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The following links may be of interest as you search the world wide web for information on inclusive child care and other related topics. Many of the sites listed below are good starting points for additional links. The descriptions come from the sites themselves and are not offered with any official Map to Inclusive Child Care or WestEd endorsement.*| ABC - DEF - GHI - JKL - MNO - PQRS - TUV - WXYZ | |
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AblePlay™ is a toy rating system and website that provides comprehensive information on toys for children with special needs so parents, special educators, therapist and others can make the best choices for the children in their lives with disabilities. Developed by the National Lekotek Center, a nonprofit authority on play for children with disabilities, AblePlay™ will provide parents, and the professionals who work with them, access to the most useful, product-specific information about the top play and learning products and toys for children with disabilities. |
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Boundless Playgrounds is a national nonprofit dedicated to helping communities create extraordinary playgrounds where all children, with and without disabilities, can develop essential skills for life as they learn together through play. |
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California Parent Organizations - Quality Assurance Process (CA Dept of Education) |
This website contains a list of California agencies providing resources for families of children with disabilities. |
CMI is an instructional strategy that provides students / participants with opportunities to employ theory, facts and specific skills in problem-solving and decision-making applications based on real-life situations. This site offers many features, including information on how to use CMI in teaching and training cases that illustrate dilemmas related to inclusion and natural environments. |
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The mission of the Center for Inclusive Child Care is to create, promote and support pathways to successful inclusive care for all children. The project is a comprehensive resource network for promoting and supporting inclusive early childhood and school-age programs and providers. We provide leadership, administrative support, training, and consultation to early care and education providers, school-age care providers, parents, and the professionals who support providers and parents of children with special needs. The Center for Inclusive Child care envisions weaving the common threads of knowledge, respect and sensitivity to create and sustain opportunities for high quality, culturally responsive inclusive care in which children and their families are supported and nurtured.
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Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) |
The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning is a national center focused on strengthening the capacity of child care and Head Start programs to improve the social and emotional outcomes of young children. |
The Center on Inclusion in Early Childhood is dedicated to sharing knowledge, fostering skills, and encouraging attitudes that promote inclusion as a core component of excellence in early childhood. The website offers a variety of products, informational newsletters and links to help teach individuals more about inclusion. The organization conducts a variety of trainings and studies, all of which are described on the website.
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This website is for early childhood service providers and families of young children. It offers interactive demonstrations of and information about the effective practices of inclusive educational programs for children from birth through age eight. Also included are a multitude of materials available for download, including both research articles and reproducible forms. All information on the website is accessible in English, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, and Chinese.
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This site has an extensive list of links to nonprofit organizations and government agencies serving people with disabilities in California. |
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People with disabilities have an exciting and rich history that should be shared with the world. This website is dedicated to sharing this history. Features include a timeline of disability history, a list of famous people with disabilities, bibliographies of specific disability areas, and a section of website links. |
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This web site describes a five year national research project examining the inclusion of preschool children with disabilities in typical preschool, day care and community settings. Findings of the project are presented, as are various presentations and resources related to inclusion.
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Information included on the website includes a broad range of topics on young children's everyday learning opportunities and natural learning environments. Website content is based on more than 15 years of research and practice on the characteristics and consequences of everyday learning of children from birth to six years of age. Several bibliographies related to natural learning environments are also available to download from the website. |
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The Possibilities project provides parents and practitioners with the tools to identify their children's special interests and assets, to match them to exciting resources and opportunities in their child's home and community, and to promote participation in those activities. The project’s website provides background information about the study, reference materials, related products, and links to other resources. |
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Family & Child Transitions Into Least Restrictive Environments |
Key resources offered on this website include an extensive discussion of how service providers and family members can ease the transitions of young children who have special needs as they enter preschool, facilitating inclusion in preschool settings, planning school transitions, and writing interagency agreements on transition. |
Family Guided Approaches to Early Intervention Training and Services (FACETS) |
The FACETS project provides training for family-guided, activity based intervention strategies. The website offers a description of the project and training, family stories, and internet resources. |
The Family Village is a global community that integrates information, resources and communication opportunities on the Internet for persons with cognitive and other disabilities, for their families and for those that provide them services. The community includes informational resources on specific diagnoses, communication connections, adaptive products and technology, adaptive recreational activities, education, health issues, disability-related media and literature, and much more. |
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The Council for Exceptional Children provides up to date information about IDEA. Information about the specifics of the law is provided. The website discusses many other issues relevant to children with disabilities. |
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From defining inclusion to discussing the ethics of inclusion to offering a variety of print, video, and web resources, this site provides a nice introduction to inclusion. |
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ICI is committed to developing resources and supports for people with disabilities and their families, fostering interdependence, productivity, and inclusion in school and community settings. To achieve that goal, the organization’s website offers an impressive array of online publications crucial for individuals with disabilities to understand including those related to transition planning, families, health care, employment, policy. The website also provides an extensive listing of links to other websites of interest to individuals with disabilities. |
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Kids Included Together (KIT) was founded in 1997. Its mission is to support recreational, child development, and youth development programs that include children with and without disabilities. KIT's goals are to enrich the lives of all who participate and to increase understanding and acceptance of disabilities as a natural part of life.
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National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) |
The NAEYC website provides information for teachers, faculty, parents, and students on a variety of issues related to early childhood education. Position statements on a multitude of topics including inclusion, standards, and curriculum are also available. |
The National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC), a service of the Child Care Bureau, is a national clearinghouse and technical assistance center that links parents, providers, policy–makers, researchers, and the public to early care and education information. For excellent references on children with disabilities and inclusion, go to NCCIC’s home page, click on “Popular Topics” then on “Children with Disabilities.” |
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National Information Center for Children and Youth With Disabilities (NICHCY) |
NICHCY serves the nation as a central source of information on disabilities in infants, toddlers, children, and youth, IDEA, No Child Left Behind (as it relates to children with disabilities), and research-based information on effective educational practices. The website provides a wealth of information. |
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This website is a celebration of the rich array of powerful learning opportunities occurring throughout the everyday lives of children ages birth to six. Whether you want to view the slide show of children's everyday natural learning environments, look for ideas to make each day filled with learning, inform families about everyday learning opportunities, or brush up on research, this website has something for everyone. |
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The Preschool Options Project is a DPI-funded project that provides information to assist school districts in developing a range of options in Least Restrictive Environments (LRE) for young children with disabilities. Its website provides ideas, tools, and resources. |
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Project Support includes both inservice and preservice materials, and provides information and strategies appropriate to both itinerant consultation and co-teaching models of inclusion support. Materials include a guide to implementing a field-tested three-phase inservice model for training inclusion support providers. |
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Reforming Personnel Preparation in Early Intervention: Issues, MOdels, and Practical Strategies |
This 21-chapter whopper (574 pages) is divided into issues (perspectives on examining and updating instructional approaches) challenges (detailed analyses of the key elements of personnel preparation), solutions (hands-on topical chapters that include instructional ideas and activities), and proof (specific examples of successful models). |
This web site is designed specifically for parents, therapists, early childhood educators, early interventionists, and researchers. It includes information about effective early childhood intervention practices based on research. This information will improve interventions associated with the healthy mental, behavioral, communication, preliteracy, social-emotional, and interpersonal development of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers with or at risk for developmental disabilities. |
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SERI is a collection of Internet accessible information resources of interest to those involved in the fields related to Special Education. This collection exists in order to make on-line Special Education resources more easily and readily available in one location. One entire section of the website focuses on inclusion. |
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The mission of the Statewide Parent Advocacy Network of New Jersey is to empower families and inform and involve professionals and other individuals interested in the healthy development and educational rights of children. Numerous articles available in The Bridge Archives on this website. |
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TASH supports the inclusion and full participation of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of their communities as determined by personalized visions of quality of life. |
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Therapists as Collaborative Team Members for Infants/Toddler Community Services |
One of the key features of this website is a preview of a series of training modules that individuals can choose to partake in. These modules cover routines based assessment in natural environments, linking assessment to intervention through team planning, using daily routines as a context for intervention, and involving the care provider in teaching/learning. The website also includes a newsletter, family stories, and internet resources. |
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* Map to Inclusive Child Care and WestEd do NOT endorse or assume any responsibility for information found on these sites. The following links are provided as a source of information and resources. Please e-mail us information about other sites that will add depth and knowledge to these listings.
