Melba Bunch

Education Specialist ~ Preschool / Promising Practices

PH: 254-297-1145

Email: mbunch@esc12.net

Melba Bunch Ed. Specialist III / Project Coordinator-CIRCLE, Teaching & Learning - Special Education B.S. Elementary Education/Special Education, West Texas State University, Canyon, Texas M.S. Low Incidence Preschool, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas

Melba is the TEEM Project Coordinator and PPCD Specialist. Melba has 29 years experience in Early Childhood and Special Education. I have held positions in working in Special Education for the preschool child, experience in working for the ECI in the state of Texas. Currently I am working with the University of Texas at Houston as the TEEM Project Coordinator/Mentor for the last 3 years. I am currently working as a mentor for Waco ISD, EOAC Head Start in Waco and local child care agencies. I have been at the Education Service Center for 15 years and have served as the PPCD specialist, and Teacher of the Visually Impaired.

 

 

As we all know the booklet "It's Still a Good IDEA" is out dated due to the current law changing. Here is the new version "It's a New Idea" It's in Spanish and English.

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TEA/ECI Early Transition MOU
Beyond ECI

Please click here for "Get Ready to Read Screening Tool" This is really cool!!!

Web sites
Preschool Programs for Children with Disablities
High/Scope home page
High/Scope Ideas
Perpetual Preschool
Early Childhood Bookmarks
Pre-K Guidelines
Kinder Art
Activities for the child with severe profound disabilities
Articles about Autism
Autism: Interventions and Strategies for Success
TEACCH Work Jobs
Fight Autism Now
Idea Box
LD online
Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Kids Reading Birth-6 years of age
Power of Play
Zero To Three
Teaching Children with ADHD: Instructional strategies and practices
Meeting Great Expectations: Integrating Early Education Program standards in Child Care
Nebraska Autism Parent Booklet
Interactive products that support language and literacy development
Starfall lern-to-read website
Resource Guide Selected Early Childhood/Early Intervention Training Materials
Considerations Related to Developing a System for Measuring outcomes for Young Children with Disabilities and Their Families
Uses and Misuses of Data on Outcomes for Children with Disabilities
NECTAC Clearinghouse on Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education
Early Development - Fragile X
Final Report of the NGA Task Force on School Readiness
Children's Emotional Development is Built into the Archiecture of Their Brains
Walking the Walk: A Guide to Diversity Resources for Trainers
Early Identification of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children (Aged 0-5) - Minibibliography
EARLY EXPERIENCE IN SCHOOL SETS THE STAGE FOR LATER PROGRESS
Children's Mental Health: An Overview and Key Considerations for Health System Stakeholders
Effective Early Childhood Programs
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See my workshops

Question? ask Melba

 

Below you will find pictures of various presentations. Please note these are photos and they are very large files it may take a while to go from picture to picture. You use your curser to click from picture to picture.

Active Learning Little Room

Learning Environments

Visual Strategies