Organized by season, Inclusive Lesson Plans Throughout the Year has over 150 lesson plans for teachers who have children with special needs in their early childhood classrooms. Each lesson plan has a learning objective, materials list, directions for preparation, an assessment component, extension activities to connect the lesson plan to different areas of the curriculum, and adaptations for children with special needs. The lesson plans with modifications to include all children are designed for teachers who need to adapt their classrooms for children with autism; speech, hearing, visual, or orthopedic impairments; ADHD; or learning disabilities.
Cynthia Simpson, Ph.D., has more than 16 years of experience in the public and private sector as a preschool teacher, special education teacher, elementary teacher, educational diagnostician, and administrator. She is currently in the higher education sector. She maintains an active role in the education and childcare industry and as an educational consultant in the areas of assessment and inclusive practices. Her professional responsibilities include serving on the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)/National Association of Young Children (NAEYC) Review Panel, as well as holding the position of State Advisor to the Texas Educational Diagnostician Association. She also represents college teachers as the Vice President of Legislative Affairs for Texas Association of College Teachers. Cynthia has many publications to her credit and is a featured speaker at the international, national, and state level. She is currently an associate professor in the College of Education at Sam Houston State University where she teaches courses in Early Childhood and Special Education. Cynthia was recently awarded the 2008 Susan Phillips Gorin Award, the highest honor that can be bestowed on a professional member of the Council for Exceptional Children by its student membership. Her honors also include the 2007 Katheryn Varner Award (awarded by Texas Council for Exceptional Children) and the 2009 Wilma Jo Bush Award.
Cynthia Simpson lives in Spring, Texas with her husband Bob and three children, Jacqueline, Bobby and Christopher.
