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Early Childhood Education Essentials

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1. Schools are required to provide due process (legal steps and proceedings designed to protect individual's constitutional rights) safeguards to protect rights of children with disabilities and their parents Example: parent consent to testing and evalu






2. In classical conditioning - the eventual disappearance of a conditioned response as a result of the conditioned stimulus being repeatedly presented alone - In operant conditioning - the eventual disappearance of a response that is no longer being rei






3. Explains why behaviors occurs






4. Actions a person carries out by thinking them through instead of literally performing the actions






5. 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






6. 2-3 syllable babble






7. Nonbiased - multifactored methods of evaluation to determine if child has disability and needs special education; nondiscriminatory evaluation with regard to race - culture - or native language - with placement decisions made on basis of multiple tes






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






9. The process of reviewing information and finding value in it






10. Movement management: having unused time - Transitions; any times you have movement or change...it is a great opportunity to misbehave - Warn your students ahead of time






11. Schema - Information Processing - Mapping






12. Social and language shows emotions of jealousy - affection - anger fear - may develop habit of security blanket or favorite toy - da-da or ma-ma - recognizes objects by name - imitates animal sounds - understands simple verbal commands (give it to me






13. Admit when they don't know something - have caring attitude - willingness to collaborate - critically analyze themselves - teacher/student viewing in reflective lens - demonstrate rational - careful thought to improve practices - be aware of own cult






14. A disorder of the brain.






15. Prognosis/diagnosis - eligibility for certain programs - evaluation of outcomes - treatment planning






16. An explicit understanding of how learning works and an awareness of yourself as a learner.






17. Limit setting through body language (yours as a teacher)


18. The theory that behavior is learned through the observation of others as well as through the direct experience of rewards and punishments.-Bandura






19. Wanted to look at teachers at the top as well as those at the bottom - found 4 characteristics that a teacher needs






20. Sense of confusion when a student encounters a culture with behavioral expectations very different from those previously learned.






21. Can be developed to gain information on specific aspects of children's behavior






22. Generating Applicable Topics - Planning Instruction for each Discipline - Designing Integrative Assessment






23. Term include anecdotal records of student behavior - portfolios - checklists of student progress - and student/teacher conferences. Term can be contrasted with traditional assessments. Term provide a view of a student's process and product - which is






24. Social and language eager to follow rules - less rebellious - relies on outside authority to control the world - has 2100 word vocabulary - recognizes three colors - asks meanings of words - uses sentences of six to eight words






25. Children who are not loved and cared for become mistrustful and insecure.






26. Correlates with other established tests






27. Children approximately ages 11-15 develop hypothetical and abstract thinking. Students at this stage can use logical operations to work abstract problems. For example - students at this stage are better able to complete algorithms when working math p






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






29. Legislation in the United States that extends civil rights protection of persons with disabilities to private-sector employment - all public services - public accommodations - transportation - and telecommunication including physical accessibility an






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






31. For the individual and often leads to behaviors that are socially disruptive or self-distructive






32. 4 mos fine motor grasps rattle - plays with hands together - inspects hands - carries objects to mouth.






33. Fitting new information into existing schemes






34. Pulls to stand - cruises - walks alone






35. 10 months






36. Problem-Based Learning - Zone of Proximal Development - Scaffolding - Inquiry/Discovery Learning






37. Social and language becomes bored when left alone - begins to show memory - squeals and vocalizations change with mood






38. 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






39. Very advantageous in childhood -post. consequences for cognitive development and certain aspects of language awareness -US dual language programs support minorities academic learning






40. Individuals behavioral style and characteristic way of emotionaly responding (temp+environment= personality)






41. The belief that one is capable of executing certain behaviors or reaching certain goals






42. Adult individuals can form close relationships and share with others if they have achieved a sense of identity.






43. Children's self-directed speech that they use to guide their behavior and talk themselves through new tasks -- this gradually turns to inner speech






44. Responsibility training through incentive system


45. Promoted supportive and preventative discipline by recognizing the importance of classroom atmosphere (socially & emotionally). He suggested teachers use 'sane messages' in which they simply describe the issue or event of concern. This app approach a






46. People -especially those who live in poverty - are at risk of academic difficulties and behavior problems. Children of Lower SES are frequently faced with: (list a few) Poor nutrition - exposure to toxins - inadequate and often unstable housing - and






47. A phenomenon whereby something that an individual has learned at one time affects how the individual learns or performs in a later situation - Influence of previously learned material on new material






48. Babbles






49. If not - they will fear commitment - feel isolated and unable to depend on anybody in the world.






50. Families can provide valuable funds of knowledge (Moll) for teachers to tap into and utilize for successful lessons. Communicating with families - knowing the school community - and appreciating the differences and similarities of family cultures wil