Inclusion

This book gives pre and in-service teachers three types of practical, evidence-based inclusion strategies: curriculum modifications, embedded learning opportunities, and child focused instructional strategies.

Written in a very reader-friendly style with many example and suggestions, effective inclusion strategies for elementary teachers addresses some of the very important issues elementary school teachers face when working with students with disabilities. 

This is an accessible guide for all trainees and teachers, providing practical, evidence-informed ways to support neurodivergent learners that will also benefit all pupils.

This book features the latest research and methods for successfully encouraging the development of children’s personal, emotional, and social skills. It also explores how play with within children’s groups can be facilitated in order to foster emotional and empathic capacities to overcome common challenges to inclusion in schools and introduces practical, creative approaches to cultivating a sense of unity and team spirit.

This handbook describes in detail the important first steps in making inclusive education a reality, guiding teachers on how to include one child at a time.

Written for families of children with physical disabilities, this book helps parents focus on what can be, so that they, their children, and the grandparents thrive as individuals and as a family.

This book about a 3-year-old girl with Noonan Syndrome lets children know that they can do and be anything they put their mind to.

This book provides a thorough introduction to inclusion supports to help young children with disabilities fully participate in preschool classrooms.

This is an excellent resource for educators, yoga instructors and parents hoping to promote inclusion, positivity and confidence in all children.

This book covers all aspects of establishing a placement process that complies with IDEA requirements, including introductory information on related research and policy, ways to identify and overcome challenges, professional development, evidence-based practice for successful inclusion, and quality indicators of inclusion.

Offering strategies for helping all kids to develop social, motor, and sensory skills, this book provides step-by-step directions for how to use children’s natural interests at different stages of their development to help them develop a wealth of sensory motor and social skills.

This is part one of a four-part series that will help explain why your daily routines and community are the ideal places for your child to learn. Families can also learn more about their important role in Early Intervention.

This is part two of a four-part series that will help explain why your daily routines and community are the ideal places for your child to learn. Families can also learn more about their important role in Early Intervention.

This is part three of a four-part series that will help explain why your daily routines and community are the ideal places for your child to learn. Families can also learn more about their important role in Early Intervention.

This is part four of a four-part series that will help explain why your daily routines and community are the ideal places for your child to learn. Families can also learn more about their important role in Early Intervention.

This is one part of a two-part series that explores Inclusion in Illinois. The federal and state context surrounding preschool inclusion and current research, including benefits, barriers and strategies are discussed.

This is one part of a two-part series that explores Inclusion in Illinois. We talk with two programs in Illinois that have implemented successful inclusive models and focus on the supports and practices that make inclusion work.

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

This article presents the findings of a study on infants and toddlers with disabilities in child care settings from the perspectives of professionals. Results suggest that the great variability of experiences across children, professionals, and programs contributed to an uncertainty of professional roles and responsibilities, challenges to communication among providers, and alignment to professional recommended practices.

This blog offers strategies for building better relationships among professionals so infants and toddlers with disabilities can learn in natural environments, within daily routines, and with familiar people and materials.

On this podcast Dr. Jenna Weglarz-Ward, an assistant professor in early childhood education and early childhood special education at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, talks about the inclusion of infants and toddlers with disabilities and developmental delays in child care settings.

The goal of inclusion is to help all children learn to the best of their abilities. This tip sheet provides questions that parents often ask about inclusion and answers to those questions.

An inclusive preschool serves children with and without disabilities in the same space. This article from the National Association for the Education of Young Children provides important components to know about inclusive settings.

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. 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.