It also includes behavior children exhibit in play. Special education is specially designed instruction to meet the unique needs of the child. Students with disabilities are students with special learning needs due to physical, sensory, cognitive, or emotional impairments. The Handicapped Children's Early Education Assistance Act of 1968 represented the first major federal recognition of the specific importance of early education. The purpose of this legislation was to support model programs throughout the nation that would demonstrate exemplary practices and share their information with others.
Transition is movement from one stage or program to another.
An important transition in Early Childhood Special Education is that from early intervention programs to preschool programs. This page maintained by Dr. Elouise Jackson . Last updated August 16, 2000. This page made possible in part by TTU's PT3 Technology Grant.