Natural Environments & Inclusion Bibliography Database

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Introduction

This annotated bibliographic database contains articles, reports and books written about the research and supports needed to ensure that young children, ages birth through 6 years, with disabilities and their families are fully included in programs and in their communities. This bibliography was developed in response to the need to bridge the gap between research to practice by making research based practices easily available to practitioners and policy makers.

The entries for preschool inclusion are developed from literature searches using search terms such as Inclusion, Inclusive schools, Preschool, Early Childhood Education, Mainstreaming-education and Early-Childhood Preschool. Staff then selected the content for the bibliography using their knowledge of current research, policy and practice. Most references were published between 1991 and 2005.

The entries for natural environments are a compilation of existing bibliographies and "top ten reads" from national experts who presented their work on the Enhancing Services in Natural Environments conference call series in the spring of 2004. Additional entries are regularly added to include more recently published information. The most recent update occured on March 10, 2006.

Abstracts are from ERIC, if not copyrighted, or were written by NECTAC staff.

You may view all of the references ordered by first author's last name or by year published. You may search the by: author's last name; publication year; word, phrase, or complete title; publisher/journal; key words contained in an abstract or title; and/or by one of the following subjects (controlled vocabulary):

• Family-centered practices
• Perceptions/expectations/beliefs
• Outcomes/benefits/effectiveness
• Personnel/training
• Challenges/barriers
• Facilitators of inclusion
• Administrative/policy issues
• Community-based services/home visiting
• Teaming/collaboration/consultation
• Community and culture
• Service delivery practices/intervention strategies

You may choose to view only the entries related to Natural Environments or Preschool Inclusion by using the search option "limit records" to select your choice.

NECTAC staff involved in this project:

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