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Building Opportunities for Inclusion Through:
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- Evidence-based practices
- System development
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- Qualified personnel
- Effective Models
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Institute Goals
- To learn about research findings and resources to guide inclusive policy, professional development and
practice
- To develop better collaborative relationships and cross-agency systems to
support early childhood inclusion
- To gain awareness of strategies and models to support inclusive services
- To have the opportunity to meet, learn from and problem solve with peers
Institute Features
Who Should Attend?
- State and Local Administrators
- Teachers
- Early Interventionists
- Allied Health Professionals
- Inclusion Specialists
- Technical Assistance Providers
- Staff from Federally Funded Projects
- Parents
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From Which Programs?
- Child Care
- Head Start/Early Head Start
- IDEA Part C/Infant-Toddler Programs and Section 619/Preschool Programs
- State Pre-Kindergarten Programs
- Parent Training and Information Centers (PTIs) and Community Parent Resource Centers (CPRCs)
- Developmental Disabilities (DD)
- Institutions of Higher Education
- Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (CCR&Rs)
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Sponsored By
FPG Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
National Early Childhood TA Center (NECTAC)
In collaboration with:
- National Professional Development Center on Inclusion
- NC Partnerships for Inclusion
- PACER and the Technical Assistance Alliance for Parent Centers
- OSEP Preschool LRE and Part C Settings Communities of Practice
- US Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
- US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Head Start, Administration
on Developmental Disabilities, Child Care Bureau
- Center for Evidence-Based Practice: Young Children with
Challenging Behavior
- Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning
- Hilton/Early Head Start Training Program
- National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness
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Brookes Publishing is the proud sponsor of the Luncheon at the Friday Center
Trillium Room on Wednesday, August 1st for all participants. Brookes will also
host an exhibit at the Institute Tuesday July 31- Thursday August 2nd. The
exhibit will feature their early childhood/early intervention publications which
can be purchased on site by credit card, check or cash at a special 20% discount
and free shipping. Check out the possibilities at the Brookes Publishing website
at http://www.brookespublishing.com/
Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
CEUs will be available to conference participants
through the Friday Center for Continuing Education at
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The CEU registration fee is $4 per participant. Payment will be made by check to
CEU Records. Sorry, NO credit card or cash payments accepted.
More information about CEUs will be available at the Conference Registration Desk.
Registration Fee
- $200 (includes continental breakfasts, breaks, Wednesday lunch, and all conference materials)
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