FPG Product Summary

QuickNotes 2nd Edition
Inclusion Resources for Early Childhood Professionals

Author(s): Patricia W. Wesley, Brenda C. Dennis, & Sabrina T. Tyndall
Resource Compilation , 349  pages
Published August 2007

What is QuickNotes? QuickNotes is a resource notebook of information sheets covering a broad range of topics related to high quality care of young children in a variety of settings including public and private child care centers and homes, preschool programs, and developmental day programs. The content is organized in 10 modules and applies to a wide audience of early care and education teachers, teaching assistants, administrators, specialists such as therapists and early interventionists, and families. The modules present current information and strategies based on the best available research and professional wisdom from the early childhood field. Module Topics I. Typical Child Development II. Developmental Disabilities III. Setting Up the Early Childhood Environment IV. Early Childhood Curriculum V. What is Early Childhood Inclusion? VI. Including Children with Disabilities VII. Health and Safety VIII. Healthy Social Emotional Development IX. Families X. Transition to Kindergarten (new to 2nd edition) This second edition of the product (first published in 1998) presents updated terminology, references, and new print and web resources.

Project: PFI

Contact: Brenda Coleman  (pfi@mail.fpg.unc.edu)