1. Identify the differences and similarities between Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) and Early Childhood Education (ECE).
2. Discuss the historical and philosophical bases for ECSE.
3. Identify ECSE: what it is, who it serves, state and federal statutes & governance, and the roles of program workers (professionals, paraprofessionals, and
volunteers), and parents play in service delivery.
4. Identify and explain the planning documents and regulations used in ECSE: the Individual Education Plan (IEP) and the Individualized Family Services Plan
(IFSP).
5. Explain the rules regarding eligibility, personnel qualifications, service quality and other aspects of operating programs for young children.
6. Discuss and become familiar with technology, including communications technologies ECSE programs can use to improve program-parent relations and
adaptive technology devices and services that may assist young children with disabilities.
7. Identify cultural diversity issues with respect to children receiving services, access to technology, ECSE workers, and family program dynamics.
8. Explain federal statutory and regulatory requirements for ECSE programs.
9. Explain the rights of parents in any dispute with ECSE program staff.
10. Discuss the physical, intellectual, emotional and cognitive domain as they pertain to normal development, developmental delays and disabilities.
11. Identify, describe and explain the problems of physical development including cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, spina bifida, amputation, traumatic brain
injury, and spinal chord injury.
12. Identify and describe the communication network covering hearing, vision, speech and language impairments.
13. Identify and describe the cognitive domain as it pertains to the spectrum of learning ability from delayed to gifted.