Early Childhood Special Education

ECE 151: Importance of KY’s Early Childhood Standards and Early Intervention Assessment Data (1.5 hours) First STEPS Only*

Welcome to the Importance of KY’s Early Childhood Standards and First Steps Assessments course. This course is for Kentucky Early Intervention providers only.

ECE 121: Help! How do I work with Children with a Visual Impairment? (2 hours)

This 2-hour course will introduce you to the general characteristics of children with a visual impairment, and describe how you can include children with a visual impairment in your early care and education setting.

ECE 151: Importance of KY’s Early Childhood Standards and Early Intervention Assessment Data (1.5 hours)

Welcome to the Importance of KY’s Early Childhood Standards and First Steps Assessments course. This course is for KEIS providers only.

ECE 148: The Administration of the Carolina Curriculum for Preschoolers with Special Needs – Second Edition (CCPSN) (4 hours)

You will have 90 days to complete this online course. Should you need additional time, please use the Contact Us button below.

ECE 124: Help! How do I Teach my Children Self-Regulation? (1 hour)

This 1-hour course is an introduction to understanding self-regulation in young children.

Content Developed by: Caroline Gooden and Julie Kraska

Target Audience: Early Care, intervention and Education providers

Help! How do I Support the Emotional Health of Young Children?

This 3-hour course will introduce how emotional health is defined, why it is important, key relationships that influence young children’s emotional development, and the components of emotional health, including temperament styles.

Content developed by: Caroline Gooden, Human Development Institute, University of Kentucky
Sponsored by: Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Division of Child Care
Hours: 3, approved for child care licensing renewal
Target Audience: all early care and education staff

ECE 120: Help! How do I Create Exciting, Accessible Spaces for ALL Children? (1 hour)

This 1-hour course is an introduction to creating accessible spaces for children with special needs in early care settings. The course includes interactive, low budget ideas for successfully integrating children with special needs in all areas and activities. This course explores various ways to improve room arrangement for inclusive activities.

Content developed by: Kim Gipson and Caroline Gooden, Human Development Institute, University of Kentucky.

Sponsored by: Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Division of Child Care and the Franklin Porter Graham Institute, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill.

Credit hours: 1, approved for child care licensing renewal.

Target Audience: all early care and education staff.

ECE 122: Help! How do I Provide the Best Environment to Children with Down Syndrome? (3 hours)

This course will introduce you to the general characteristics of children with Down syndrome, outline what inclusion means, and then describe how you can include children with Down syndrome in your early care and education setting.

This online course includes ideas for creating an inclusive classroom, modifying the curriculum and making accommodations, developing different strategies for reading, writing, and math, encouraging independence, and incorporating technology.