Professional Development on Inclusion
Resources
Supporting Inclusive Practices: Professional Development Resources (2015)
This resource compilation and paper provide information on supporting inclusive practices. The resource compilation focuses on preparing personnel to serve young children with disabilities in settings with their typically developing peers. The paper discusses the need to link early childhood program quality and professional development, with a concentration on how this relates to early childhood inclusion.
- Part 1: Description of Resources in the Compilation
- Part 2: Matrix of Resources from Projects and National Associations
- Part 3: Matrix of Resources Developed by Individual States
Why Program Quality Matters for Early Childhood Inclusion (2009)
This document from NPDCI advocates for the need to link early childhood program quality and professional development, with a particular focus on how this topic relates to early childhood inclusion.
Conferences
The National Early Childhood Inclusion Institute
This annual conference is focused on early childhood inclusion. FPG Child Development Institute hosts the Institute with partners, including ECTA Center. Institute presentation content includes research findings, program models, policy resources, professional development strategies, as well as information on developing collaborative relationships and cross-agency systems to support early childhood inclusion.