practice guides with adaptations & spanish translations webinar 1

Practice Guides with Adaptations & Practice Guides with Adaptations & Spanish Translations WebinarSpanish Translations Webinar

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Welcome!Welcome!

• Introductions• Overview

– Today’s Webinar– Webinar Series

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Today’s WebinarToday’s Webinar

• Training Reminders

• Universal Practice Guides

• Translated Practice Guides

• Practice Guides with Adaptations

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Introduce

Illustrate

Practice

Evaluate

Deep Understanding: Reflection and Mastery

Training Reminders – Use the Participatory Adult Training Reminders – Use the Participatory Adult Learning StrategyLearning Strategy

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Literacy-Rich Environments

Everyday Literacy

Activities

Early Literacy

Outcomes

Responsive Teaching

Child Interests

Training Reminders – Focus on the Early Literacy Learning ModelTraining Reminders – Focus on the Early Literacy Learning Model

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Training Reminders - Tools & ResourcesTraining Reminders - Tools & Resources

• Tools for training and use in the field:– http://www.earlyliteracylearning.org/ta_pract_tools1.php

• Other resources:– http://www.earlyliteracylearning.org/ta_pract_main.php

• Distance Learning Website:– http://www.earlyliteracylearning.org/dl_overview.php

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What is a CELL practice guide?What is a CELL practice guide?

• Developed to help practitioners & parents promote infants’, toddlers’, and preschoolers’ literacy learning using interest-based, highly engaging activities

• Each practice guide asks and answers:– What is the practice?– What does the practice look like?– How do you do the practice?– How do you know the practice worked?

• Each practice guide has three vignettes that illustrate the early literacy practice described

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What is a CELL practice guide?What is a CELL practice guide?

• Can be used by parents, practitioners who work with parents, and practitioners who work directly with children

• Can be used with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers

• Cover all domains of early literacy - listening comprehension, oral language, phonological awareness, print awareness, written language, alphabet knowledge, and text comprehension

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What are the types of CELL practice guides?What are the types of CELL practice guides?

• Universal Practice Guides– A set for use by parents and practitioners who work

with parents; some available in Spanish– A set for use by practitioners who work directly with

children

• Practice Guides with Adaptations– A set for use by parents or practitioners

• Specialized Practice Guides (forthcoming)

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Universal Practice GuidesUniversal Practice Guides

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Parent Practitioner

Infant – English 29 30

Infant – Spanish 6 0

Toddler – English 23 23

Toddler – Spanish 6 0

Preschooler – English 16 15

Preschooler - Spanish 5 0

Total – English 68 68

Total – Spanish 17 0

Universal Practice Guides – English and Universal Practice Guides – English and Spanish ExamplesSpanish Examples

• Universal Practice Guides are located at : http://www.earlyliteracylearning.org/productsct.php

• English example:– For parents of preschoolers -“A is for Apple”

• Spanish example:– For parents of preschoolers -“M de Mama”

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Practice Guides with AdaptationsPractice Guides with Adaptations

• For use by parents or practitioners with children with disabilities to make it easier for them to participate in early literacy learning activities

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Parents/Practitioners

Infants 5

Toddlers 5

Preschoolers 5

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Why Adaptations?Why Adaptations?

• Ensure that children with disabilities:– Can express their interests and have them interpreted

correctly– Can engage in early literacy activities– Can become skillful and competent in early literacy

activities and behaviors– Can master early literacy behaviors

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Adaptation ContinuumAdaptation Continuum

• Remember the adaptation continuum – provide the least intrusive adaptation necessary for the child to participate in an activity– Adapt environment– Adapt activity– Adapt materials– Adapt instruction– Provide direct assistance

• The practice guides with adaptations were developed with this continuum in mind

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Practice Guides with Adaptations - ExamplePractice Guides with Adaptations - Example

• Practice Guides with Adaptations are located at : http://www.earlyliteracylearning.org/pg_tier2.php

• Example:– For toddlers - “Book Reading Made Fun for All”

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Wrap-upWrap-up

• Questions & Answers• Upcoming webinars

– Profile CELL products, on the website now at http://www.earlyliteracylearning.org/ta_pract_main.php

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More Information?More Information?

For more Technical Assistance support please visit;

http://www.EarlyLiteracyLearning.org

Or send an email to info@puckett.org

Please reference CELL in the subject line.

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