Educational Program Components, Psychology of Education, Early Childhood Education

An Activity-Based Approach to Early Intervention

Name: An Activity-Based Approach to Early Intervention
Author: Kristie Pretti-Frontczak
ISBN: 9781557667366

by Kristie Pretti-Frontczak, Diane D. Bricker

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Overview

The third edition of this highly respected resource has the answers. A classic textbook for preservice professionals and a user-friendly guide for in-service practitioners, An Activity-Based Approach to Early Intervention offers a systematic method for assessing young children and helping them reach their goals. Readers will find thorough, research-based information on activity-based intervention (ABI) -- an approach already trusted by thousands of professionals -- and the strategies they need to use it effectively with children and families. Procedures for successfully implementing ABI are even clearer with this revised third edition. Using experiences with families and feedback from professionals, the authors have refined this guide with a wealth of practical updates. Professionals will find a new chapter on empirical support for ABI, coverage of important issues in the field, new research findings, and more sample forms and vignettes that vividly demonstrate how ABI works. With its creative child-directed techniques and ready-to-use forms, this comprehensive guide to ABI fully prepares students and practitioners alike to make the most of learning opportunities, work as a team with other professionals and families, and help young children reach their goals.

Synopsis

Pretti-Frontczak (Educational Foundations and Special Services, Kent State University) and Bricker (early intervention, University of Oregon) offer a systematic method for assessing young children and helping them reach IEP/IFSP goals, called the activity-based intervention (ABI) approach, and discuss the approach within a linked service delivery system. They provide examples of its application in three broad service delivery models. In this third edition, there is a new chapter on empirical support, and more sample forms and vignettes that demonstrate how ABI works. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR