This session will focus on facilitating STEM -based conversations focused on storybooks as you read with preschoolers with autism. Practical strategies and recommendations will be shared.
Presenter: Bonnie Ingelin
Ken Wilson-Max, author of the award-winning children's book, Astro Girl talks about his book and how practitioners and families may use the book to talk about developing a positive STEM identity. Astro Girl won the UK science awards Early Years STEAM 2020 award and chosen as one of the Bank Street College of Education’s 2020 Best Children’s Books of the Year in the US.
Credits: Thanks to Ken Wilson-Max, author/illustrator and publishers (Candlewick Press, Otterbarry Books) for granting permission for the reading of Astro Girl in English and Spanish.
Practical strategies and tools for dialogic reading with young children with significant disabilities to include those who are blind, visually impaired, or deaf-blind.
Presenters: Marites Altuna & Sabrina McAdoo
Closing remarks by Dr. Larry Wexler, Division Director, Research to Practice Division, Office of Special Education Programs, US Department of Education