CARA's Kit for Toddlers: Creating Adaptations for Routines and Activities

CARA's Kit for Toddlers: Creating Adaptations for Routines and Activities

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<DIV><I>Learn more about the insights in this book in online training as part of MCIE's early childhood inclusive education series. Now available for viewing on demand!</I><br><P>To make sure <I>all</I> toddlers in your early childhood program are participating, learning, and thriving, you need to master the art of choosing and using effective adaptations. Practical solutions are in <I>CARA's Kit:</I> a <B>guidebook and CD-ROM</B> brimming with step-by-step ideas for adapting environments, activities, and materials for children 18 to 36 months. <P>A follow-up to the bestselling <I>CARA's Kit for Preschoolers,</I> this real-world guide to successful adaptations is aligned with recommended practices in early childhood special education and early intervention. You'll use this complete kit to <UL><LI><B>implement adaptations in key areas:</B> environment, daily schedule, activities/routines, materials, and requirements or instruction</LI><LI><B>increase engagement and participation for all children</B>, including those with disabilities, challenging behaviors, and other special needs</LI><LI><B>create and use adaptations anywhere</B>—in a home, a child care center, or any other type of early childhood setting</LI><LI><B>improve every aspect of toddlers' development</B>, including physical, social, emotional, communication, and cognitive growth</LI><LI><B>help toddlers make progress toward program standards</B> by creating an environment where all children learn</LI><LI><B>make daily activities run smoothly</B> by addressing children's everyday challenges</LI><LI><B>select and use the least intrusive adaptations</B> to help a child participate</LI></UL><P>With <I>CARA's Kit</I>, you'll have a reader-friendly, <B>full-color quick guide</B> with invaluable tips and suggestions, a clear six-step process for planning and implementing adaptations, and dozens of possible solutions for increasing child participation in activities and routines. You'll also get a <B>multimedia CD-ROM</B> with everything you need to make adaptations work:<UL><LI>a how-to audio presentation in English and Spanish</LI><LI>suggested adaptations for play time, art and sensory experiences, story time, community outings, drop off/pick up, transition between activities, and more</LI><LI>more than 25 PowerPoint slides for preparing a group to use CARA's Kit</LI><LI>an instrument to assess activities/routines, and</LI><LI>printable forms for generating ideas and recording notes on your chosen adaptations and their results.</LI></UL><P>Great for self-study or professional development group sessions, <I>CARA's Kit</I> is a must for early childhood teams across a wide range of settings. You'll use it year after year to ensure the best possible learning environment for young children with and without special needs.</P><P><B>See which domain of school readiness in the Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Outcomes Framework this book addresses.</B></P></DIV></P></P></P>