Child’s Goal: Asking for Help
These videos highlight the four steps of a Planned Instructional Sequence as an educator helps a child work on asking for help.
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Children with Disabilities
Young children vary in their skills, knowledge, backgrounds, and abilities. Effective teaching requires individualized teaching and chances to learn for all children to access, participate, and thrive in early learning settings. Individualizing for children who need more support helps ensure effective teaching for children with disabilities and other special needs across all the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework domains. Using children’s Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) and Individualized Education Program (IEP) goals is part of effective teaching, individualizing, and creating environments to support children’s positive outcomes.
Child’s Goal: Following 2-step Directions
Check out these videos for examples of an educator using the steps of a Planned Instructional Sequence to help a child learn to follow directions.
Child’s Goal: Imitating Actions
These videos show how an educator helps a child imitate actions by using the four steps of a Planned Instructional Sequence.
Child’s Goal: Labeling Letters
Follow an example of how an educator completes each of the four steps of a Planned Instructional Sequence to help a child label a letter.
FAQs About the 10% Enrollment Requirement
Head Start programs are expected to ensure that 10% of their actual enrollment are children eligible for services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Find answers to common questions here.
Visual Supports for Infants and Toddlers
Explore this special collection of visuals that was designed to support the participation and learning of young children between the ages of 16 to 36 months.
Highly Individualized Teaching and Learning
These 15-minute In-service Suites are a professional development resource for staff in busy, active early childhood centers and programs. They are organized around one topic and address effective teaching practices.
Curriculum Modifications: An Introduction
This in-service suite gives an overview of eight types of curriculum modifications. Teachers can use these simple changes to classroom activities to increase a child’s engagement and learning.
Break It Down: Turning Goals into Everyday Teaching Opportunities
Use these methods to break down a learning goal into smaller steps. Breaking down a goal into easier objectives helps a child to make steady progress in mastering a skill.
Activity Matrix: Organizing Learning Throughout the Day
This in-service suite introduces the activity matrix as an effective tool for teachers to organize learning opportunities for children who need additional support during daily classroom activities and routines.
