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Imagine first-year teachers who provide enrichment through instruction that is learner centered and hands on and that challenges students' creative and critical thinking. Also imagine that these teachers are providing such enrichment to all students in both general and special education programs. Further, imagine an innovative teacher-education program where preservice teachers team with general elementary and special education classroom mentors to teach students with a wide range of talents and abilities, including those with average and above average abilities, as well as students with mild learning or behavior problems.

Adaptations must be made in order to maximize the learning potential of children with visual impairments to compensate for learning which occurs through visual observation. As the impetus for integration in national and state legislation accelerates, more young children with visual impairments are being educated in community settings with nondisabled peers. The purpose of this article is to provide the child-care and preschool teacher with information that may facilitate the development of children with visual impairments with integrated or inclusive settings.

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The Battelle Developmental Inventory (BDI) Screening Test is a recently developed, standardized screening tool for use with children from birth to 8 years of age. Although information on the full-scale BDI is becoming available, there is currently little information available on the use of the BDI Screening Test. This study compared the results of the BDI Screening Test to the Denver Developmental Screening Test-Revised (DDST-R) for a population of children with identified handicaps and a population of nonhandicapped children from 6 months to 6 years of age. Fbllow-up to screening was done with a full-scale BDI. The use of the BDI Screening Test in early childhood special education is discussed.