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Updated February 8, 2010The following links may be of interest as you search the world wide web for information on inclusive child care and other related topics. Many of the sites listed below are good starting points for additional links. The descriptions come from the sites themselves and are not offered with any official Map to Inclusive Child Care or WestEd endorsement.*
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AblePlay™ is a toy rating system and website that provides comprehensive information on toys for children with special needs so parents, special educators, therapist and others can make the best choices for the children in their lives with disabilities. Developed by the National Lekotek Center, a nonprofit authority on play for children with disabilities, AblePlay™ will provide parents, and the professionals who work with them, access to the most useful, product-specific information about the top play and learning products and toys for children with disabilities. |
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All Children Are Special: How to Know When a Child Needs Help |
A Manual for Parents and Child Care Providers by the Children’s Inclusive Care Council of Amador and Calaveras Counties. |
An Administrator's Guide to Preschool Inclusion |
This guide is for administrators who are responsible for setting up, monitoring, supporting, and maintaining inclusive programs for preschool children. Topics include: quality, collaboration, staff development, costs and financing, family-centered inclusion, and systems change. |
Blended Practices for Teaching Young Children in Inclusive Settings |
Bridging the gap between special and general education, Blended Practices for Teaching Young Children in Inclusive Settings integrates knowledge about effective practices for teaching young children with and without disabilities into one comprehensive approach, giving teachers the explicit guidance. Early childhood teachers will use this as a reference for years to come as they blend best practices from special and general education, develop effective curricula for inclusive classrooms, and improve outcomes for all children. |
Boundless Playgrounds is a national nonprofit dedicated to helping communities create extraordinary playgrounds where all children, with and without disabilities, can develop essential skills for life as they learn together through play. |
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Each newsletter release offers the reader articles on a variety of topics of interest to teachers and administrators of early care and education programs. |
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Building Blocks for Teaching Preschoolers with Special Needs |
This easy-to-use guidebook offers strategies for teaching children with special needs in an inclusive classroom, tailoring activities to individual needs, and working on a child’s IEP goals. At the heart of the book is the authors’ Building Blocks model, three practical methods teachers can use to include young children with disabilities in the classroom: curriculum modifications that allow all children to participate, embedded learning opportunities that are used within typical classroom activities, and child-focused instructional strategies that help children achieve individual learning objectives. |
Building an Inclusive “Preschool for All” Program |
Child Care Law Center. San Francisco, CA: (2004) |
California Parent Organizations - Quality Assurance Process (CA Dept of Education) |
This website contains a list of California agencies providing resources for families of children with disabilities. |
CARA‘S KIT Creating Adaptations for Routines and Activities |
Milbourne, S. A., & Campbell, P.H., Philadelphia, PA: Child and Family Research Programs, Thomas Jefferson University. (2007).
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CMI is an instructional strategy that provides students / participants with opportunities to employ theory, facts and specific skills in problem-solving and decision-making applications based on real-life situations. This site offers many features, including information on how to use CMI in teaching and training cases that illustrate dilemmas related to inclusion and natural environments. |
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The mission of the Center for Inclusive Child Care is to create, promote and support pathways to successful inclusive care for all children. The project is a comprehensive resource network for promoting and supporting inclusive early childhood and school-age programs and providers. We provide leadership, administrative support, training, and consultation to early care and education providers, school-age care providers, parents, and the professionals who support providers and parents of children with special needs. The Center for Inclusive Child care envisions weaving the common threads of knowledge, respect and sensitivity to create and sustain opportunities for high quality, culturally responsive inclusive care in which children and their families are supported and nurtured. |
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Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) |
The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning is a national center focused on strengthening the capacity of child care and Head Start programs to improve the social and emotional outcomes of young children. |
The Center on Inclusion in Early Childhood is dedicated to sharing knowledge, fostering skills, and encouraging attitudes that promote inclusion as a core component of excellence in early childhood. The website offers a variety of products, informational newsletters and links to help teach individuals more about inclusion. The organization conducts a variety of trainings and studies, all of which are described on the website.
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This website is for early childhood service providers and families of young children. It offers interactive demonstrations of and information about the effective practices of inclusive educational programs for children from birth through age eight. Also included are a multitude of materials available for download, including both research articles and reproducible forms. All information on the website is accessible in English, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, and Chinese. |
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ConnectAbility is a Canadian website and virtual community dedicated to lifelong learning and support for people who have an intellectual disability, their families and support networks. The core of our community is accessible, self-directed access to valuable information and tools, ready on demand. Unique features include “Tip Sheets,” “Workshops” and “Radio Shows.”
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Birth-5: This guide contains all the helpful information found in the original DEC Recommended Practices, plus real life examples and practical tips for implementation. This wonderful book includes strategies for program assessment and improvement, useful checklists for parents and administrators, and an annotated list of relevant resources. |
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Disability is Natural |
The mission of this site is to encourage new ways of thinking about developmental disabilities, in the belief that changes in our attitudes and actions can help create a society where all children and adults with developmental disabilities have opportunities to live the lives of their dreams, included in all areas of life.
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People with disabilities have an exciting and rich history that should be shared with the world. This website is dedicated to sharing this history. Features include a timeline of disability history, a list of famous people with disabilities, bibliographies of specific disability areas, and a section of website links. |
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This site has an extensive list of links to nonprofit organizations and government agencies serving people with disabilities in California. |
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This web site describes a five year national research project examining the inclusion of preschool children with disabilities in typical preschool, day care and community settings. Findings of the project are presented, as are various presentations and resources related to inclusion. |
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Information included on the website includes a broad range of topics on young children's everyday learning opportunities and natural learning environments. Website content is based on more than 15 years of research and practice on the characteristics and consequences of everyday learning of children from birth to six years of age. Several bibliographies related to natural learning environments are also available to download from the website. |
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The Possibilities project provides parents and practitioners with the tools to identify their children's special interests and assets, to match them to exciting resources and opportunities in their child's home and community, and to promote participation in those activities. The project’s website provides background information about the study, reference materials, related products, and links to other resources. |
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Family & Child Transitions Into Least Restrictive Environments |
Key resources offered on this website include an extensive discussion of how service providers and family members can ease the transitions of young children who have special needs as they enter preschool, facilitating inclusion in preschool settings, planning school transitions, and writing interagency agreements on transition. |
Family Guided Approaches to Early Intervention Training and Services (FACETS) |
The FACETS project provides training for family-guided, activity based intervention strategies. The website offers a description of the project and training, family stories, and internet resources. |
The Family Village is a global community that integrates information, resources and communication opportunities on the Internet for persons with cognitive and other disabilities, for their families and for those that provide them services. The community includes informational resources on specific diagnoses, communication connections, adaptive products and technology, adaptive recreational activities, education, health issues, disability-related media and literature, and much more. |
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The Council for Exceptional Children provides up to date information about IDEA. Information about the specifics of the law is provided. The website discusses many other issues relevant to children with disabilities. |
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National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). |
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From defining inclusion to discussing the ethics of inclusion to offering a variety of print, video, and web resources, this site provides a nice introduction to inclusion. |
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ICI is committed to developing resources and supports for people with disabilities and their families, fostering interdependence, productivity, and inclusion in school and community settings. To achieve that goal, the organization’s website offers an impressive array of online publications crucial for individuals with disabilities to understand including those related to transition planning, families, health care, employment, policy. The website also provides an extensive listing of links to other websites of interest to individuals with disabilities. |
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Kids Included Together (KIT) was founded in 1997. Its mission is to support recreational, child development, and youth development programs that include children with and without disabilities. KIT's goals are to enrich the lives of all who participate and to increase understanding and acceptance of disabilities as a natural part of life.
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NAEYC.org" target="blank">National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) |
The NAEYC website provides information for teachers, faculty, parents, and students on a variety of issues related to early childhood education. Position statements on a multitude of topics including inclusion, standards, and curriculum are also available. |
The National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC), a service of the Child Care Bureau, is a national clearinghouse and technical assistance center that links parents, providers, policy–makers, researchers, and the public to early care and education information. For excellent references on children with disabilities and inclusion, go to NCCIC’s home page, click on “Popular Topics” then on “Children with Disabilities.” |
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National Information Center for Children and Youth With Disabilities (NICHCY) |
NICHCY is very pleased to offer you a wealth of information on disabilities! NICHCY stands for the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities. We serve the nation as a central source of information on: disabilities in infants, toddlers, children, and youth; IDEA, which is the law authorizing special education; No Child Left Behind (as it relates to children with disabilities), and research-based information on effective educational practices. |
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People First Language |
That old "sticks and stones" saying is wrong: words are powerful and they can hurt! Other civil rights movements generated changes toward more respectful and accurate language and attitudes; the Disability Rights Movement is doing the same, beginning with People First Language. (This is the 4-page version, with examples.)
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DEC and the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) are developing a joint position statement on early childhood inclusion. DEC and NAEYC received input from the field on this paper (11/03/08-12/15/08). The input is being reviewed and the paper is in revision. Thank you! |
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This website is a celebration of the rich array of powerful learning opportunities occurring throughout the everyday lives of children ages birth to six. Whether you want to view the slide show of children's everyday natural learning environments, look for ideas to make each day filled with learning, inform families about everyday learning opportunities, or brush up on research, this website has something for everyone. |
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The Preschool Options Project is a DPI-funded project that provides information to assist school districts in developing a range of options in Least Restrictive Environments (LRE) for young children with disabilities. Its website provides ideas, tools, and resources. |
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Project Support includes both inservice and preservice materials, and provides information and strategies appropriate to both itinerant consultation and co-teaching models of inclusion support. Materials include a guide to implementing a field-tested three-phase inservice model for training inclusion support providers. |
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Quick Notes: Inclusion Resources for Early Childhood Professionals |
QuickNotes is a resource notebook of information sheets covering a broad range of topics related to high quality care of young children in a variety of settings including public and private child care centers and homes, preschool programs, and developmental day programs. The content is organized in 10 modules and applies to a wide audience of early care and education teachers, teaching assistants, administrators, specialists such as therapists and early interventionists, and families. The modules present current information and strategies based on the best available research and professional wisdom from the early childhood field.
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Reforming Personnel Preparation in Early Intervention: Issues, MOdels, and Practical Strategies |
This 21-chapter whopper (574 pages) is divided into issues (perspectives on examining and updating instructional approaches) challenges (detailed analyses of the key elements of personnel preparation), solutions (hands-on topical chapters that include instructional ideas and activities), and proof (specific examples of successful models). |
This web site is designed specifically for parents, therapists, early childhood educators, early interventionists, and researchers. It includes information about effective early childhood intervention practices based on research. This information will improve interventions associated with the healthy mental, behavioral, communication, preliteracy, social-emotional, and interpersonal development of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers with or at risk for developmental disabilities. |
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Selected Resources on Financing Early Childhood Systems to Support Inclusive Options for Young Children with Disabilities |
Whaley, Goode and deFosset |
This report by a research team at Portland State University (Research and Training Center
on Family Support and Children's Mental Health) is the results of a national study of nine child care centers, selected for their success in serving families of children with emotional or behavioral challenges. The study is based on more than 90 interviews with parents, directors and staff. Parents of children, with and without challenges, talk about their
experiences of inclusive childcare. Directors and staff share the successful practices they have developed, their challenges, and the lessons they have learned about how to provide childcare for this group of
families. In the final section of the report, the research team discusses ways to promote inclusion, and provide information on additional resources.
An executive summary, individual chapters and resource lists may also be downloaded at this site. |
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SERI is a collection of Internet accessible information resources of interest to those involved in the fields related to Special Education. This collection exists in order to make on-line Special Education resources more easily and readily available in one location. One entire section of the website focuses on inclusion. |
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SpecialLink puts researchers, policy makers, parents, early childhood educators and directors in touch with the best inclusive practices on the frontlines of Canadian child care. SpeciaLink's goal is to expand the quality and quantity of opportunities for inclusion in child care, recreation, education, and other community settings, to young children with special needs and their families. Our findings are available to EVERYONE.
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SpecialQuest |
These training materials focus on providing services to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families in early care and education programs, in partnership with early intervention. The materials include facilitator guides, training scripts, videos in English and Spanish, handouts, and a CD-ROM with supporting materials in English and Spanish. These training materials are designed to be used by early childhood educators, families, child care and service providers, inclusion specialists, early interventionists, and college and university professors. |
Spotting My Child’s Very Special Interests: A Guide for Parents. |
This short video is designed to accompany Spotting My Child's Very Special Interests: A Workbook for Parents, an easy-to-use workbook that takes parents step-by-step from interest identification through planning participation in terrific activities. The video illustrates how a mother uses the workbook to plan interest-based learning for her young daughter.
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The mission of the Statewide Parent Advocacy Network of New Jersey is to empower families and inform and involve professionals and other individuals interested in the healthy development and educational rights of children. Numerous articles available in The Bridge Archives on this website. |
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The SPIES curriculum is designed to introduce intervention strategies that can be used with children who have disabilities, special health needs, or are at risk for the development of a disability. Using everyday settings as the context for intervention, these very thorough materials introduce strategies that can be used to help children master IEP or IFSP objectives. While the primary age range targeted is preschool (3–5), there is also content specific to infants and toddlers (0–2). The curriculum is divided into six modules (Creating Teaching Opportunities, Providing Help, Incidental Teaching, Tracking Progress, Prior to Preschool, and Planning Intervention across the Day), each of which includes facilitator materials, participant materials (handouts) and a companion videotape. A CD-ROM version is also available. |
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TASH supports the inclusion and full participation of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of their communities as determined by personalized visions of quality of life. |
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A brief by Gary Bunch. |
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Therapists as Collaborative Team Members for Infants/Toddler Community Services |
One of the key features of this website is a preview of a series of training modules that individuals can choose to partake in. These modules cover routines based assessment in natural environments, linking assessment to intervention through team planning, using daily routines as a context for intervention, and involving the care provider in teaching/learning. The website also includes a newsletter, family stories, and internet resources. |
A Thinking Guide to Inclusive Childcare |
This Thinking Guide offers ideas and strategies to support staff in developing childcare practices that consider the needs of individual children and promote an inclusive experience for the families and children in your care. Your program can operate as “a thinking organization” by learning to ask the kinds of questions that lead to creative solutions for the education, support and inclusion of young children with a wide range of abilities. This guide does not try to tell you what to do for a child with a specific disability. Instead, you will learn how to engage staff and families in conversations that can help you respond to challenges as they arise.
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Brault and Chasen |
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* Map to Inclusive Child Care and WestEd do NOT endorse or assume any responsibility for information found on these sites. The following links are provided as a source of information and resources. Please e-mail us information about other sites that will add depth and knowledge to these listings.
