Encouraging young children to follow the six-foot guideline for social and physical distancing to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus is a challenge for early childhood teachers. One effective way to do so is to provide visual reminders of how far away they should be from other people by placing stickers on the floor that are six feet…

This article describes a language-based intervention model that the authors successfully implemented with Latinx families and their children with language delays. The model can be adjusted to a variety of settings (e.g., homes, schools, clinics) to provide a research-based, bilingual intervention that can increase the language skills of Latinx…

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the vulnerable refugee populations of the world need more support than ever before. As refugees (both children and adults) struggle to make sense of this pandemic with very few to no resources, iACT, an international nonprofit organization that provides humanitarian action to aid, empower, and extend hope to those…

Currently, students in early childhood special education programs experience social isolation. To ameliorate the inappropriate behaviors that often contribute to this isolation, it is imperative that educators begin to include instruction in appropriate social interaction in the general education early childhood curriculum for children with…

Argues that, in comparison to other approaches, an ecological approach to intervention with young handicapped children best meets the goal of creating the most supportive and stable environment for such children. Five brief case studies are included in support of the argument. (Author/RH)

Reviews four interactional parent training programs designed to improve language and communication skills of developmentally delayed children through parent-child interaction. Programs include the Ecological Communication Organization, Developmental Language Program, Putting Two Words Together, and Hensen Early Language Parent Program. (BB)

Provides rationales based on current research for extending the length of kindergarten school day and for lowering entrance age to four years. Considers a variety of environmental and educational factors. A holistic view of these educational changes is suggested so that the long-range impact on the child, the school, and the elementary school…

Summarizes recent ERIC documents on at-risk children. (Author/BB)

Discusses Louis E. Raths' educational theories and their implications for classroom teaching. Maintains that theories of children's empowerment have existed in Rath's work for 50 years. (BB)