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Early Childhood Education Essentials

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1. Successful teachers communicate with the school nurse - families - school mental health professionals - teacher assistants - and the student to understand how the student's term can be supported so that the child can learn at an optimal level. Term c






2. Norm -three parts (mental scale - motor scale - behaviour scale) -premies - HIV - neonatal asphyxia - DD - autsim - down syndrome






3. With-it-ness: means that you have eyes all over you...that you see things...you pick up on what's going on in your classroom a. Pick up on body language b. Know What is going to happen before it happens d. This can be developed with practice






4. Vygotsky's theory - in which children acquire the ways of thinking and behaving that make up a community's culture through cooperative dialogues with more knowledgeable members of society.emphasizes role in development of cooperative dialogues betwee






5. A process of reinforcing successively closer and closer approximations of a desired terminal behavior






6. Vision/Fine motor : 6 weeks Fixes and follows






7. Adapting to cultural demands - Infants' specific - lasting - social relationships with others - especially parents and caregivers






8. In assessment - data regarding the typical performance of various groups of students on a standardized test or other norm-referenced measure of a particular characteristic or ability.






9. Mental systems of categories and experiences






10. *depends on the pace of the culture ex: African and west Indian cultures actively encourage early motor strength while other cultures discourage and don't' allow infants to walk until 18 months.






11. English as a second language






12. Fine motor will hold spoon or rattle - will drop object and reach for second offered object - holds bottle






13. Reinforcing a response every time it occurs






14. One's ability to process info from different sources - including hearing speech against background noise - sound discriminations - and sound recognition






15. School is the important even at this stage. Children learn to ake things - use tools - and acquire the skills to be a worker and a potential provider. And they do all these while making the transition from the world of home into the world of peers.


16. They learn through an inner process to explore - experiment - and discover.






17. No head lag - Sit with support - on Forearms






18. One's knowledge and beliefs about one's own cognitive processes - and one's resulting attempts to regulate those cognitive processes to maximize learning and memory - Knowledge about our own thinking processes






19. Babbles






20. The observer is not always present and someone else is telling you want they saw happened






21. If parents encourage their child's use of initiative and reassure her when she makes mistakes - the child will develop the confidence needed to cope with future situations that require choice - control and independence.


22. Limitations or grades in general - knowledge gained - skills attained - improved social interactions






23. Refers to postural reactions such as head balance - sitting - creeping - standing and walking.






24. Form of a language that has certain unique pronunciations - idioms - and grammatical structures and is characteristic of a particular region or ethnic group.






25. Gives and estimate of the margin of error associated with a particular test score






26. People who have common historical roots - values - beliefs - and behaviors and who share a sense of interdependence.






27. U.S. legislation granting educational rights to people with cognitive - emotional - or physical disabilities from birth until age 21; initially passed in 1975 - it has been amended and reauthorized in 1997 and again in 2004. IDEA operates under six b






28. A means used to learn and remember knowledge






29. 6-7 cube tower - Circular scribbles






30. Acceptance to all who will be affected by the test including the children and families screened - the professionals who receive resulting referrals and the community






31. Ongoing process of arranging information and experience into mental systems or categories






32. Plan intervention program -delineate strengths - weaknesses - and needs -criterion-referenced or informal -on-going basis






33. Maslow-fulfilling one's potential 1.need for self-actualization 2.esteem needs 3.love and belonging needs 4.safety needs 5.physiological needs






34. General measure of current cognitive functioning - used primarily to predict academic achievement over the short run.






35. Stimulus that increases the likelihood that a particular response will follow.






36. Entering school and up to junior high - the child will learn formal skills of life - initiate rules into free play - and desire self-discipline.






37. During the second stage - students will begin to use one-word utterances and short phrases to communicate socially - express a need - or reply to a question. We need to again provide these students with frequent opportunities in the classroom to inte






38. Term learners process information through touching. They learn through active involvement with the physical world — hands-on experiences.






39. Students continue to develop receptive and productive English skills. Able to identify and understand more concrete details during unmodified instruction.






40. Creating products like paintings - drawings - etc.; creating a poem or acting out a play; socio-dramatic play (creating forts - tents - etc.); and making collections - organizing - trading and displaying collections.






41. The practice of educating all students - including those with severe and multiple disabilities - in neighborhood schools and general education classrooms.






42. Norm-referenced assesments enable the PT to document the infants level of development while criterion-referenced assessment serves as measure of direct effects of PT






43. The tendency to fill in missing information in order to complete an otherwise incomplete figure or statement






44. In this stage - the most important events are love relationships. No matter how successful you are with your work - said Erikson - you are not developmentally copmlete until you are capable of intimacy. An ind who has not developed a sense of identit






45. Social and language recognizes parents - holds out arms to be picked up - begins to imitate sounds - uses one-syllable sounds (ma - mu - da - di)






46. Students work together to solve a problem or achieve a goal.






47. Variability in abilities and characteristics (intelligence - personality - etc.) among students at a particular age and within any group.






48. 1927-1987; Field: cognition - moral development; Contributions: created a theory of moral development that has 3 levels; focuses on moral reasoning rather than overt behavior






49. Children have newfound power at this stage as they have developed motor skills and become more and more engaged in social interaction with people around them. They now must learn to achieve a balance between eagerness for more adventure and more resp


50. Is a collection of materials that shows a person's abilities - accomplishments and progress overtime