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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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Including Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities | Rooted in the key concept of "belonging," these sessions examine the beliefs and attitudes that influence and affect adults and children in inclusive settings. They provide numerous practical strategies and tools to help families and providers implement high-quality inclusive services. | Website |
Inclusion Webinars from ECLKC | "Explore these webinars about inclusion issues related to children with disabilities or suspected delays. Topics include interactions, individualization, effective teaching practices, clarification of the Head Start Program Performance Standards (HSPPS), practice-based coaching, and more! Find three series to choose from:" High-Quality Inclusion Federal Series focuses on clarification of issues with insights from federal staff Highly Individualized Practices Series focuses on strategies that education staff can use every day in their classrooms and on home visits Disability Services in the Head Start Program Performance Standards Series focuses on the issues that are unique to the Head Start community | Website |
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 |
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