pre-academic Skill

Attending, or sitting in instructional settings and paying attention to the teacher, is a skill that young children with disabilities often need to be taught.

Building Hand Strength for Early Intervention

Building fine motor strength is an essential part of building pre-academic skills. Fun activities can encourage children with developmental delays to build their fine motor strength, hand to eye coordination and fine motor acuity.

Cutting Skills to Build Fine Motor Strength

Cutting is an essential fine motor skill that young children need to master for success in school.

Straight Cutting Worksheets to Help Early Intervention Children

Free Worksheets to help pre-school early intervention children with disabilities and poor fine motor skills to improve cutting skills.

Curved Cutting Worksheets to Help Develop Fine Motor Skills

Free worksheets to help preschool students develop cutting skills, especially on curved lines.

Phonemic Awareness - a Foundational Skill for Reading Acquisition

Phonemic awareness is the ability to distinguish word sounds and precedes using phonics to decode words.

Letter Recognition for Early Intervention Programs

Letter recognition is a foundational skill for reading, but needs to be introduced to children with disabilities in a very structured way.

Base Ten Place Value and Operations

Base ten, or the digital number system, is the foundation for all math. Helping young students understand it is essential for future success in math.

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