Twins and Supertwins - A Handbook for Early Childhood Professionals

Approximately one in every thirty children born today is a twin or supertwina child of a higher-order multiple birth, such as a triplet or quadruplet. With twins and supertwins an increasingly growing population in preschool classrooms, early childhood professionals have more questions and concerns regarding the best ways to care for and educate preschool-age children of multiple births. Twins and Supertwins addresses these issues and highlights the best program practices supported by recent research and study findings, includes information on physical, social, emotional, and language development, identifies unique needs of twins and supertwins, and offers guidance to create partnerships with families.