EARLY INTERVENTION IN NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS

Catalog description

Course targets a broad array of early childhood professionals that comprise the field of early intervention from practitioners to future leaders in the field. Primary focus is on identifying natural opportunities for infants and toddlers to acquire and practice functional skills and behaviors. Recommended practice guidelines of the Division for Early Childhood indicate that interventions should be embedded and distributed within and across the routines, activities and places that are part of the child’s daily experience. Course explores issues related to the various natural environments of the children in search of the routines, activities and places that offer the maximum learning and practice opportunities that are family-centered, developmentally and individually appropriate, culturally sensitive and least intrusive.