An Introduction to Young Children With Delays and Disabilities Birth Through Age Eight

"As the title indicates, An Introduction to Young Children With Delays and Disabilities: Birth Through Age Eight offers a foundation for professionals who will serve young children with delays and disabilities, from birth through eight years old, and their families. As early intervention/early childhood special education (EI/ECSE) has evolved over the past fifty years, it is increasingly apparent that a comprehensive book is needed to present an overview of this field, which provides services to infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and early primary children with delays and disabilities and their families. As professors at a university with a program in EI/ECSE, we have experienced the need for a textbook to afford a strong foundation for the multifaceted components of the EI/ECSE field. Some introductory special education texts focus exclusively on infants and toddlers, some on preschoolers, and some on children from birth through age five