It's for Real, Logging with your Blogging, Week 3

OK. Now is the time to start blogging for real. Select two questions and share your insight, ask question, or present an opinion. Blog entries will be graded for correct spelling, reference to our text, and an image & hyperlink that you created.

Here's what we have in store for us:

CHAPTER 3 Guiding Questions

1. How has the history of early childhood programs influenced current ideas about early childhood special education?
2. How effective are early intervention programs?
3. What three conditions put children at risk? What are examples of each condition?
4. Why is prenatal care important, and what does it involve?
5. What tests are currently available to screen the fetus? What disabilities can they detect?
6. What does the Apgar test measure? When is it applied?
7. What does the IFSP contain?
8. Who should be on a multidisciplinary team and why?
9. What characteristics must early childhood intervention centers have, and what do they offer to families?
10. Why is there an emphasis on early intervention for infants with disabilities?
11. What conditions place an infant “at risk”?
12. What is the first screening test employed by physicians on newborns? What is it used for?
13. What characteristics do children who are in need of early intervention exhibit?
14. Who are some of the professionals that may be members of a “multidisciplinary team” involved in identifying, screening, and/or diagnosing children to qualify for services?
15. How does early intervention improve the functioning of infants with disabilities?
16. What is the role of the family in early intervention?