Sandra Heidemann, M.S., is a decades-long veteran of early childhood education with an emphasis on special needs. Throughout her career she has worked has a teacher, trainer, author, and director. A past board president of the Minnesota Association for the Education of Young Children (MN AEYC), Sandra has published in Young Children and Exchange magazines and is the coauthor of Play: The Pathway from Theory to Practice, published by Redleaf Press. She lives in Minnesota