Video Collection

This short video produced in honor of World Down Syndrome Day brilliantly illustrates myths and stereotypes that can limit the potential of people with Down Syndrome and people with disabilities in general!

To learn more about this topic see the article by CBS News that describes the background behind the video: Viral Ad Challenges Perceptions of Down Syndrome (Video)

This short film focuses on Axel Cortes and the staff at Idelhurst Elementary School in Somersworth, NH. Axel is a fifth grader with autism who is non-verbal and exhibited significant behavioral challenges when he arrived at school. Axel came to Idelhurst during his 5th grade year from another school where he was exclusively in self-contained settings and was being taught preschool/kindergarten level. Through effective implementation of supports – including AAC, UDL, RtI, social stories, visual schedules and positive behavioral supports – Axel was able to learn 5th grade general education curriculum in a general education classroom within a few months. His challenging behaviors also decreased, and he thrived through interaction and engagement with ‘typical’ peers. Once Axel had an effective means of communication, the staff found that Axel was was bilingual and bi-literate (his family speaks Spanish at home).

This film illustrates the potential for students with significant cognitive disabilities to achieve high academic outcomes. The film has received support from the National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC).

• Born This Way: Inclusion (Video)
• Born This Way: Learning to Appreciate the Little Things (Video)

Access this learning module to explore each topic of CARA’s Kit, from the introduction to the process to example adaptations.

NOTE: The module at this link is FREE. If you would like a PD certificate of completion for the module ($10 per certificate), please start here instead.

About CARA’s Kit: CARA’s Kit, created by Philippa H. Campbell & Suzanne A. Milbourne and published in 2007, is designed for teachers and consultants who are involved in providing early care and education for children under age 6. CARA’s kit contains information on how to make adaptations for individuals or groups of children who are experiencing challenges during everyday routines and activities.

CARA’s Kit Materials to accompany the online module are available here: Order the CARA’s Kit publication here.

CARA’s Kit online was developed by Pennsylvania Early Intervention Technical Assistance with funding from the Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Learning. CARA’s Kit online is hosted by the Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children.

• The Path to Inclusion (Video)

• Axel (Video) Published: 2013 | Length: 16:39 mins This short film focuses on Axel Cortes and the staff at Idelhurst Elementary School in Somersworth, NH. Axel is a fifth grader with autism who is non-verbal and exhibited significant behavioral challenges when he arrived at school.
• Intelligent Lives 5:12 minutes A documentary film about three pioneering young adults with intellectual disabilities who challenge perceptions of intelligence by Dan Habib.
• Disabling Segregation (Video) Published: Apr 22, 2014 | 18 minutes Habib (creator of the documentary films Including Samuel and Who Cares About Kelsey?) used his 18-minute TEDx talk to make a powerful case for ending the systemic segregation of students with disabilities.
• Thasya Published: Jun 26, 2012 | 13:20 minutes Thasya Lumingkewas, 8, has autism and thrives at Maple Wood Elementary School in Somersworth, NH. The school has implemented Response to Intervention (RtI), Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) and Universal Design for Learning (UDL). This film highlights the power of presuming competence, differentiated instruction and augmentative and alternative communication.

• Ryan's Story (Video) July 2018 | Length: 3:10 mins
• Getty's Door To Inclusion (Kindergarten) (Video)
• Getty's Window to Inclusion: The Chance to Be Like Any Other Kid (Video)
• A Mother's Voice: Technology and Inclusion Follow-up to Getty’s Window To Inclusion, Getty’s mother discusses how embracing inclusion can help teachers become better at what they do.
• A Parent's Perspective on Inclusion in Early Childhood (Video)
• Team Lydia Rose: Supporting Inclusion Every Day in Every Way (Video)
• Harper Hope: A Parent's View of the Power Of Early Intervention (Video)
• Win, Win: Inclusive Preschool Settings (Videos)

Created by Parents Helping Parents and the Inclusion Collaborative of Santa Clara County, CA through a grant.

The sample video, Early Learning Tool Kit: Visual Tools and Binder Materials, Parents Helping Parents (Video), provides information about the tools that may help the children in your preschool class who are visual learners, as well as the materials that are in the binder. These tools are all included in the Early Learning Tool Kit. If you have any questions about these tools, or if you are interested in finding out about additional tools and strategies that can help you create an inclusive preschool classroom, contact us at Parents Helping Parents- info@php.com, or (408)727-5775.

This 12 episode series shares the experiences of practitioners and families from across the country, illustrating how the fields of early education and early childhood special education are successfully supporting preschoolers and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Also see MAP Newsletter for 2020 related to supporting early care and learning during COVID-19.

Excellent story worth the time to watch. Explains why every kid no matter how complex the disability belongs with his friends in his home school in regular ed classrooms. Success story or inclusion! CAK How can we create success for children and youth with the most complex needs? Drawing on a lifetime of stories and experiences, Jennifer talks about the magic that happens by simply establishing a new paradigm of strength-based thinking. This new way of thinking can support children who historically have been placed in self-contained, segregated settings to be successfully included in general education classrooms.

What Success Looks Like by Jennifer Sommerness was part of the March 2019 #EDTalksMN event on Creating Inclusive Classrooms.

• Five Minute Film Festival: Reaching Learners of All Abilities
  Edutopia has collected some videos and resources to help explore and explain some of the difficulties faced by many kids, and some strategies teachers and schools are using to engage them. Included are 8 well produced videos that address: Special Education, Inclusion and Learning Differences.

“A collaboration with Lifehouse Agency, the Marin County Office of Education and Dominican University to bring the first inclusive Preschool to Marin County. Let's learn and play together to foster compassion, diversity, and leadership in the young child!” Video describes the benefits of inclusion for all children and shows ‘push in’ occupational therapy.

An initiative of the Lien Foundation, How We Do School is a nine episode series of short films that explores how Finnish and British Columbia schools address the increasingly diverse learning needs of its students and what we can learn from them.

The Lien Foundation took two Singapore educators from the early childhood education and special education sectors – Dr Jacqueline Chung, Senior Principal and Academic Director at St James’ Church Kindergarten and Ms Tan Sze Wee, Executive Director at Rainbow Centre – to Finland and British Columbia to learn their journeys towards greater inclusivity and equity in its education system. By showing what is possible, we hope this can in turn inspire Singapore and inform ways that we can go about making inclusion more of a reality.

What Does Inclusive Education Look Like? Dr. Julie Causton of Inclusive Schooling shows you with the new book and video, “Because of Oliver.”

“Ever have a hard time explaining what inclusive education looks like at the classroom level? This book does a beautiful job of showing the reader the beauty of inclusive education.”

“Follow Oliver as he experiences school before and after inclusion- and how his story impacts everyone around him.”

You can hear Oliver's story and watch the video here, and get your own copy of the book on Amazon here.

How can a school meaningfully include students with disabilities in an early childhood program? In moving interviews, parents in this video reveal the benefits for their children. Educators describe what they do and how they got there. These stories come from the Sun Prairie (Wisconsin) Area School District, where inclusion is the norm for all early childhood programs supported by public dollars, whether offered in community or district settings. More on early childhood special education.

This video has the voices of families who have been active participants in their child’s program as well as IEP. It’s a favorite because of the voices heard from various representatives from the program. It’s not specifically about family engagement, but rather the outcomes from family engagement in an inclusive early childhood program.

Access this learning module for PEAT’s Suite to explore and practice using environmental features, as well as universal, modified and specialized assistive tools.

NOTE: The module at this link is FREE. If you would like a PD certificate of completion for the module ($10 per certificate), please start here instead.

About PEAT’s Suite: PEAT’s Suite, created by Suzanne A. Milbourne and originally published in 2018, is a comprehensive package of materials that helps service providers (educators, home visitors, therapists, etc.), families, and other stakeholders support the participation of young children with differing abilities in typical routines and activities. The acronym PEAT stands for Physical Environment and Assistive Tools.

• Child Outcomes Step by Step (Video)
• iPads in Early Childhood Videos
• The Sunshine Bus Preschool (Video) (Length: 09:23) This video is a sequel to "Gus The Bus - Preschool on Wheels," illustrating how a host of community partners produced a second Preschool on Wheels to serve families who live in isolated areas. The focus of this story is on family engagement, described by a number of families who participate in the program.
• Practice Here and There Practice Here and There section of the library which features videos submitted by programs and preschools.

• Youtube Channel with recordings of sessions from Inclusion Collaborative Conferences Mar 2019
• 2013 Hoffman Award Videos
  Five educational programs that significantly enhance student success were profiled at the 2013 Glenn W. Hoffmann Awards ceremony on April 24.

• Models of Inclusion and Natural Environments Stories Archived stories of Least Restrictive Environment program options include how four California preschool programs offer models of full inclusion for students with disabilities and one program's implementation of Natural Environments.
• The Prieto Family's Journey: Birth to 3 (Video) One family’s journey from life before having their daughter Gabby, learning she had Down Syndrome, receiving Early Intervention and transition to Preschool.

• High Quality Early Learning Environment (HQELE) This comprehensive panoramic virtual tour emphasizes principles of a quality classroom design and incorporates key strategies on how to replicate highlighted elements. Early Childhood Special Education teachers, General Education teachers, and administrators are always looking to enhance their classroom environments to support all students. This tool provides the opportunity to gain valuable ideas to build upon existing philosophical and program practices, wherever a program or classroom may be on the Least Restrictive Environment continuum.

• Where I Feel Like Me (Video)
• Shane's Inspiration Lunch Box (Tool Kit for inclusion on the playground)

ESPN and Special Olympics have teamed up on a year-long storytelling initiative telling the stories of game changers and game changing moments toward inclusion. Check back each week for a new story of inclusion. Below is a sample of the game changing inclusion stories:

• Unified Sports (Video) Length: 5:26 mins Unified Sports was inspired by a simple principle: training together and playing together is a quick path to friendship and understanding for athletes with and without intellectual disabilities.
  
  “It’s not he or she. It’s us and we.” Jake Van Mierlo, Unified Partner. On this week's @SpecialOlympics 50 Game Changers, see how Unified Sports is changing the experience for athletes all over the world! #InclusionRevolution
• Bree Bogucki (Video) Length: 5:16 mins For Bree Bogucki, growing up was anything but easy. Her disabilities prevented her from living the life she knew she could have. She grew up isolated, locking herself in her room. At nine-years-old, Bree was introduced to sports and her life was changed forever.
  
  Bree quickly began to excel, landing her not only an athletic scholarship but an academic one as well at Tennessee Wesleyan. It was there where Bree began to thrive as an athlete, student, but also an advocate for those with disabilities.
• Rosas's Law (Video) Length: 5:19 mins “Some say we shouldn’t worry about the words, just the way we treat people. But if you think about it, what you call people is how you treat people. If we change the words, maybe it’ll be the start of a new attitude towards people with intellectual disabilities. And they deserve it.”
  
  In 2010, President Barack Obama signed “Rosa’s Law” which changed “mental retardation” to “intellectual disability” in US federal law. Inspired by nine year-old Rosa Marcellino, the law was a key component in the groundswell of advocacy efforts promoting inclusive, people first language for people with intellectual disabilities.
  
  One such effort to end the hurtful use of the “R-word” is the “Spread the Word to End the Word” campaign, launched in 2009, inspiring over 1,000,000 people to sign the pledge to end the R-word. Ten years later, Spread the Word to End the Word is becoming Spread the Word: Inclusion, focusing beyond one word and creating a new reality of inclusion for all people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

• Spread the Word: Inclusion (Video) Published: Mar 2019 | Length: 4:06 mins

• Think Inclusive Favorites on YouTube
• Five Secrets to Being a Special Education Teacher and Still Love Your Job
• 5 Videos That Will Change Your Mind About Inclusive Education

• USA Today Article

"Everyday People" features Turnaround Arts students alongside their Turnaround Artists including Jack Johnson, Jason Mraz, Paula Abdul, Misty Copeland, Elizabeth Banks, Keb' Mo, Forest Whitaker, and many more performing this timely song by Sly and the Family Stone. This video was created to inspire the idea that all children deserve access to the arts in school and that the arts have the power to create change. 

“After a late-night chance encounter with a DeafBlind man on a New York City street, writer/director Doug Roland wrote the award-winning short film, Feeling Through. Doug knew from the start he wanted to cast a DeafBlind actor to star, so he partnered with Helen Keller Services to realize that mission.” This Oscar-nominated, award-winning short film “has connected thousands of people in the DeafBlind, blind, and low-vision communities, and is connecting non-disabled people to the people and missions of those communities.”

New research confirms that the best way to serve students with disabilities is in general ed—not siloed in special education classrooms.

• Resources for Learning About Empathy on Valentine's Day

• More information on Children with Disabilities from Unicef
• Unicef Website

• More Amazing Paralympic Videos

• Tim's Place website

• (2016) How Do You See Me? (Video)
• (2015) Being Different is Normal (Video)
• (2014) Dear Future Mom (Video)
• (2014) Pharrell Williams: Happy (Video)

• CTD Library
  • Hmong
  • Somali
  • Spanish
  • Video
• Isabel Needs Assistive Technology (Video)
  In this story, you'll meet Marta, the mother of Isabel, a young girl with fine motor and learning disabilities. The video introduces viewers to assistive technology (AT) and takes them through an Individualized Education Program (IEP) meeting during which AT is considered. This video is captioned in English and is "described" as well. FCTD and Dicapta invite you to view and share this video with your colleagues and the families you serve. This video was originally produced as a Spanish-language resource. Voice-over and captioning were added to provide access to larger audience.
  • Video en Español (Video in Spanish)

• Video en Español (Video in Spanish)

Pixar Animation Studios and the SparkShorts filmmakers of FLOAT are in solidarity with the Asian and Asian American communities against Anti-Asian hate in all its forms. We are proud of the onscreen representation in this short and have decided to make it widely available, in celebration of what stories that feature Asian characters can do to promote inclusion everywhere. Pixar Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pixar/

• Glossary (Check out Autism Spectrum Disorders or Developmental Milestones –Stanley Greenspan)
• Autism Everyday (Video)
• Talking to Parents About Autism (Tool kit and video training)
  • Versión en Español (Spanish version)

• Article on the Early Signs Autism Video Tutorial

• I Had No Idea That Life on the Spectrum Is Like THIS! Totally Changed My Perspective (Article)

• Sesame Street & Autism: Highlight Reel (Video)
• Sesame Street: The Amazing Song (Video)

• Translation Library
  Many Center resources have been translated into a variety of languages. Below, find all our translated materials, or filter by the language for which you’d like to find translated materials.
• Dr. Jack P. Shonkoff, Migrant Family Separation Congressional Testimony
  Published: Feb 2019 | Length: 6:36 mins Center Director Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D., presented testimony at a hearing of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. As Dr. Shonkoff writes, "From a scientific perspective, the forcible separation of children from their parents is like setting a house on fire. Prolonging that separation is like preventing the first responders from doing their job."
• Child Development Core Story (Videos)
  This educational video series on the importance of the early years was created by the Project for Babies, a former initiative of the University of Minnesota Center for Early Education and Development. The series features Regents Professor Megan Gunnar, Director of the Institute for Child Development at the University of Minnesota, and a member of the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child. The series consists of five videos, each approximately three to seven minutes in length: Brain Architecture; Serve and Return; Stress; Pay Now or Pay Later; Resilience.

• Additional Videos from the Center on the Developing Child
  • The Spectrum of Neglect: Four Types of Unresponsive Care Published: Oct 31, 2013 | 6 minutes Using science as a guide, this interactive chart delineates four types of diminished responsiveness and their consequences in order to provide a useful framework for developing more effective strategies to protect vulnerable children from this complex challenge. The four short video clips below, each under a minute in length, are excerpts from the 6-minute video InBrief: The Science of Neglect. The chart is based on a graphic from The Science of Neglect: The Persistent Absence of Responsive Care Disrupts the Developing Brain, a Working Paper from the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child.
  • Early Childhood Mental Health Video Published: Jun 19, 2015 | 5 minutes Science tells us that the foundations of sound mental health are built early in life. Early experiences—including children's relationships with parents, caregivers, relatives, teachers, and peers—interact with genes to shape the architecture of the developing brain. Disruptions in this developmental process can impair a child's capacities for learning and relating to others, with lifelong implications.
  • Building Adult Capabilities to Improve Child Outcomes: A Theory of Change Published: May 14, 2013 | 5:18 minutes This 5-minute video depicts a theory of change that describes the need to focus on building the capabilities of caregivers and strengthening the communities that together form the environment of relationships essential to children's lifelong learning, health, and behavior.

• El vientre social: Cómo fortalecer el cerebro de los bebés
  "The Social Womb: Building Babies' Brains" animation is now available to the public in Spanish. This 6-minute video, that I originally wrote and narrated in English, depicts the need for babies, once born, to be cared for in a “social womb” that provides the nurturance, protection, and enrichment essential to the healthy development of their still-growing brains. In this video, I present three key policy recommendations for ensuring creation of this kind of supportive setting: paid leave, home visiting, and high-quality infant care.

• Sitio en Español (Site in Spanish)

• El vientre social: Cómo fortalecer el cerebro de los bebés
  "The Social Womb: Building Babies' Brains" animation is now available to the public in Spanish. This 6-minute video, that I originally wrote and narrated in English, depicts the need for babies, once born, to be cared for in a “social womb” that provides the nurturance, protection, and enrichment essential to the healthy development of their still-growing brains. In this video, I present three key policy recommendations for ensuring creation of this kind of supportive setting: paid leave, home visiting, and high-quality infant care.

For optimal development to take place during these critical first 3 years of life and beyond, educators of young children need to meet children where they are and foster their continued learning and development. This means caring for them in ways that respect the children’s and families’ diverse cultures, languages, lifestyles, preferences, abilities, learning styles, and needs. The Magical Years Early Childhood Center in Sunset Park – a socioeconomically and culturally/linguistically diverse neighborhood in southwest Brooklyn NY – exemplifies practices and policies that do this. Use these guiding questions to help facilitate discussion around this video.

“This two-part video series describes and illustrates how Amigo Baby, an early intervention program in Ventura, California, provides virtual home visiting services that are culturally and linguistically sensitive and responsive to Latinx families, including both Spanish-speaking and migrant indigenous families who speak Mixteco. The videos include insightful interviews with the program director, an early interventionist, an occupational therapist, and parents along with illustrative recordings of virtual home visits.”

“Part 1: Isai and Eliel's Story, 13:31 describes strategies for being responsive to families’ language and culture; the use of culturally appropriate communicators; working with all family members; using a team approach; being flexible and following the family’s lead; and the use of a coaching approach.” Download Video

Reflective Questions to Accompany the "Honoring Family Culture in Early Intervention" Videos Honoring Family Culture in Early Intervention - Part 2: Max's Story

• Typical/Atypical Development Comparison Videos (2 months, 4 months and 6 months)
• Is My Baby Okay? (6 month old comparison for parents) (26:48 minutes)
  • 中国版本 (Chinese version)
  • Versión en Español (Spanish version)
• Tummy Time
  Videos disponible en Español
• The Importance of Early Therapy

The award-winning short film, Reflecting on Anti-bias Education in Action: The Early Years, is 48 minutes long and features vignettes of anti-bias strategies in early childhood classrooms interspersed with teachers reflecting on their practice. A facilitator and viewer guide are available.

• Official Trailer
• Stream film here

“We partnered with filmmaker Filiz Efe McKinney of Brave Sprout Productions to create a film that shifts the focus away from the talking heads of experts and on to the voices of teachers committed to equity on a daily basis. By taking viewers into diverse ECE classrooms, the film seeks to demonstrate the importance of teacher reflection on identity, context, and practice in anti-bias education and provides a much-needed resource for teacher education and professional development. Here is a recent blog post.”

EmbraceRace.com hosted a screening and discussion

Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.

• Early Intervention and Child Care…Natural Partners in Natural Environments Mar 2015 | Length: 10:50 mins
• Introduction to Early Intervention Aug 2015 | Length: 15:09 mins

1. An Overview of Using Technology to Support Families in Early Intervention
2. Using Video to Enhance Play, Communication, and Relationships
3. Using Instant Messaging and Video for Just-In-Time Support
4. Using Video and Video Conferencing to Enable Team Meetings over Distances
5. Using Facetime to Enhance Team Collaboration
6. A Virtual Home Visit with Liam's Family
7. A Virtual Co-Visit with Straton's Family
8. Using Video as a Foundation for Reflective Supervision

Revisit the complex life and legacy of the author, advocate and human rights pioneer. Helen Keller, who was deaf and blind, used her celebrity and wit to champion rights for women, people with disabilities and people living in poverty.

The film reveals little-known details of Keller’s personal life and examines her public persona and advocacy, including the progressive reforms she helped achieve. Speaking out for civil rights at great personal cost, Keller supported women’s suffrage, the NAACP, access to health care and assistive technology as a human right, and workers’ rights as a member of the Socialist Party of America and the labor union Industrial Workers of the World.

Every family has its own language. Watch CODA now on Apple TV+ and in select theaters.

Gifted with a voice that her parents can’t hear, seventeen-year-old Ruby (Emilia Jones), is the sole hearing member of a deaf family—a CODA, Child of Deaf Adults. Her life revolves around acting as interpreter for her parents (Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur) and working on the family’s struggling fishing boat every day before school with her father and older brother (Daniel Durant). But when Ruby joins her high school’s choir club, she discovers a gift for singing and finds herself drawn to her duet partner Miles (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo). Encouraged by her enthusiastic, tough-love choirmaster (Eugenio Derbez) to apply to a prestigious music school, Ruby finds herself torn between the obligations she feels to her family and the pursuit of her own dreams.

Did you see the movie, “Including Samuel”? The award-winning film documented the inclusion of Samuel Habib, a child with multiple disabilities, in preschool and into elementary school. Now he is all grown up! He’s 21, wants to date, leave home, go away to college.

But for Samuel and millions of other young adults with disabilities, the path beyond public school and into adulthood is difficult to navigate. Samuel lives with a rare neurodevelopmental disorder caused by a mutation in a gene known as GNAO1. He drives a 350-pound wheelchair, uses a communication device, and can have a seizure at any moment.

In "My Disability Roadmap," co-directed by Samuel and his father Dan Habib, he seeks out guidance from America’s most rebellious disability activists. He wants to learn how they built full adult lives as a road map for himself and others. “No one tells you how to be an adult, let alone an adult with a disability,” he says. “But there are badass people with disabilities who figured it out. Maybe they could be my mentors.”

Learn more about the film and listen to the audio description pre-show

Rachel Shenton, Maisie Sly and Gilson Sly talk all things The Silent Child on Good Morning Britain. Meet the actors in The Silent Child including the writer and actress and the profoundly deaf child actress and her father.

Emily Ladau, author of Demystifying Disability, recommends the documentary called This Is Not About Me, suggested to her by Lauren Schrero, Co-Founder and Executive Director of The Nora Project. It spotlights Jordyn Zimmerman, who shares her experiences as a nonspeaking autistic student who didn't have access to effective communication tools until she was 18 years old. 

“….this documentary incredibly powerful and worthwhile. It's clear proof that we need to move beyond the limiting idea that there are only certain "right" ways to express ourselves or communicate.”

"I am smart. I am blessed. I can do anything," 3-year-old Ayaan told his mother, Alissa Brielle, who captured the message on her phone. "I am smart. I am blessed. I can do anything. I am smart. I am blessed. I can do ANYTHING!"

(MORE: Sweet pencil affirmations are the simple, loving hack parents need)

In the video, posted on social media Oct. 1 a little after 8:30 a.m., Ayaan was walking with his mom to school. He wore a backpack and he carried a banana.

Brielle and Ayaan's father, Alpha, had been teaching him for some time that he could grow up to be anything he wants. The three-sentence affirmation was one of their first lessons more than a year ago.

• Nine Simple Trauma Informed Gestures Mar 2019
• Why Did They Post That on ACES Connection? Oct 2018 This post explains the broader definition of ACES and gives examples.
• The Pair of ACES: Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adverse Community Environments (Poster) Oct 2018 This graphic illustrates the Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adverse Community Environments that contribute to toxic stress and long term consequences for the brain and overall health.
• What is Good Self Care and Why You Deserve It Published: May 29, 2018 Self-care is central to living a life that’s productive, fulfilling, and that you feel good about. Yet too few of us know how to honor our deep needs and cravings to slow down, rebalance and ask for the help we need.

• Additional ACES Too High Resources
  • The Secret to Fixing School Discipline? Change the Behavior of Teachers Two kindergarteners at Cherokee Point Elementary School in San Diego’s City Heights neighborhood get into a fight on the playground. Their teacher sends them to the principal’s office. Instead of suspending or expelling the six-year-olds, as happens in many schools, Principal Godwin Higa ushers them to his side of the desk. He sits down so that he can talk with them eye-to-eye and quietly asks: “What happened?” He points to one of the boys. “You go first.”
  • Five Minute Video Primer about the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (Video) Published: April 2016 | 5 minutes Many people have been asking for a short video that explains the CDC-Kaiser Permanente Adverse Childhood Experiences Study, the groundbreaking epidemiological research that revealed the link between childhood trauma and the adult onset of chronic disease, mental illness, violence and being a victim of violence.
  • England and Wales produce new animation about ACEs & resilience (Video) Published: May 2017 | 5:43 minutes Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are those that directly harm a child; such as physical, verbal and sexual abuse or physical or emotional neglect – as well as those that affect the environment where they grow up; including parental separation, domestic violence, mental illness, alcohol abuse, drug use or incarceration.

• Trauma Informed Teaching: A Whole-School Approach
• Encouraging Students Self-Regulation with the "Peace Corner"
• Building Mentor-Mentee Relationships (2 minute Check-In, Check-Out every day)
• Supporting Teachers

• Translation Library
  Many Center resources have been translated into a variety of languages. Below, find all our translated materials, or filter by the language for which you’d like to find translated materials.
• Dr. Jack P. Shonkoff, Migrant Family Separation Congressional Testimony
  Published: Feb 2019 | Length: 6:36 mins Center Director Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D., presented testimony at a hearing of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. As Dr. Shonkoff writes, "From a scientific perspective, the forcible separation of children from their parents is like setting a house on fire. Prolonging that separation is like preventing the first responders from doing their job."
• Child Development Core Story (Videos)
  This educational video series on the importance of the early years was created by the Project for Babies, a former initiative of the University of Minnesota Center for Early Education and Development. The series features Regents Professor Megan Gunnar, Director of the Institute for Child Development at the University of Minnesota, and a member of the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child. The series consists of five videos, each approximately three to seven minutes in length: Brain Architecture; Serve and Return; Stress; Pay Now or Pay Later; Resilience.

• Additional Videos from the Center on the Developing Child
  • The Spectrum of Neglect: Four Types of Unresponsive Care Published: Oct 31, 2013 | 6 minutes Using science as a guide, this interactive chart delineates four types of diminished responsiveness and their consequences in order to provide a useful framework for developing more effective strategies to protect vulnerable children from this complex challenge. The four short video clips below, each under a minute in length, are excerpts from the 6-minute video InBrief: The Science of Neglect. The chart is based on a graphic from The Science of Neglect: The Persistent Absence of Responsive Care Disrupts the Developing Brain, a Working Paper from the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child.
  • Early Childhood Mental Health Video Published: Jun 19, 2015 | 5 minutes Science tells us that the foundations of sound mental health are built early in life. Early experiences—including children's relationships with parents, caregivers, relatives, teachers, and peers—interact with genes to shape the architecture of the developing brain. Disruptions in this developmental process can impair a child's capacities for learning and relating to others, with lifelong implications.
  • Building Adult Capabilities to Improve Child Outcomes: A Theory of Change Published: May 14, 2013 | 5:18 minutes This 5-minute video depicts a theory of change that describes the need to focus on building the capabilities of caregivers and strengthening the communities that together form the environment of relationships essential to children's lifelong learning, health, and behavior.

• Edutopia's Five Minute Film Festival: Nine Videos on Kindness, Empathy and Connection
• Five Keys to Successful Social and Emotional Learning (Video) Length: 6:03 mins
• Social Emotional Learning: A Schoolwide Approach
  Strategies like mindfulness, emotional regulation, and supportive small groups help Symonds meet the academic and social needs of their students
• Elevating Student Voice: Combing Well Being, Speaking Skills, and Project Based Learning
  At School 21, students are exposed to different real-world contexts -- emotionally, academically, and creatively -- to discover their voice and place in the world.
• Wellbeing: Developing Empathy, Emotional Awareness, and Agency
  Learn how School 21 explores topics like culture, diversity, and responsibility using drama techniques, grounding texts, and controversial statements. 

• Video One: Why Positive Learning Climates Matter
• Video Two: The Power of Positive Learning Climate for Children Birth to 8
• Video Three: Five Mind Shifts Required to Create Positive Early Learning Climates
• Video Four: 3 Classroom Practices to Build Positive Social Emotional Engagement with Early Learners
• Video Five: Georgia's Response to the Need for Positive Learning Climates

• Kid President's Pep Talk to Teachers and Students! (Video) Published: Sept 12, 2013 | 3:54 minutes

Yoga, meditation, and other mindfulness practices can have powerful effects on children's ability to self-regulate, interact with their peers, and attend to school.

In this video, mindfulness expert Dr. Martha Goldstein-Schultz, preschool teachers Emily Grogan and Amy Figueroa, and 3rd grade teacher Erin Trudeau describe how to build simple mindfulness practices into the school day.

• What is Social and Emotional Health? Jan 2019 | Length: 2:35 mins
• A Day in the Life of Momentous School 2016 | Length: 4:00 mins See how they infuse social and emotional learning into everything that they do.
• Kids Talk Length: 0:57 secs Watch short videos of kids explaining the brain, kindness and feelings. Here’s a sample: Camilla talks about kindness

• Edutopia: The Power of Relationships in Schools (Video)
• Creating a Positive Learning Environment (Video) Published: Jan 2019 | Length: 4:10 mins When students’ mental, emotional, and physical needs are met, they’re more likely to love school—and they learn more.

• What is the Social Brain? (Video)
• Masters of Social Learning (Video)

• Nashville Public Schools (Video) Published: Feb 2018 | Length: 7:45 mins
• Check In, Check Out (Video) Published: Feb 2018 | Length: 3:44 mins
• Peace Corner (Video) Published: Feb 2018 | Length: 2:49 mins

In this video, learn more about how play can foster children's resilience to hardship, and how the complex interactions involved when children play help build their brains. Learn more about play and the science of early childhood development.

• A Child's Perspective of a Traumatic Experience (Video)
• Elmo: I Can Feel Safe (Video)

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

• Mindfulness with Young Children (Video) (2023, Length: 9:35 minutes)
• Supporting Children Who Have Experienced Trauma Series (Video) (2023)
• Using Morning Affirmation to Build Classroom Community (Video) (2022, Length: 1:57 minutes)
• What is Infant Mental Health (Video) (2018, Length: 1:55 minutes)
• Helping Children Develop Empathy and a Sense of Justice (Video) (2021, Length: 3:22 minutes)
• More videos are available addressing relationships and behaviors.

• 6 Benefits of Play
• Play Ideas (Developmental benefit and by Age)
• Parent’s Play Perspective
• For Teachers

• Axel (Video) Published: 2013 | Length: 16:39 mins This short film focuses on Axel Cortes and the staff at Idelhurst Elementary School in Somersworth, NH. Axel is a fifth grader with autism who is non-verbal and exhibited significant behavioral challenges when he arrived at school.
• Intelligent Lives 5:12 minutes A documentary film about three pioneering young adults with intellectual disabilities who challenge perceptions of intelligence by Dan Habib.
• Disabling Segregation (Video) Published: Apr 22, 2014 | 18 minutes Habib (creator of the documentary films Including Samuel and Who Cares About Kelsey?) used his 18-minute TEDx talk to make a powerful case for ending the systemic segregation of students with disabilities.
• Thasya Published: Jun 26, 2012 | 13:20 minutes Thasya Lumingkewas, 8, has autism and thrives at Maple Wood Elementary School in Somersworth, NH. The school has implemented Response to Intervention (RtI), Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) and Universal Design for Learning (UDL). This film highlights the power of presuming competence, differentiated instruction and augmentative and alternative communication.

Sara Mauldin recognizes that she grew up in a society which separates people with disabilities. It encourages a perception that individuals with disabilities are lesser humans than those without. Mauldin advocates for the celebration, not separation, of all people. As a special education teacher and a disability rights advocate, Mauldin has dedicated her adult career to including students with disabilities in the classroom and on the playground. She is working towards a future in which children with disabilities and children without are all allowed to learn and play together, and to share the same humanity.

"What if I was to tell you that a game of peek-a-boo could change the world?" asks seven-year-old Molly Wright, one of the youngest-ever TED speakers. Breaking down the research-backed ways parents and caregivers can support children's healthy brain development, Wright highlights the benefits of play on lifelong learning, behavior and well-being, sharing effective strategies to help all kids thrive by the age of five. She's joined onstage by one-year-old Ari and his dad, Amarjot, who help illustrate her big ideas about brain science. (This TED Talk was produced in collaboration with Minderoo Foundation as an educational tool for parents and caregivers around the world and is supported by UNICEF.)

Just before his passing on January 10, 2014, Sam Berns was a Junior at Foxboro High School in Foxboro, Massachusetts, where he achieved highest honors and was a percussion section leader in the high school marching band. He also achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America. Sam was diagnosed with Progeria, a rare, rapid aging disease, at the age of 2. He is featured in the Emmy award-winning documentary Life According to Sam, which premiered on HBO on October 21, 2013, 2 days before his 17th birthday.

Inclusive child care seeks the full integration of children with disabilities into the child care and pre-school setting. Accomplishing this goal requires the use of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles as well as working closely with families. The BICC Universal Design for Learning video and accompanying checklist is funded by the Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities Council and administered by Northampton Community College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

• UDL Resources provides link to Universal Design for Learning Video and Checklist.
• Inclusion FAQ

• Spanish Practice Guides for Use with Parents
  Parents who speak Spanish may use these products to provide their infants, toddlers, or preschoolers with fun and exciting literacy learning experiences. Practitioners working with parents who speak Spanish may also find these helpful.
• CELL Videos
  CELL videos are designed for the teacher, parent, trainer, coach and home visitor. Each video introduces and illustrates a key component of the CELL Early Literacy Learning Model.

• Videos on the ECE Competencies
  One of the hallmarks of a profession is standards for best practice. In California, early childhood educators have established a comprehensive set of expectations for our profession, set forth in the California Department of Education Early Childhood Educator (ECE) Competencies. The California Department of Education's Early Learning and Care Division (ELCD) produced videos to describe each of the 12 competencies detailed in the ECE Competencies. The videos are also on the CompSAT website that provides competencies-based, self-assessment toolkit.

• Ryan's Story (Video) July 2018 | Length: 3:10 mins
• Getty's Door To Inclusion (Kindergarten) (Video)
• Getty's Window to Inclusion: The Chance to Be Like Any Other Kid (Video)
• A Mother's Voice: Technology and Inclusion Follow-up to Getty’s Window To Inclusion, Getty’s mother discusses how embracing inclusion can help teachers become better at what they do.
• A Parent's Perspective on Inclusion in Early Childhood (Video)
• Team Lydia Rose: Supporting Inclusion Every Day in Every Way (Video)
• Harper Hope: A Parent's View of the Power Of Early Intervention (Video)
• Win, Win: Inclusive Preschool Settings (Videos)

The Early CHOICES inclusion initiative promotes increasing high quality inclusive early care and education for each and every child birth to age 5. Our goal is to increase the number of children with disabilities receiving specialized services in regular early care and education settings.

• Head Start Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center (ECLKC) Webcasts and Multimedia
• National Center on Quality Teaching and Learning 15 Minute Inservice (Videos and Training Materials)
  Each in-service consists of a short video supplemented with handouts. A trainer version is available for use by Early Childhood Education Specialists and other training and technical assistance providers and includes a PowerPoint presentation, learning activities and other training materials.
• Parent, Family, and Community Engagement Simulation
  The PFCE Online Simulation takes you to a virtual Head Start Center where you assume the role of a Head Start staff member meeting a mother and her child during an intake visit to introduce the family to the program. In the role play, you will practice four every day and engaging relationship-building strategies with emotionally responsive avatars.

The Inclusion Works! video series is now available for free viewing on the California Early Learning Videos website. This six-video set is designed to be used in conjunction with the recently revised Inclusion Works! Creating Child Care Programs That Promote Belonging for Children with Disabilities publication.

The second edition of Inclusion Works! is an online-only publication provided by the California Department of Social Services (CDSS). The video set provides practical tools and resources for use when implementing high-quality, inclusive practices and creating a culture of belonging.

In this recording, Dr. Kristie Pretti-Frontczak discusses why presuming competence is necessary to address the diversity of the modern classroom, how our intentions can lead to ableist practices, why the dominant culture perpetuates ableist practices and exclusion vs. inclusion, and how to move away from a medical model.

• Presented by: Early Choices
• Date: February 2021
• Language: Available in English and Spanish

The Understanding Inclusion series contains 6 topics that explore key ideas about inclusion in early childhood. The series covers a range of topics from defining inclusion to understanding the benefits to advocating for inclusion. This is a series of bite-size videos with embedded resources and activities to help understand, promote, and advocate for inclusion for children birth to age 5. Developed for families with family input, it is just as meaningful and useful for practitioners working with families who have children from birth to 5.

In each module topic, a topic guide is available for reflecting and applying what you learn to your own experience. The guide also has additional resources to explore the topic further.

We hope this series supports you on your journey of inclusion and provides you with resources that you can share and build upon.

“Since the pandemic began, I have been committed to documenting how early intervention and early care and education services have been provided during these extraordinary times, both to illustrate the use of recommended practices for today’s practitioners and to preserve them for future generations. I feel very fortunate to have been able to partner with a number of innovative individuals and programs who share this commitment, specifically: Christina Kasprzak, Katy McCullough and their team at the Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (ECTA); Juliann Woods, Kat Cripe and the Family Guided Routines-Based Intervention (FGRBI) team; and Patty Salcedo and her staff at the Desired Results Access Project. All told, we produced more than 40 videos totaling around 10 hours of video documentation. Because these videos appear across several websites and pages, this document may help you locate topics of interest.”

For question contact Larry Edelman at larry.edelman@cuanschuta.edu

This 3 part animated video series presents the research supporting inclusion including the biggest barriers and how to overcome them, characteristics of high quality inclusion and the most important outcomes from inclusion.

Additional videos support professional development for providing  STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) learning opportunities for young children with disabilities (O-5).For more information visit: https://stemie.fpg.unc.edu

• Why Inclusion Video Series Part 1: Let’s Change Attitudes and Beliefs March 9, 2021 | Length: 2:12 mins
• Why Inclusion Video Series Part 2: Key Characteristic of High Quality Inclusive Education March 9, 2021 | Length: 4:54 mins
• Why Inclusion Video Series Part 3: Social Outcomes of Inclusion March 9, 2021 | Length: 1:50 mins

This kid is wise beyond his years.

• Multimedia: Waves for Change (in Early Childhood)
  The Alliance for Early Success is a catalyst for bringing state, national, and funding partners together to improve state policies for children, starting at birth and continuing through age eight.

Documentaries and videos of people living with chronic health or disability.

• Iziyah's World: Oscar Published: Dec 2018 | Length: 4:51 mins Forget about your Jimmy Fallons and your James Cordons - the hottest new talk show host is 6-year-old, Iziyah Moemai. Living with chronic granulomatous is hard enough for many people to say but Iziyah just takes it in his stride. Here he teaches Oskar Kightley what life's all about.
• Kids with Disabilities: Iziyah Published: July 2017 | Length: 2:31 mins "Sometimes I'm the same and sometimes I'm a bit different!" Iziyah deals with some unique medical issues that most six year olds aren't familiar with. In this video he introduces us to his world and his big dream.
• Kids with Disabilities: Harper Published: Nov 2017 | Length: 2:40 mins Harper is six years old and full of life! Despite some health challenges, he gives everything a go and wants to be a famous actor when he grows up.

• Kids Why Not Campaign

"Society doesn't correlate disability with being attractive... but we CAN be stylish, gorgeous, stunning, and FABULOUS." For those with disability, what do you feel makes you a FABULOUS person? How do you think people see you as someone with a disability?

• Familes Engaged in Education is the Leading Factor in Student Success (Video)
• Helping Your Child Succeed Resources describing key academic milestones and what to do at each stage of a child's academic development.

Helen Keller and Her teacher Anne Macy Sullivan explain how Helen learned to speak. Year:1928. TRANSCRIPT: Anne Sullivan speaking: "When I first saw Helen Keller, She was six years and eight months old. She had been blind and deaf and mute since her eighteenth month as a result of an illness. She had no way of communicating with those around her except for a few imitative signs that she had made for herself.

A complete transcript is available with the video.

The ways in which individuals and groups are portrayed in popular media can have a profound effect on how they are viewed by society at large. This tool represents an attempt to catalogue the representation of people with disabilities in motion pictures and literature. Many of those representations are inaccurate, and some are offensive. Their inclusion in this tool is intended to stimulate discussion and should by no means be considered an endorsement of their accuracy or appropriateness.

Films in the search tool can be identified by topic area or by title, release date, or keyword.

• Dr. Dan Siegel , award winning author and lecturer. Dr. Siegel's unique ability to make complicated scientific concepts easy to understand and exciting has led him to be invited to address diverse local, national and international groups of mental health professionals, neuroscientists, corporate leaders, educators, parents, public administrators, healthcare providers, policy-makers, and clergy. Or explore the various topics under:
• Special Needs
• Top Tips for How to Raise a Happy Child

Series of Family Engagement Videos in Spanish!

This series was designed to support the engagement of families in the special education process, share information, encourage advocacy skills, and foster collaborative home-school partnerships which positively impact student success. Created by a design team that included family and staff members, we hope you’ll join us for the journey of one family as they navigate their emotions, learn about special education, and make decisions.

• The Motion Moments videos will show you a few simple ways to weave physical activity into your current early care and education program in either a child care center or family child care home working with infants, toddlers or preschoolers. Videos also available in Spanish.

• Typical/Atypical Development Comparison Videos (2 months, 4 months and 6 months)
• Is My Baby Okay? (6 month old comparison for parents) (26:48 minutes)
  • 中国版本 (Chinese version)
  • Versión en Español (Spanish version)
• Tummy Time
  Videos disponible en Español
• The Importance of Early Therapy

• Apps for Schools
• Apps for the Family

In this film, Michelle Middleton takes a humorous look at people's reactions to her cerebral palsy. The 26-year-old has created the piece, with the help of Fixers, to encourage others not to treat her, or anyone else with a disability, differently.