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Our Resource Library contains materials and assistance for early childhood educators and those they serve. Explore our selection of podcasts, tip sheets, websites, documents, and self-study courses.
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| Resource Name | Description | Resource Type |
|---|---|---|
| Imagine Magazine: Music Therapy for Early Childhood | Imagine magazine is an annual online magazine sharing evidence-based information and trends related to early childhood music therapy through various media. | Document |
| Inappropriate Use of Restraint and Seclusion: Initiative to Protect Children with Disabilities | This press release from the U.S. Department of Education (January 17, 2019) describes new initiatives to address and govern the use of restraint and seclusion on recipients of Section 504, Title II and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) accommodations and services. Compliance reviews, data collection, and technical assistance to enforce the legal obligations of states and school districts are mentioned as methods for improving results and outcomes for children with disabilities. The Office for Civil Rights (OCR), in partnership with the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), will oversee this initiative. | Document |
| Inclusion Press | The Inclusion Press wbsite is an interface for a small, independent press that produces user-friendly books and videos about Inclusion in the community, at school, and at work. This site has online ordering, a newsletter about inclusion, links to MAPs articles and info about PATH and workshop and training session dates and locations. | Website |
| Inclusion: Developmentally Appropriate Care for All Young Children | This tip sheet covers the importance of creating inclusive and developmentally appropriate early child care programs through creating access, participation, and supports for young children with special needs. | Tipsheet |
| Inclusive Schools: Good for Kids, Families & Community | The Inclusive Schools website highlights the progress of our nation's schools in providing a supportive and quality education to an increasingly diverse student population, while offering educators, students, and parents an opportunity to discuss what else needs to be done to ensure that their schools continue to improve their ability to successfully educate all children. There is a downloadable Celebration Kit for the National Inclusive Schools Week. There is an online forum as well as several good articles on the positive affects of inclusion. | Website |
| Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): What You Need to Know | As the nation’s special education law, IDEA provides rights and protections to children with disabilities and to their parents. | Website |
| Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities | "This resource collection from the Head Start Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center is focused on understanding and using highly individualized teaching strategies to meet the unique learning needs of infants and toddlers with disabilities. Use these resources as professional development tools for staff who are supporting inclusion for infants and toddlers with disabilities and suspected delays across early learning programs and environments." | Website |
| Lifetrack | Our mission is to strengthen the resiliency in families experiencing the greatest disparities in education, health, employment, and income so that all families are empowered to reach their full potential. | Website |
| Living with a Disability: The Family Perspective | By learning the family perspective, early childhood educators can demonstrate an increased level of empathy and sensitivity about the impact of a child’s disability on parents/family members. | Tipsheet |
| Living With a Disability: The Family Perspective | This online self-study course highlights the unique issues that families of young children with special needs face when looking for child care. Explore the family perspective and discuss the topics of grief and ‘loss of dreams.’ Recognize the similarities between all families including those with children with special needs and those without. Demonstrate the need for acceptance and respect of diversity for family structures, values, and members.Knowledge and Competency Framework Area(s) - III: Relationships with Families (10 Hours)CDA Content Area(s)- Content Area IV: Strategies to establish productive relationships with families (10 Hours)Level 1 - ExploresNew Navigation Tools:This self-study does not have audio available at this time.For optimal performance, please access this course from a computer or tablet.Click on the black box with 2 white arrows to view the self-study in Full-Screen Mode.Click on the black box with white eyeglasses to view the self-study in Accessibility Mode.For ten clock hours on your Learning Record, please register and pay online at Develop. Then, complete a 500 word reflection paper and submit this document with your reflection. Please note: You have access to this document as view only. To enable editing, download the document. Click "file" then "download as" in the upper left-hand corner of this screen. This will give you the option to open the document as a Word doc on your own computer. Then, you can complete the information and email it to: credit@inclusivechildcare.org. | Course |
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