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Our Resource Library contains materials and assistance for early childhood educators and those they serve. Explore our selection of podcasts, tip sheets, websites, documents, and self-study courses.
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| Resource Name | Description | Resource Type |
|---|---|---|
| Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): What You Need to Know | As the nation’s special education law, IDEA provides rights and protections to children with disabilities and to their parents. | Website |
| Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities | "This resource collection from the Head Start Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center is focused on understanding and using highly individualized teaching strategies to meet the unique learning needs of infants and toddlers with disabilities. Use these resources as professional development tools for staff who are supporting inclusion for infants and toddlers with disabilities and suspected delays across early learning programs and environments." | Website |
| Institute on Community Integration | The Institute on Community Integration website offers models of programs for early childhood, school age education, transition facilitating, and adult living. The early childhood program has best practice information and program models for working with children with developmental disabilities (or those at high risk). Search engine, links local to Minnesota and national links, newsletter, lots of training resources and contacts, and mental health resources. | Website |
| Integrated Recreation: A Review of Best Practices | Integrated Recreation: A Review of Best Practices This document was developed to assist community-based recreation providers to implement inclusive recreation programs for children with and without disabilities. | Document |
| Integration Checklist | Teachers who create accessible environments for children with disabilities "talk straight, look good, go with the flow, and act cool." This checklist helps disabilities coordinators, teachers, and staff members understand how to make sure children can communicate, socialize, and engage in their Head Start settings and activities. | Document |
| Internet Resource for Special Children ( IRSC) | The Internet Resources for Special Children (IRSC) web site provides a wide-range of resources for children with disabilities, friends, parents, educators, and professionals. The site is meant to be a starting point for information, awareness and advocacy for children with disabilities as it links to hundreds of useful internet sites. The links include information on everything from adaptive clothing to employment resources to travel information. It is an extremely useful resource. | Website |
| Intervention: Dialogic Reading | The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) has started to examine research on curricula and instructional strategies for 3 to 5 year old children with disabilities. The first intervention report in this new topic area looks at Dialogic Reading, an interactive shared picture-book reading practice designed to enhance young children's language and literacy skills. | Website |
| Kennedy Krieger Institute | The Kennedy Krieger Institute is devoted to finding cures and causes for several neurological and genetic disorders. It provides a resource for research, treatment, clinical assessments, screenings, housing, education and advocacy for people of all disabilities. Training and referrals are also available here. This site has an intra-site search engine, a quarterly online magazine and an e-mail listserv. | Website |
| Kid Safe Directory | KidSafeDirectory.com provides listings focusing on children's health issues, including immunizations, nutrition, safety, child psychology, childhood diseases, pediatrics and kid's health related information. KidSafeDirectory.com contains the following kids'health related categories : Child and Adolescent , Fitness , Pediatric Rehabilitation , Childcare , Growth and Development , Psychology , Circumcision , Immunizations , Puberty , Departments and Agencies , Infant and Toddlers , Safety , Disabilities , Information and Advice , Special Needs , Diseases and Conditions , News and Magazines , Support , Drugs and Alcohol , Nutrition , Teeth , Feelings and Emotions , Organizations. | Website |
| LDOnline | LDOnline provides an online newsletter, bulletin boards, and LD chat, the LD store, and comprehensive resource list for individuals with learning disabilities. A "Teacher's Home Page" offers curriculum support and inclusive materials for teachers working with kids with learning disabilities. | Website |
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