Natural Environments and Inclusion
2009 TA Agenda & Announcements:
Team Leader and Web Editor: Martha Diefendorf Team Members: Debbie Cate, Shelley deFosset, Katy McCullough and Kathy Whaley |
Overview
Family Corner
Federal Policies and Guidance
- IDEA (Regulations, Data, and Overview)
- Rehabilitation Act, Section 504
- ADA
- Head Start
State Policies
- Ages Birth to 3 Years: CO, CT, DE, GA, IN, KY, NJ, NM, NC, OR, PA, TX, VA, WA, and WI
- Ages 3 to 6 Years: IL, IA, ND, OR, PA, UT and WI
National Organizations
ERIC Resources on Inclusion
Research
- NECTAC Natural Environments & Inclusion Bibliography Database
- Preschool inclusion in the United States: a review of research from an ecological systems perspective 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 Qtr Vol:13 Iss:1 Pg:1-215
OSEP-Funded Projects with a Focus on Inclusion
and Natural Environments
Assistive Technology and it's role in Inclusion
Funding
-
Using ARRA Funds to Advance High Quality Professional
Development for Early Childhood Educators (2009),
NAEYC
(PDF: 205kb)
- 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)
State Collaboration:
NC, RI, TX, VT, and WI
National Collaboration Projects
OSEP Communities of Practice
Meetings
- National Early Childhood Inclusion Institutes
- 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
- OSEP Part C Settings Community of Practice Conference Call series
Personnel Development
- National Professional Development Center on Inclusion
- 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 is a program of the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute
of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, funded through contract number
ED-01-CO-0112 from the Office of Special Education Programs,
U.S. Department of Education. Opinions expressed herein
do not necessarily represent the Department of Education's position or policy.
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