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Steed, Elizabeth A.; Rausch, Alissa; Strain, Phil S.; Bold, Ellie; Leech, Nancy – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2023
We utilized a survey to explore how early childhood personnel delivered high-quality and inclusive preschool special education and related services to young children with disabilities in one U.S. Western state. We conducted quantitative analyses on 418 participants' survey responses, including t tests and Mann Whitney tests to examine differences…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Students with Disabilities, Special Education, Educational Quality
Reconceptualizing Assistance for Young Children of Color with Disabilities in an Inclusion Classroom
Park, Soyoung; Lee, Sunmin; Alonzo, Monica; Adair, Jennifer Keys – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2021
In this article, we draw on DisCrit to critically analyze how a group of early childhood educators approached assistance with young children of color with disabilities in a Head Start inclusion classroom. Using examples from data collected over one school year, we demonstrate how child-centered assistance advances justice for young children of…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Young Children, Students with Disabilities, Early Intervention
Love, Hailey R.; Horn, Eva – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2021
The most recent efforts to promote inclusive education have acknowledged the various contexts in which it takes place, moving away from a placement-focused conceptualization of inclusion. Acknowledging that inclusive education may take place within multiple types of early childhood education programs necessitates the consideration of context as a…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Early Childhood Education, Program Implementation, Educational Quality
Barton, Erin E.; Smith, Barbara J. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2015
Although considerable progress has been achieved regarding the research and laws supporting preschool inclusion, access to inclusive preschool environments remains intangible for many children with disabilities in the United States. The purpose of this article is to discuss current challenges and solutions to high-quality preschool inclusion. We…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Special Education, Preschool Education, Inclusion
Muccio, Leah S.; Kidd, Julie K.; White, C. Stephen; Burns, M. Susan – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2014
This study considered the facilitators and barriers of successful inclusion in Head Start classrooms by examining the perspectives and practices of instructional professionals. A cross-sectional survey design was combined with direct observation in inclusive Head Start classrooms. Survey data were collected from 71 Head Start instructional…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Early Childhood Education, Inclusion, Barriers
Bruder, Mary Beth; Ferreira, Kelly E. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2022
Early learning and development standards (ELDS) describe the knowledge, skills, and dispositions young children should demonstrate before kindergarten. This article describes a review of state ELDS for children from birth to 5 years of age to determine if they included information and guidance about the learning needs of young children with…
Descriptors: Young Children, Kindergarten, Developmental Delays, Early Childhood Education
Boone Blanchard, Sheresa; Ryan Newton, Jennifer; Didericksen, Katherine W.; Daniels, Michael; Glosson, Kia – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2021
Many early intervention systems are focused on "fixing" children to support development and inclusion. However, we need to acknowledge systemic racism and bias to focus on early settings, schools, and practitioners who are ready for all children. Furthermore, knowledge about the existence of bias and its possible harmful effects support…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Ethnicity, Social Stratification, Young Children
Lee, Frances Lai Mui; Yeung, Alexander Seeshing; Tracey, Danielle; Barker, Katrina – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2015
Whereas the inclusion of children with special needs in regular classrooms has gained increasing advocacy, teachers' attitudes vary. Previous studies examining teacher attitudes have focused on primary and secondary schools in the Western world, and little is known about early childhood settings in Eastern countries. This study used MANOVA to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Mainstreaming
Luo, Li; Reichow, Brian; Snyder, Patricia; Harrington, Jennifer; Polignano, Joy – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2022
All children benefit from intentional interactions and instruction to become socially and emotionally competent. Over the past 30 years, evidence-based intervention tactics and strategies have been integrated to establish comprehensive, multitiered, or hierarchical systems of support frameworks to guide social-emotional interventions for young…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Social Emotional Learning, Intervention, Preschool Children
Bruder, Mary Beth; Dunst, Carl J. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2015
Parents of young children participating in either Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part C early intervention or IDEA Part B-619 preschool special education programs were surveyed to obtain a consumer science perspective of the practitioners who were the children's primary service providers. Parents were asked to make judgments of…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Early Childhood Education, Intervention, Special Education
Stanton-Chapman, Tina L.; Brown, Tiara S. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2015
The current study evaluated the play behaviors of children with disabilities (e.g., developmental delays, specific language impairment) who participated in a social communication intervention targeting skills such as initiations, responses, name use, proximity, and turn-taking. Three children who were enrolled in an inclusive classroom met the…
Descriptors: Play, Disabilities, Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Competence
Baker-Ericzen, Mary J.; Mueggenborg, Mary Garnand; Shea, Mary M. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2009
This study examined a comprehensive modularized inclusion training program provided to 1,298 diverse early child care providers (center-based, family home, and license exempt settings) on providers' attitudes and perceived competence toward inclusion. Second, factors (number of trainings attended and provider characteristics) associated with…
Descriptors: Pacific Islanders, Child Caregivers, Effect Size, Educational Experience
Buysse, Virginia; Hollingsworth, Heidi L. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2009
This article 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. There is consensus in the early childhood field about various components of program quality for young children in general, and a number of states now have program…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Young Children, Educational Quality, Inclusive Schools
Essa, Eva L.; Bennett, Patrick R.; Burnham, Melissa M.; Martin, Sally S.; Bingham, Ann; Allred, Keith – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2008
Little research has been carried out on the inclusion of children with special needs in child care. The purpose of this study was to determine what variables predict the inclusion of children with disabilities in centers and home care. Logistic regression was used to examine the association of several indicators of quality child care and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Needs Students, Child Care, Inclusive Schools
Grace, Rebekah; Llewellyn, Gwynnyth; Wedgwood, Nikki; Fenech, Marianne; McConnell, David – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2008
Using narrative interviews underpinned by an ecocultural framework, this Australian study investigated the experiences of 39 mothers of children with disabilities and 27 staff members from the early childhood services which these children attended. The data highlight serious limitations of current government policy and provisions in Australia to…
Descriptors: Mothers, Disabilities, Young Children, Qualitative Research