High Quality Inclusion: What Does it Look Like? How Do We Do It?
The National Early Childhood TA Center (NECTAC) and the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute welcome you to the 2012 National Early Childhood Inclusion Institute, which is the premier event for people from multiple sectors to come together to learn, share and problem-solve about inclusion for young children.
The agenda is planned for those who come ever year and for those who are new to the Institute.
Institute Goals
- To learn about research findings, models and resources to guide inclusive policy, professional development and practice for young children 0-8
- To develop better collaborative relationships and cross-agency systems to support early childhood inclusion
- To have the opportunity to meet, learn from and problem solve with peers
Highlights of the 2012 Institute include a keynote panel of federal policy leaders from Offices of Child Care, Head Start and Office of Special Education Program (OSEP) talking about new national early childhood initiatives that supports inclusion, and multiple concurrent sessions.
Audience:
- Federal, State and Local Administrators
- Program Directors
- Pre-K and Early Care and Education Teachers
- Early Interventionists
- Infant Specialists
- Allied Health Professionals
- Inclusion Specialists
- Professional Development Providers
- Parents in Leadership Positions
- Consultants and Coaches
Organizations and Project Partners:
- Center for Early Literacy Learning (CELL)
- State Implementation and Scaling-up of Evidence-Based Practices (SISIP)
- CONNECT: The Center to Mobilize Early Childhood Knowledge
- Family, Infant and Preschool Program (FIPP)
- Head Start Center on Inclusion
- National Center on Child Care Professional Development Systems and Workforce Initiatives
- National Center on Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness
- National Center on Quality Teaching and Learning (NCQTL)
- National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness
- National Professional Development Center on Inclusion (NPDCI)
- Center for Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL)
- Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention for Young Children (TACSEI)
- National Inclusion Project
- North Carolina Association for the Education of Young Children (NCaeyc)
In collaboration with
The North Carolina Association for the Education of Young Children (NCaeyc)
With support from Brookes Publishing