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The organizations in this area of the website provide technical assistance and/or training that may be useful to families, childcare providers, or preschools who are developing orsupporting an inclusive setting for children. State and national organizations are listed here. For local training and technical assistance check with your local child care resource and referral agency available in the County Activities section or your local Early Start family resource center.
All of Us Together—Moving to Inclusion provides intensive team building training through a statewide project to increase the capacities of local childcare and preschool communities. The goal is to appropriately and effectively serve children with disabilities and other special needs and their families in inclusive early care and education settings.
Beginning Together was created in collaboration with the California Department of Education, Child Development Division (CDD) and WestEd, Center for Child and Family Studies as an inclusion support to the Program for Infant/Toddler Caregivers (PITC).
The purpose of Beginning Together is to ensure that children with special needs are incorporated, and appropriate inclusive practices are promoted, in the training and technical assistance provided by the existing cadre of CDE/WestEd certified trainers in the PITC. This is accomplished through a "training of trainers" institute, regional outreach activities, revision/development of written materials, support to institute graduates, and support of inclusive practices in other PITC activities, such as the demonstration programs.
California Early Childhood Education Mentor Program is the largest mentoring program for child care professionals in the US. This program has provided advanced training for experienced child care workers who wish to become mentors to new practitioners.
California School Age Consortium “promotes high qualify after school care for every child.” They offer training, resources, advocacy and information.
California Preschool Instructional Networks (CPIN) provides professional development and technical assistance to preschool teachers and administrators to ensure that preschool children are ready for school.
Child Development Training Consortium provides services, training, technical assistance and resources to students and professionals working with and for children. They collaborate with a consortium of 96 community colleges to offerappropriate coursework and to provide a Schedule of Non-traditional Classes and Trainings and technical assistance and training to CARES participants.
Least Restrictive Environment Resources Project provides resources for use by districts and sites to improve service to all students. Includes information on teacher training, mentoring and leadership sites.
Special Education Early Childhood Administrator’s Project (SEECAP) offers professional development opportunities to address the unique issues of providing leadership to early childhood and early childhood special education from general education, special education, state and private preschool, Head Start, Early Head Start and early care and education.
Supporting Early Education Delivery Systems (SEEDS) is for administrators, staff and families involved in early childhood special education programs in Local Education Agencies. They provide technical assistance and training on varied early care and education topics including inclusion. Services may include individual onsite, online or telephone consultation and arrangement of consultation at SEEDS visitation sites that include model inclusive programs.
National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center: Natural Environments and Inclusion website is designed for the administrators of state agencies responsible for services to young children and their families, including child care, Head Start, education, and early intervention. It has compiled information for administrators who are challenged with developing policies and programs that lead to inclusive comprehensive and coordinated services for all young children, ages birth to 8 years, and their families.
National Professional Development Center on Inclusion (NPDCI) is working with states to create a system of high quality, cross-agency, accessible professional development for early childhood personnel. While NPDCI will serve as a resource to all states, the center will select eight states for more intense collaboration.
