Developmentally Appropriate Practice: The Casebook

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Pamela Brillante EdD is professor in the Department of Special Education Professional Counseling and Disability Studies at William Paterson University. She has worked as an early childhood special educator administrator and New Jersey state specialist in early childhood special education. She is the author of the NAEYC book The Essentials: Supporting Young Children with Disabilities in the Classroom. Dr. Brillante continues to work with schools to develop high-quality inclusive early childhood programs.   Jennifer J. Chen EdD is professor of early childhood and family studies at Kean University. She earned her doctorate from Harvard University. She has authored or coauthored more than 60 publications in early childhood education. Dr. Chen has received several awards including the 2020 NAECTE Foundation Established Career Award for Research on ECTE the 2021 Kean Presidential Excellence Award for Distinguished Scholarship and the 2022 NJAECTEs Distinguished Scholarship in ECTE/ECE Award.   Stephany Cuevas EdD is assistant professor of education in the Attallah College of Educational Studies at Chapman University. Dr. Cuevas is an interdisciplinary education scholar whose research focuses on family engagement Latinx families and the postsecondary trajectories of first-generation students. She is the author of Apoyo Sacrifical Sacrificial Support: How Undocumented Parents Get Their Children to College (Teachers College Press).   Christyn Dundorf PhD has more than 30 years of experience in the early learning field as a teacher administrator and adult educator. She serves as codirector of Teaching Preschool Partners a nonprofit organization working to grow playful learning and inquiry practices in school-based pre-K programs and infuse those practices up into the early grades.  Emily Brown Hoffman PhD is assistant professor in early childhood education at National Louis University in Chicago. She received her PhD from the University of Illinois at Chicago in Curriculum & Instruction Literacy Language & Culture. Her focuses include emergent literacy leadership play and creativity and school family and community partnerships.   Daniel R. Meier PhD is professor of elementary education at San Francisco State University. His publications include Critical Issues in Infant-Toddler Language Development: Connecting Theory to Practice (editor) Supporting Literacies for Children of Color: A Strength-Based Approach to Preschool Literacy (author) and Learning Stories and Teacher Inquiry Groups: Reimagining Teaching and Assessment in Early Childhood Education (coauthor).   Gayle Mindes EdD is professor emerita DePaul University. She is the author of Assessing Young Children fifth edition (with Lee Ann Jung) and Social Studies for Young Children: Preschool and Primary Curriculum Anchor third edition (with Mark Newman). Dr. Mindes is also the editor of Teaching Young Children with Challenging Behaviors: Practical Strategies for Early Childhood Educators and Contemporary Challenges in Teaching Young Children: Meeting the Needs of All Students.   Lisa R. Roy EdD is executive director for the Colorado Department of Early Childhood. Dr. Roy has supported families with young children for over 30 years serving as the director of program development for the Buffett Early Childhood Institute as the executive director of early childhood education for Denver Public Schools and in various nonprofit and government roles.