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Supporting Social and Emotional Development, Video Collection

Supporting Social and Emotional Development, Video Collection

Eastern Connecticut University has developed research based videos  supporting social and emotional development in early learning and care settings.

Highly Individualized Practice Webinar Series

Find effective strategies that teachers, home visitors, and coaches can use in their efforts to support children with disabilities or suspected delays. The webinars in this series include:

  • Preventing Suspension and Expulsion of Children with Disabilities or Suspected Delays
  • Supporting Interactions for Children with Disabilities or Suspected Delays
  • Environments That Support High Quality Inclusion
  • IDEA 101: Partnering with Service Providers to Support Effective Inclusion

Teacher Time Series: 10 Tips for Creating Supportive Environments That Can Prevent Behaviors That Challenge Us

You can prevent challenging behaviors in preschool-aged children by being intentional about and proactive in creating a supportive, inclusive environment. This special Teacher Time episode focuses on useful tips for setting up the physical environment, establishing routines, making expectations clear, and more. Taking these kinds of steps can support  children as they engage with their learning environment and transition from one task to the next.

Program for Infant-Toddler Care (PITC) Past Webinar Events

Among the many high quality webinars that are available at this site, you can find the 2021 Webinar Series: Exploring Updates to Inclusion Works!, Second Edition: Universal Design for Learning and Practices to Support Best Practices for Inclusive Programs. Both are presented by Linda Brault.

Back to School Resource Guide 2023 (PDF)

The State Council on Developmental Disabilities (SCDD) is established by state and federal law as an independent state agency to ensure that people with developmental disabilities and their families receive the services and supports they need.

Consumers know best what supports and services they need to live independently and to actively participate in their communities. Through advocacy, capacity building and systemic change, SCDD works to achieve a consumer and family-based system of individualized services, supports, and other assistance.

The Back to School Resource Guide contains resources for families to support their child in getting the services they need at school. Educators, please share this resource with families!

Transitional Kindergarten California

TKCalifornia is an online hub for finding easy-to-use resources for administrators, teachers, and parents as California expands Transitional Kindergarten (TK) to serve all 4-year-olds. Many educators over the years have called for a developmentally appropriate grade for our youngest learners—now with the expansion of TK, California is on the cusp of achieving the vision of the Master Plan for Early Learning and Care (MPELC), which called for a year of publicly-funded preschool for all children in California.

On this site, you can find:

  • Resources for administrators to help them navigate staffing, facilities, funding, and more as TK is expanded to more children.
  • Strategies and tools for teachers on classroom management and developmentally appropriate practices.
  • Information for parents on what to expect in a TK classroom and how they can help their child get the most out of their TK experience.

Special Edge Newsletter: Winter-Spring 2023: Working Toward the Promise of Inclusion and A Family Inclusion Story

The Special Edge is a publication of Supporting Inclusive Practices (SIP) under the Special Education Division of the California Department of Education. The stories in this issue of The Special Edge are about changes in California’s educational landscape. They are stories of process. Each narrative captures a moment in time that emerged from our past successes and even (or especially) our failures. And as you read this, the events and efforts the stories recount are already directing and shaping the future. I am convinced that the changes explored in these pages promise remarkably improved conditions and opportunities for students with disabilities—and thus for all students.  Heather Calomese, Director Special Education Division California Department of Education.

This edition of the Special Edge includes two articles by Cindy Arstein-Kerslake, Coordinator of the MAP to Inclusion and Belonging… Making Access Possible Project. “Working Toward the Promise of Inclusion” explores current efforts underway in California that may help to expand inclusive options for children with disabilities. “A Family Inclusion Story” describes the success of Lori Dotson, certified Inclusion Facilitator, in including her child with multiple disabilities in an inclusive general education setting in the same elementary school where their child without disabilities was attending. The story highlights the positive impact of inclusion on the child, family and other children.

Children with Disabilities Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

The FAQs describe California state law related to serving children with disabilities in California State Preschool Programs (CSPP). The CDE staff are continuously updating the FAQs web page. Topics include: Definitions, Documentation, Funding, Income and Family Fees, Set Aside, Monitoring the Set Aside and Training and Technical Assistance.

The Children with Disabilities FAQs web page can be accessed on the Inclusive Early Education Resources web page. Also on this Inclusive Early Education Resources web page, contractors can find the Management Bulletin (MB) 23-02 on serving children with disabilities.

IEP’s – Resources on IEP’s for Students with Disabilities

Resources on individualized education programs (IEPs) to IEP’s improve instruction, assessment, and accountability for students with disabilities. This set of resources includes links to rules and regulations, resources to improve IEP development and Parent’s rights regarding IEP’s

 

Inclusive Early Education Resources

The CDE’s EED launched a web page dedicated to resources to support the field of early education professional and families of children with disabilities to increase identification, access, participation and supports of children with disabilities in early care and education programs. The web page will soon include a matrix and additional resources will continually be added.