Sarah A. Avtzon, PhD Candidate, Assistant Professor, Master's Program in Early Childhood Special Education; Early Childhood Director, Daemen College; Researcher studying the effects of computer-based cognitive skill training on the cognitive performance and achievement of young children with learning disabilities
Mrs. Avtzon was an Educational Director of a Headstart, UPK and Inclusion program. She established a sensory clinic in the preschool and developed a sensory-based curriculum to assist teachers in carrying over goals and interventions to the classroom daily routine and activities. In addition, Sarah is a vibrant workshop leader and consultant for over 60 preschools in NYC, training teachers in implementing a developmentally appropriate curriculum and using a transdiscilplinary approach to intervention of children with special needs
From birth, play is the way children inquire and learn about the world around them. This fast -paced workshop with Mrs. Sarah Avtzon, is designed to reinforce the importance of hands-on, play-based learning in the early years and discusses how play is “getting them ready”.
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