1. Preschool Learning Foundations for Special Education:
The California Department of Education
Early Childhood Special Education Field Meetings
Fall 2008
Preschool Learning Foundations
for Special Education:
A Closer Look at the Social-Emotional Development Domain
What is CPIN?:
11 Regions in the State
CPIN Regional staff provide consistent and high quality professional development and resources for ECE administrators and teachers; to prepare all children age 3-5 for school success as they enter kindergarten and beyond and ensure that children learning English and children with disabilities receive appropriate support.
Thank Participants for the outstanding work you are doing to continue to build and create the highest quality preschool programs for all children and for your interest today in the Preschool Learning Foundations as a component of a high quality program.
Purpose of today’s Meeting - To become familiar with the new CA Preschool Learning Foundation Document and the information contained within to that it will be useful to you and your colleagues.
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2. Early Childhood Special Education Leads
Introductions
Early Childhood Special Education Leads
Dillon Henry, Region 9
Dana Eagen, Region 3
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4. Outcomes
Examine the Preschool Learning Foundations with a focus on ECSE
Take a closer look Social-Emotional Development Domain
Consider the relevance and implications for preschool special education practice
Learn more about CPIN opportunities
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5. California Preschool Learning Foundations CDE/CDD/SED 2008
Social-Emotional Development
Language and Literacy
English-Language Development
Mathematics
Visual and Performing Arts
Physical Development
Health
(1 minute)
The icons on the spine of the cover are significant.
Each icon represents a domain.
Note “Volume 1” on the cover.
Volume 1 contains the first four domains (the first four icons reading from the top of the page).
Volume 2 will contain the next three domains (visual/performing arts, physical development, and health),
Volume 3 will contain the last two domains (history/social science and science).
The icons and their colors are used to identify domain sections inside of the book. We will look at the sections of the book more carefully later in the presentation.
History/Social Science
Science
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6. Preschool Learning Foundations ~Domains~
Social-Emotional Development
English- Language Development
Currently, California has developed preschool learning foundations for four domains: Social-Emotional Development, Language and Literacy, English-Language Development, and Mathematics.
The foundations written for each of these domains are based on research and evidence and are enhanced with expert practioners’ suggestions and examples.
Language and Literacy
Mathematics
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7. Foundations are the “WHAT”
Promote understanding of preschool children’s learning and development
At 48 and 60 months
Describe the knowledge and skills children typically attain when in a high-quality preschool program with adequate support

8. Foundations inform the “How To’s”
Guide decisions related to best practices, curriculum, and instructional strategies
Environments and materials
Child-directed play and teacher-guided learning

9. Navigation and Terminology
Map of the Foundations
Social-Emotional Development
Social Interaction
Strand
Domain
Substrand
Age
Foundation
Foundation Description
Examples
Includes notes for children with disabilities

11. “Thank you for teaching me to fetch and roll over, but these are not skills that will help me in the long run.”

12. Social Emotional Foundations
SELF
1.0 Self-Awareness
2.0 Self-Regulation
3.0 Social-Emotional Understanding
4.0 Empathy and Caring
5.0 Initiative in Learning
Highlight the 3 strands (in bold) in the next 3 slides and ask participants to notice how the foundation sub-strands related. Pause to give time to read.

13. Social Emotional Foundations
Social Interaction
1.0 Interactions with Familiar Adults
2.0 Interactions with Peers
3.0 Group Participation
4.0 Cooperation and Responsibility

14. Social Emotional Foundations
Relationships
1.0 Attachment to Parents
2.0 Close Relationships with Teachers and Caregivers
3.0 Friendships

15. Current Research Highlights…
“High quality preschool education that includes an emphasis on children’s social development can reduce rates of challenging behavior and serve as a long-term protective factor for children at risk of developing challenging behaviors”.
NIEER Policy Brief, December 2007.
“Challenging Behaviors and the Role of Preschool Education”
Children with IEPs face challenges in accessing a preschool experience. Many children from disadvantaged environments are in need of the social skills necessary to function in school. These 2 research slides set the stage for Discussion Prompt that follows.

16. Current Research Highlights…
“Young children cannot learn to read if they have problems that distract them from educational activities, problems following directions, problems getting along with others and controlling negative emotions, and problems that interfere with relationships…Learning is a social process”
This makes a case for Soc-Emo Dev. As “School Readiness”
Zins et al., 2004 Excerpted from: Recommended Practices: Linking Social Development and Behavior to School Readiness
Center for Evidence-Based Practice: Young Children with Challenging Behavior

17. Browse and Discuss
How do the Social-Emotional Development Foundations support planning that meets the educational needs of children with disabilities and challenging behavior?
Direct the participants to form groups of 3-6 to review the S-E Foundation within a Strand and discuss the prompt question for 5-8 minutes.
Foundations provide understanding of what is developmentally appropriate.
Foundations define the skills and competencies to be mastered in the social setting of preschool.
Programs must be prepared to positively support kids in this learningRtI, positive behavioral supports, etc.

18. Why Preschool Learning Foundations are Important for Special Education
They inform regular preschool activities for the State of California.
They provide direction and substance to conducting assessments, writing IEPs and implementing programs.
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19. IDEA Citations
FAPE: § Free appropriate public education… includes preschool
Access: § ensure access to the general curriculum, meet the educational standards that apply to all children
IEP Goals: § …including academic and functional goals, that enable the child to be involved in and make progress in the general education curriculum
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20. The Role of Foundations in Early Childhood Special Education
Foundations and the Curriculum Framework define regular preschool activities
Preschool as FAPE/LRE
IEP = access to regular preschool activities
Goals
Accommodations
Services and support
Relate this back to the State Performance Plan Indicators and Law
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21. Addressing IEP Goals Special education is:
Services and supports in the “Least Restrictive Environment”
LRE is an early education experience (preschool)
Preschool is first in a continuum of placement options
Hearken to the beginning of SPED when researchers documented that it wasn’t enough to teach skills in isolation. Needed to generalize them to functional settings.

22. A Closer Look at Social-Emotional Foundations
On your Reflection Sheet:
Think of an IEP goal written for a child in your program .... Jot it down.
Which Strand do you think is addressed?
Work in teams of 2-3:
Find foundation statements and descriptions that relate to your goals. Jot them down.
Discuss how Foundations connect to IEP goals.
Activity:
Need 3-4 copies of Foundations books per table. Collect at the end of activity to avoid theft?
Each bullet should come in on the Click to move the group through the steps.
Next slide can be displayed (Soc-Emo strands) while group works
Direct participants to take out Reflection Sheet
Wrap up discussion: Do IEP goals appropriately match with foundations and child’s
Developmental level?

23. Social-Emotional Development Stands and Substrands
SELF
1.0 Self-Awareness
2.0 Self-Regulation
3.0 Social-Emotional Understanding
4.0 Empathy & Caring
5.0 Initiative in Learning
SOCIAL INTERACTION
1.0 Interactions with Familiar Adults
2.0 Interactions w/ Peers
3.0 Group Participation
4.0 Cooperation and Responsibility
This slide can be posted while the Closer Look activity is conducted.
RELATIONSHIPS
1.0 Attachment to Parents
2.0 Close Relationships with Teachers and Caregivers
3.0 Friendships

24. Supporting children’s positive social and emotional development
Environment
Physical, Sensory, Stability
Curriculum
Relationships
Strategies
Prevention
Routines and schedule
Positive behavior management
Brault, L. & T. “Children with Challenging Behavior: Strategies for Reflective Thinking

25. Next Steps
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26. Get Involved with CPIN !

27. To Learn More Go to: www.cpin.us
CLICK “Find the Regional Leads in Your Area”
SCROLL to “Regional Calendar of Events”
Contact your Special Education Lead to get involved
Attend CPIN events in your area to learn more about all the Foundation domains

28. What’s coming? Curriculum framework for Volume One
Volume 2 & 3 Foundation Domains
DRDP-R/ DRDP access alignment with the Preschool Learning Foundations
Early Childhood Special Education Handbook on LRE and foundation-based IEPs Birth -5
Professional development opportunities
The Special Education Division will be developing an Early Childhood Special Education Handbook to address the use of foundations for children with disabilities and how to use foundations in writing IEPs.
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29. What’s next for your program?
Get to know the foundations & discuss them with your colleagues.
What do they mean for curriculum and instruction?
What do they mean for IEP development and goal writing?
What do they mean for access to regular preschool activities – LRE?
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30. So how come I get adapted leisure skill and gross and fine motor therapy and you just get to play?

31. “There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.”
-Franklin D.
Roosevelt
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