Inclusion Links
Udpated May 4, 2006 | vjkBright Futures
This website is dedicated to promote and improve health, education, and well
being of infants, children, adolescents, families, and communities. To be
utilized by professionals and families to increase knowledge, skills, and
participation in health promotion and prevention activities. Posted on the
website are newsletters, resources, supporting organizations, materials, and
a "new" addition of information on nutrition and mental health.
Child Development Institute
This is one of the oldest multidisciplinary institutes for the study of young
children and their families. Research and educational activities focus on
child development and health, especially factors that may put children at
risk for developmental problems. Posted on the site are online publications,
research citations, news related to research, education, training, and web
site links.
Circle of Inclusion
This website offers information about inclusive early childhood programs.
It also provides useful articles and forms in PDF format. It is a must see
for anyone initiating an inclusive program.
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Coaching in early Childhood [Web page] The purpose of this website is to provide information and resources related to how to use evidence-based practices to provide supports to families within the context of their natural learning environments.
This website is designed for therapists and educators working in early intervention and early childhood and preschool programs as well as parents of children from birth to five years of age.
http://www.coachinginearlychildhood.org.
Council
for Exceptional Children
The Council for Exceptional Children's resource catalog is filled with many
summaries of books and media about early childhood related topics, including
inclusion.
Early Childhood
Research Institute on Inclusion (ECRII)
ECRII was a five-year national research project funded by the Office of Special
Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education, to study the inclusion of
preschool children with disabilities in typical preschool, day care, and community
settings. The project ended on August 31, 2000, and the results of the research
are compiled on this website.
Family
Village
The instructional resources page offers a wide variey of instructional resources
including annotated bibliographies of articles, books, journals, and multimedia
on inclusive education.
Inclusion (produced
by the Renaissance Group)
This inclusive education website is designed for general education teachers,
special education teachers, parents, and school staff to help provide answers
about how inclusive education can be accomplished.
Inclusion Press
Inclusion Press is a small independent press striving to produce readable,
accessible, user friendly books and resources about full inclusion.
J.
P. Das Developmental Disabilities Center
Inclusion: School as a Caring Community is available here as a complete handbook.
This site also contains fieldnotes with interviews from teachers with successful
inclusive experiences, resources, and feedback to ask questions or comment.
Teachers seeking success with inclusion will find help and inspiration here.
National Center
for Early Development and Learning (NCEDL)
This website focuses on enhancing cognitive, social, and emotional development
of children from birth through age eight. Other information posted on the
site includes: research, presentations, products, people, and other website
links.
NAEYC
The National Association for the Education of Young Children offers useful
articles, videos, books and real-life stories from families regarding inclusionary
practices.
NECTAC
National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC) Keys to Inclusion
page contains information on effective practices, collaborative activities,
and personnel development.
Project CHOICES
Project CHOICES purpose is to increase the capacities of school districts
and to educate and provide support and services to children with disabilites.
It supports school-age children and preschool-age children in least restrictive
environments.
Project
Support
Project Support II is a federally-funded OSEP project designed to develop
and disseminate a model for training early childhood inclusion support professionals.
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. Project Support materials include
a guide to implementing a field-tested three-phase inservice model for training
inclusion support providers.
SERI
Special Education Resources on the Internet has a directory of valuable websites
focusing on inclusion.
Wisconsin
Birth to 3 Natural Environments
