Inclusive Practice
Promoting Neurodiversity in Early Childhood Services (PDF)
This pamphlet is intended for early childhood care providers who want to learn more about how to promote neurodiversity in early childhood. This could include early interventionists, developmental specialists, speech…
Quality Indicators of Inclusive Early Childhood Programs/Practices: A Compilation of Selected Resources (PDF)
Available resources and indicators of high quality inclusive practices are presented in this compilation. Assembling many different resources in one place allows for easy comparison of potential indicators of quality.…
Quote from Nicole Eredics
“Inclusion begins by saying, yes, we will educate every child.”
Recommendations to Promote High-Quality Inclusion for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities (PDF)
Recently published in the ZERO TO THREE journal, this document calls on federal and state-level policy makers and program leaders to purposefully consider the needs of our nation’s youngest children…
Reimagining Special Education – Using Inclusion as a Framework to Build Equity and Support All Students
A visionary call to action from inclusion experts Jenna Mancini Rufo and Julie Causton, Reimagining Special Education guides readers in creating more equitable schools and services, through practical strategies teachers…
Research on the Efficacy of Inclusive Education
“Arm yourself with a summary of the research on inclusive education.” This 11 page brief prepared by Dr. Jenny Mancini Ruffo sites a base of research spanning over 40 years,…
Resource Guide for Early Childhood Itinerant Collaborative Teaching Model (PDF)
This Resource Guide for the Early Childhood Collaborative Itinerant Teaching Model was developed by Early Choices and the Illinois State Board of Education. It draws from the Policy Statement on…
Rethinking Assistive Technology
Feb 2019 If AT can be so beneficial and crucial to student learning, why are educators and school teams sometimes hesitant to use it in the classroom? It’s possible that…
Rocking and Rolling: Promoting Inclusion in Infant and Toddler Settings
“While inclusion is an important goal for many families and teachers and is a hallmark of a high-quality early learning program (DEC/NAEYC 2009; NAEYC 2020), effective implementation requires planning, intentionality,…
Rosa’s Law Ended the Use of “Mental Retardation” in US federal law 5:19
“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…
Say “Yes!” to Kids with Disabilities: Stories and Strategies for Including All Kids
This guide, created by Seattle Children’s PlayGarden with King County Public Health’s Best Start for Kids Initiative, is a very thoughtful, respectful tool kit intended to open hearts, minds and…
Seeds of Partnership
Seeds of Partnership provides assistance on behalf of the California Department of Education (CDE) to support the direction, initiatives and focused goals related to requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities…
