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Welcoming the child with special needs

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Resource Books about Children with Special Needs

  • Azeltine, L., Mueller, E., & Tait, N. (1986).I'm deaf and it's okay. Chicago: Albert Whitman.

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Kits

  • Accepting individual differences. Developmental Learning Materials, 7440 Natchez Avenue, Niles, IL 60648. This kit provides a curriculum for teaching young children about mental retardation, learning disabilities, visual impairment, hearing impairment, and physical impairment. Included are four large flip books, four booklets, and an audio cassette.

  • Kids come in special flavors. The Kids Come in Special Flavors Co., P.O. Box 562, Dayton, OH 45405. This kit focuses on simulation activities. It provides a book of simulation activities, a cassette, and materials for simulation activities. Topics covered are learning disabilities, hearing impairment, mental retardation, visual impairment, cerebral palsy, and spina bifida.

Curriculum Resources

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  1. Mara Jambor
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Mara Jambor is a kindergarten teacher with the Jefferson County School System, Jefferson County, AL.

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Jambor, M. Welcoming the child with special needs. Early Childhood Educ J 17, 40–41 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01623200

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