Participants will:
Recognize how diagnosed or as-yet-to-be-diagnosed challenges impact students' experiences in an early childhood setting.
Understand how issues with sensory integration and receptive and expressive language impact a child's individual experience in the classroom and behavior.
Will learn concrete strategies and techniques for adapting experiences for these students.
Facilitated by Meredith Polsky
Meredith Polsky co-founded Matan in 2000 and currently serves as Matan’s Senior Director of Programs and Partnerships. A 2017 Covenant Award winner, is often called upon as an expert voice in the field of Jewish disability inclusion. She teaches courses in Jewish Special Education at Gratz College and from 2014-2021 Meredith served as the part-time inclusion specialist at Gan Ami, a Jewish early childhood program in Rockville, MD.
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She is a licensed clinical social worker at Counseling Out Loud, specializing in Selective Mutism, and is co-author of the I Have a Question book series (Jessica Kingsley Publishers), helping children with disabilities (and all children!) grapple with difficult topics.