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Preschool Inclusion: What’s the Evidence, What Stands in the Way, and What Do the Stellar Programs Look Like?

Preschool Inclusion: What’s the Evidence, What Stands in the Way, and What Do the Stellar Programs Look Like?

(2016, February) | Useful to Parent Centers involved in discussions and decision-making groups focused on preschool inclusion.

This webinar focuses on:

  • an overview of the 40 years of research supporting early childhood inclusion;
  • a review of myths surrounding the children, adults, and systems that support inclusion; and
  • a review of common features across the inclusion models that have produced the most powerful outcomes.

Presenters 

  • Linda Smith (Deputy Assistant Secretary for Early Childhood Development for the ACF at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
  • Phil Strain (Director, PELE Center; Faculty, ECTA Center; Professor, Education Psychology & Early Childhood Special Education, University of Colorado Denver)

Presentation Recording

Streaming Presentation | Preschool Inclusion: What’s the Evidence, What Gets in the Way, and What do High-Quality Programs Look Like? (58 minutes)

Presentation File (PowerPoint) | Preschool Inclusion: What’s the Evidence, What Gets in the Way, and What do High-Quality Programs Look Like?

This webinar is part of the 2016 National Inclusion Webinar Series housed on the ECTA Center’s website, at: http://ectacenter.org/~calls/2016/nationalinclusion.asp

SOURCE ARTICLE: Center for Parent Information and Resources