In recent years, instructional technology procedures have been utilized in developing various types of packaged curricula in the field of early education. This article describes the development of packaged curricula which address the broad skill areas of receptive and expressive language, motor, self-help and social emotional development Preliminary data regarding intervention effectiveness is presented.
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