An Administrator's Suggestions for a Sample Staff Training Program Sequence in an Early Childhood Education Center for Handicapped Children. Vol. 1, No. 2.

Described is a projected 40-hour staff training program in general educational principles for personnel in early childhood education centers. Three developmental goals of early childhood educational programs are said to be: wholesome self concept, acceptable social concepts, and aesthetic concepts. Program aspects discussed are: educational analysis; evaluative or diagnostic instruments, including their administration, type of information furnished, validity, accompanying terminology, and applicability of findings to children; differences in physical ability, strength, size, agility, and coordination of preschool children; social differences of preschool children; theories of learning or thinking as applied to preschool children; school and community relations with emphasis on parental involvement; exploratory workshop for display of available instructional materials and equipment; and individual conferences for program participants. The author then recommends that 20 hours be spent working with handicapped children in general and 20 hours with specific handicapping conditions. (CB)