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Speaking of Inclusion Blog Archive
Up one levelInclusion insights, stories and resources for professional development providers as well as practitioners, policy makers and parents. A weekly blog brought to you by the National Professional Development Center on Inclusion.
Online Panel Discussion: QRIS and Inclusion
Parents, practitioners, administrators, state policy makers – tell us what you think are the important indicators for quality inclusion? Join representatives from the National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center (NCCIC) Center here in an online discussion through October 2, 2009. Post your comments below.
Christine's Chronicles: Parents Speak Out
Follow along with one parent on her journey to make inclusion a reality for her son.
Research Evidence on Recognition & Response
In conjunction with the September 30th webinar: Recognition & Response: Findings From the First Implementation Study, we invite you to post your questions and comments on R&R for an exchange on this topic. We hope that this exchange will support the work we are doing together to refine and improve R&R everywhere it is being considered or used to improve early education and intervention for young children.
Professional Development – What Approach Works for You?
What type of professional development do you receive (or provide)? What kind would you like to receive?
Inclusion in Head Start and Early Head Start Programs
Does anyone have new approaches/strategies that create more effective service delivery/collaborative practices? Any recommendations for newly funded EHS programs?
Let's All Play
How do you facilitate play between children with and without disabilities? Share your examples and ideas.
Supporting Inclusion through Competencies for Early Childhood Educators
What knowledge and skills do you think early childhood educators need to work in an inclusive setting?
Professional Development: Live and In-Person
How do you decide what kind of professional development (PD) you provide or receive?
Universal Preschool: Reaching All Children?
Are state-funded pre-k programs providing high quality inclusive options to children with disabilities?
Christine's Chronicles: A chance to hear both sides
Follow along with one parent on her journey to make inclusion a reality for her son.
Quality and Accountability Measures to Enhance Services for Children
How do these systems enhance services for all children?
Early Childhood Competencies: On the Shelf or Driving the System?
I have been looking for examples of how states are using their early childhood professional competencies to drive their professional development systems.
Short, Sweet and Useful
How can I make the key components of inclusion come alive for a group of college students?
Christine's Chronicles: Inclusion Starts at Home
Follow along with one parent on her journey to make inclusion a reality for her son.
DEC/NAEYC Leaders Share Thoughts on Inclusion
Jerri Daniel, Deputy Executive Director of NAEYC, and Sarah Mulligan, Executive Director of DEC, share their thoughts about inclusion and the development of the Joint Position Statement on Inclusion. Join them online on June 9th and 10th.
Effective Approaches to Professional Development
How do you decide what kind of professional development (PD) you provide or receive?
Professional Development to Support Inclusion
Joan Lombardi to speak on Recovery and Reinvestment Act at 2009 Inclusion Institute.
Reflective Supervision and Practice
Linda Eggbeer from Zero to Three revisits the April Community discussion on Reflective Supervision.
Stimulus Package Funds: A Support for Inclusion?
A brief published by the BUILD Initiative highlights how ARRA funds could be targeted for supports for inclusion.
Special Olympics "Joke" Fuels Discussion
How can we better prepare people to both avoid gaffes and to take proactive steps in enhancing dignity?
Inclusive Program Quality and Professional Development
How do early childhood programs get their ratings as part of a quality rating system? Is inclusion of children with disabilities and their families taken into consideration in a program’s rating?
Maximizing Resources from the Stimulus Package
Special thanks to Anne Mitchell former president of NAEYC who facilitated this hearty discussion in March.
Coaching: How is it used in Early Childhood?
Dathan Rush from FIPP summarizes the February 2009 online community discussion about Coaching.
Early Education Coordination Challenges Facing Secretary of Education-Designate Arne Duncan
What suggestions do you have for Duncan about how to build collaboration between the Department of Education programs and those operated by Health & Human Services? What examples for effective collaboration do you have to share from your state?
The Buzz on Collaboration
New ways of thinking about collaboration are making headlines.
Have Your Say on Obama's Early Childhood Platform
The willingness to link policy decisions to research findings is a welcome change and one that we expect will continue.
Obama Administration Support for Early Childhood Education
What evidence do you hope the president-elect will consider in designing policies for early childhood education?
Supporting Parents as Partners
The involvement of parents and family members of young children with disabilities is integral to early childhood field and inclusion.
Facilitating a Community of Practice
Do you keep hearing the term “community of practice” and wonder what it really means?
Inclusion: Quality or Quantity?
What makes up a 'good' blended program?
What makes a high quality inclusive program?
Incorporating inclusion into quality rating systems is no easy task.
Preparing the Early Childhood Workforce for the Demands of the 21st Century
What do teachers need to know and be able to do to take care of and educate young children?
Shape the Future of Inclusion
Weigh in on a new definition of early childhood inclusion co-authored by NAEYC and DEC.
Effective Inclusion: It’s More Than Moving Little Bodies
What does it take to make inclusion work?
Sarah Palin and Parent Advocacy for Children with Disabilities
NPDCI has a tool designed to ensure that parents’ participation is meaningful and their voices are heard.
Professional Development: Beyond the Lunch Hour
Too often professional development is relegated to the lunch hour.
Inclusion and the Cash Crunch
How can we be ready when the axe begins to fall?
What Can We Learn about Improving Professional Development from Michelle Rhee?
What early childhood can learn from the reform of Washington DC public schools
Working Wikily
Wiki: A new name for an old process. Don't let the word scare you off.
Tropic Blunder
The spirit may have been comic but the outcome for many people is a painful revival of old stereotypes.
Supportive Individuals
The power of supportive individuals outside of "the system" (e.g. family friends, neighbors, college fraternity members, teachers and therapists) in making inclusion work.
Success Stories
Using stories of success to make a greater impression with early childhood professional development providers.
Inclusion Blog Launched
Inclusion insights, stories and resources for professional development providers as well as practitioners, policy makers and parents.
