Supporting Inclusive Practices (SIP) Project
Supporting Inclusive Practices (SIP) Project
We are funded by the California Department of Education, Special Education Division, through Riverside County Office of Education and El Dorado County and Charter SELPA. We also partner with various university and technology partners to provide the best in research and technological support to our grantees. SIP’s purpose is to provide support and technical assistance to local education agencies (LEAs) to increase the amount of time that students with disabilities are included in general education settings, especially in preschool. For 2018-19, SIP has 8 grantees who are designated as ‘Exemplar’ and 28 grantees who are committed to moving towards a model of inclusion. The Exemplar grantees are assigned a group of up to 3 other grantees to mentor and guide on the path to inclusion. For a complete description of the SIP see the Edge Newsletter Spring 2018 (PDF).
Embedded Instruction for Early Learning: Tools for Teachers – California
The Embedded Instruction grant connects the DRDP (2015; California Department of Education 2016) assessment to curriculum and instructional practices to strengthen the relationship between assessment and instruction and provide planned and intentional instruction for children with disabilities during everyday activities. Local educational agencies (LEAs) within California will work with experts and researchers in the area of embedded instruction to pilot these techniques and practices in their early childhood programs.
Military Families Learning Network – Sunrise to Sunset: Supporting Children with Autism Through Their Day
The Early Intervention team’s four-part webinar series for 2019 will focus on supporting young children with autism and their families. This webinar series will take us through important steps in the lives of families of children with autism and related disorders. These free webinars are easy to join and offer continuing education credits for early intervention and Board Certified Behavior Analysts. A brief overview of each session can be found in this Early Intervention blog post.
Early EduAlliance
These learning modules are highlights of higher education courses from the Early EduAlliance. EarlyEdU follows an innovative competency- and practice-based framework. If you are familiar with the Head Start Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center (ECLKC) 15-minute in-service suites, this approach will be familiar to you. These learning modules go a bit deeper than the in-service suites and combine theory and the latest early childhood education research with students’ field-based learning.
Four Modules from Early EduAlliance:
- Mindfulness: A Resilience Practice
- Emotional Literacy
- Building Skills in Two Languages
- Using Interactive Media in Early Learning
Early Head Start Webinars
Early Head Start National Resource Center (EHS NRC) webinars are presented online using PowerPoint and feature topics of interest to EHS and Migrant and Seasonal Head Start staff serving infants, toddlers, and families, including expectant families. Faculty include experts and program staff familiar with the practical application of the content. Archived webinars can be viewed alone or in groups as part of professional development experiences.
Early Head Start National Resource Center: Recorded Instructional Webinars
In this collection of archived webinars, you’ll find recordings on topics such as 1) Building a Dynamic Brain: The Influences of Music, Movement, and Nutrition, 2) Reflective Curriculum Planning for Infants and Toddlers, 3) The Impact of Trauma and Toxic Stress on Infant and Toddler Development, or 4) Supporting Babies with Disabilities and many other topics.
Faculty Initiative Project (FIP)
The purpose of the CDE/ECE Faculty Initiative Project is to align and integrate essential content and competencies of key CDE/ELCD materials and initiatives with core early childhood education curriculum of the California Community College (CCC) and the California State University (CSU) systems. Faculty will have information and resources to integrate content of the CDE initiatives and publications into unit-bearing coursework required for the attainment of college certificates, permits granted by the Commission for Teacher Credentialing (CTC), and campus graduation requirements.
Resource Center for Family Focused Practice, UC Davis
As part of the Center for Human Services at UC Davis Extension, the Resource Center for Family-Focused Practice serves the multidisciplinary human services needs of organizations with an emphasis on family-centered practice. In partnership with the California Department of Social Services, the Resource Center provides research, custom and standardized training, technical support, symposia and support services with the goal of integrating practice approaches to improve outcomes for children and families.
Supported Life Institute
The mission of the Supported Life Institute is to offer educational and training opportunities to assist individuals and organizations in the work of improving the quality of life for people with disabilities. The Supported Life Conference has been held annually since 1987 and has grown to be the best-attended conference in the field of developmental disabilities on the West Coast, with 1250 to 1500 professionals, teachers, people with disabilities and family members sharing information, learning, and gaining encouragement from our focus on state-of-the-art efforts to create fully inclusive communities.
Inclusion Collaborative
Santa Clara County Office of Education Inclusion Collaborative leads the effort to provide every Santa Clara County Child with a quality learning environment. Its focus is the successful inclusion of children with special needs in child care, preschool programs and the community through education, advocacy and awareness. The Inclusion Collaborative offers training and technical assistance on inclusion, and an inclusion support Warm Line that responds to questions by telephone (408) 453-6651 or by email inclusionsupport@sccoe.org.
The Inclusion Collaborative also leads:
- The Annual California Inclusion Conference is a three-day conference on inclusion that addresses the care and education of children from birth to 12th grade. Many of the sessions are live streamed and recorded.
- California Equity Performance and Improvement Program (CEPIP) goal is to support and build capacity within COEs, LEAs, and schools to promote equity for disadvantaged student populations in California schools. The Inclusion Collaborative Department at the Santa Clara County Office of Education created the “California One: Highway to Success for All” project for students with disabilities, English Learners, and African American students. The grant will increase the knowledge and skills of administrators, teachers, and school staff so that they can incorporate equity and inclusion at their school sites. Technical assistance and coaching will be offered to schools in Monterey, San Benito, Santa Cruz, and Santa Clara counties. Check back soon for more information.