The booklet describes a graduate program offered at Wheelock College (MA) in teaching preschool disabled children. It is explained that the program allows inservice students to work toward their degree while receiving on the job supervision as teachers or aides. The cooperating teachers receive support and a course voucher from the college for…

The paper summarized the rationale for early intervention programs and describes the major components of the Project WISP (Wyoming Infant Stimulation Program) center-based program for handicapped young children (18-36 months). Early intervention for handicapped children is justified from five points-of-view: prevention of failure during subsequent…

The document presents the 1978-79 final evaluation report for the North Central Louisiana Model Preschool Program for Handicapped Children, which provides a model program of services for 30 to 40 preschool children, demonstrates this model to other school districts throughout Louisiana, and assists those who desire to replicate it. The project…

"They should be as much a part of schools as the normal apparatus in the gym." This is the view of the Action Space experimental arts group, who pioneered the use of inflatables. (Editor)

Describes a child care preschool program designed for children of university students. (SB)

This article presents a few specific programs designed to accelerate appropriate social and verbal behavior" in preschool children. Appended are 23 references. (Author/AA)

Provides an overview of child care through description of (1) a nursery managed by a neighborhood group in charge of community affairs and intended for children under three and (2) a kindergarten run by a municipality for children between three and six and one-half. (RH)

The Magnolia Speech School for the Deaf (Jackson, Mississippi) provides an intensive reading program for five preschool children. The program consists of four areas: the story reading session, primer reading, vocabulary development, and phonics. (SB)

Describes four different and exemplary preschools: Small World Center for Creativity (Boise, Idaho); the Creative Play Center (Worthington, Ohio); Westmoreland Cooperative Preschool (University of Oregon, Eugene); and Montessori Gardens School (Hilton Head Island, South Carolina). Also gives tips on running a preschool. (SJL)

Describes a program in which both handicapped and nonhandicapped children learn and grow through their mutual interaction. (MP)

This document describes the 25 exemplary programs serving young children and their families in West Virginia. The programs were participating in the final stages of a process for state recognition as an exemplary program by the Early Education Quality Improvement Project Committee of the Governor's Early Childhood Implementation Commission in West…

The Lekotek, a toylending library program for mentally retarded children which started in Sweden, has expanded to serve families with disabled children in Evanston, Illinois. The Lekotek procedure involves a parental interview to determine the child's needs and family visits in which a Lekotek leader has a one-hour session with the child and then…

The final report discusses achievements of a 3 year program for hearing impaired preschoolers. The following topics are addressed in the report: program objectives (involving the community, improving student skills, and training parents); program variables (personnel, process of conducting program activities, and student behavioral changes); the…

Describes a preschool program in which all skills, including academic and social skills, are taught through movement. Children are introduced to over 300 physical activities and sports in a year's time including: balance beam, parallel bars, trampoline, swimming, hockey, basketball, golf, archery, track, and volleyball. (JMB)