Children and Challenging Behavior: Volume 2
Children and Challenging Behavior:
Making Inclusion Work, Volume 2
Forty copyright-free training activities that a leader can use with staff.
Edited by Cindy Croft and Deborah Hewitt
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Price: $16.00 (Volume 2)

© 2004
269 pages, loose-leaf, 3 hole punched, shrink-wrapped
Each of the 40 training activities has the following components:

Purpose Statement: opens the activity and gives participants the overall goal of the activity.

Outcome Statement: presented at the beginning of the activity, the outcome statement tells the participants what they can expect to learn from the activity.

Time: shows how long it will take to complete the activity.  The time will vary by participant number and experience of the trainer.

Group Size: gives the number of participants needed in order to effectively carry out the activity.  This is often variable and will depend on trainer experience.

Training Method: shows how the training will be carried out, as in small or large group discussion, video, role play, etc.  It is important to vary the training methods used in a workshop to meet the varied learning needs of participants.

Supplies: lists the items needed to effectively carry out the training activity.

Source: names the original author of the activity.  Activities designed by Project EXCEPTIONAL MN staff or consultants are credited to Project EXCEPTIONAL MN.

Preparation: tells the trainer the steps to complete the activity.

Start the Activity: suggests ways to begin each activity.

Large or Small Group Discussion: details the steps for leading small group work and large group feedback.  This is important for experiential learning to take place.

Key Points: concludes the activity by pointing out the main concepts presented in the training activity.

Activity Worksheet: allows for participants to be actively involved in the training activity.
About the Editors
Deborah Hewitt
Deborah is the author of So This Is Normal Too? and coauthor of Pathways to Play: Developing Play Skills in Young Children and The Optimistic Classroom: Creative Ways to Give Children Hope.  She began her work with young children as a therapeutic preschool teacher in the inner city and continues by teaching in a Learning Readiness preschool program.  She also consults with childcare practitioners and conducts workshops for early childhood professionals.  She has served as a CDA Advisor and on the board of directors of the Minnesota Association for the Education of Young Children (MnAEYC).

Cindy Croft
Cindy coordinates Project EXCEPTIONAL MN, a statewide network for promoting and supporting inclusive early childhood and school-age programs and providers.  She has her M.A. in Education with Early Childhood Emphasis and serves as adjunct faculty at Concordia University, St. Paul, Minnesota and the Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Minneapolis, Minnesota.  She is an active early childhood trainer, specializing in special needs and inclusion workshops.  She serves on the board of the Minnesota Early Childhood and School Age Trainers Association.

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