Natural Environments and Inclusion

  Overview

  Family Corner

  Federal Policies and Guidance

• IDEA (Regulations, Data, and Overview)
• Rehabilitation Act, Section 504
• ADA
• Head Start
• Technology Related Assistance Act

  State Policies

• Ages Birth to 3 Years: CO, CT, GA, IN, KY, NJ, NM, NC, OR, TX, VA, WA, and WI
• Ages 3 to 6 Years: IL, IA, ND, OR, UT and WI

  National Organizations

  ERIC Resources on Inclusion

  Research

• NECTAC Natural Environments and Inclusion Bibliography Database
• Preschool inclusion in the United States: a review of research from an ecological systems perspective (PDF: 264kb) by Sam Odom, et al.
• "Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) for Preschool Children: What We Know and What We Should Be Doing," Strain
• Necessary Conditions, Wolery
• Proposed Benefits, Wolery
• Topical Briefs from ECRII
• Federally Funded Early Childhood Research Institutes
• Early Childhood Research Quarterly Vol:13 Iss:1 Pg:1-215

  Effective Practices

• OSEP-Funded Projects
• OSEP Projects With Web-Based Resources
• Assistive Technology

  Funding

• Funding Inclusive Child Care report
• Alliance on Early Childhood Finance
• North Carolina Fact Sheet on Fiscal Resources for Inclusion
• National Child Care Information Center
• Selected Resources on Financing Early Childhood Systems to Support Inclusive Options for Young Children with Disabilities by NECTAC (PDF: 91kb)

  National Collaboration Projects

  OSEP Communities of Practice

• Part C - Natural Environments and Settings
• Part B - Section 619 Preschool LRE

  Meetings

• National Early Childhood Inclusion Institutes
• 2006
• 2005
• 2004
• 2002
• 2001
• 2000
• Policy Forum on Inclusion - 2004
• OSEP Research Institute Meeting - 1999
• Research to Practice Summit - 1998

  Conference Calls

• OSEP Preschool LRE Community of Practice Conference Call Series
• 2006
• 2004
• OSEP Part C Settings Community of Practice Conference Call series
• Enhancing Services in Natural Environments - 2004

  Personnel Development

• Statewide System Development
  
• Training and Technical Assistance:
  Multi-State, AK, CA, IL, MI, MN, NC, ND
• Resources for Institutes of Higher Learning

Key Resources NECTAC Natural Environments & Inclusion Bibliography Database Books/Publications Videos Web sites