PRESCHOOL INCLUSION
SPECIALQUEST MULTIMEDIA TRAINING LIBRARY
Early Childhood Inclusion Training Resources That Work
The new Preschool Inclusion
Series, part of the SpecialQuest
Multimedia Training Library,
focuses on unique aspects of
including preschool-age
children with disabilities with
their typically developing peers.
The Preschool Inclusion Series contains:
•
4 video programs (English, Spanish open-captioned,
English open-captioned):
– Preschool Inclusion: Working Together to Make It
Happen (1 DVD)
– Preschool Inclusion: Samantha (1 DVD)
– Preschool Inclusion: Drew (1 DVD)
– The Individualized Education Program: Strategies for
Making It Work and Doing It Well (1 DVD: Parts I, II, III English; 1 DVD: Parts I, II, III - Spanish Open Captioned; 1
DVD: Parts I, II, III - English Open Captioned)
•
1 CD – pdf files of the Facilitator’s Guide, plus 5 training
scripts and handouts (handouts in English and Spanish)
“This child feels really valued.
This child really feels part of the community.”
—Elementary School Principal
SPECIALQUEST BIRTH–FIVE
PRESCHOOL INCLUSION SERIES
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
• Explore the full Web-based SpecialQuest Multimedia Training
Library at www.specialquestlibrary.org, where there are search
options for locating volumes, sessions by topic, and videos, along
with the most current resources.
• Review the Preschool Inclusion Series video and session
descriptions on the enclosed cards or at
www.specialquestlibrary.org.
• Review the SpecialQuest Multimedia Training Library Quick Start
Guide for tips on using the Library materials and the SpecialQuest
approach to professional development. The Quick Start Guide
and accompanying DVD/CD Edition of the Library can be ordered
at no cost at www.specialquestlibrary.org or the Guide can be
downloaded from the same website.
STORAGE
Consider storing the Preschool Inclusion Series in
the volumes of the Multimedia Training Library
or the smaller DVD/CD Edition with Quick Start
Guide binders.
HELPFUL HINTS
• DVD Format – When playing the DVD on a
DVD player or computer, select the option
for viewing the video in English, Spanish, or open-captioned
English.
• CD Format – When opening the CD, click on the index.html for an
index of all the files contained on the disc. There are four folders
of pdf documents: 1) English Scripts, 2) English Handouts, 3)
Spanish Handouts, and 4) Facilitator’s Guide to the SpecialQuest
Multimedia Training Library.
CREDITS
Developed by Linda Brekken, Shelley deFossett, Cheryl Ducey, Cathy
Liles, Katy McCullough, Trish Mengel, and Susan Stewart
Editing and Production: Mary Grady and Jeanne Schroeder
Graphic Design: Jeanne Schroeder
This Preschool Inclusion Series of the SpecialQuest Multimedia Training
Library is provided by SpecialQuest Birth–Five: Head Start/Hilton Training
Program, a special project of Napa County Office of Education, funded by the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children
and Families, Office of Head Start: Grant #90YC0190.
QUICK START GUIDE PRESCHOOL INCLUSION SERIES
Preschool Inclusion Series Description
The Preschool Inclusion Series of the SpecialQuest Multimedia Training Library
focuses on several aspects of including preschool-age children who have
disabilities in programs and settings with their typically developing peers.
This series contains four videos. The first provides an overview of the benefits
and rationale for inclusion, as well as perspectives from many stakeholders
of what makes inclusion work. Two additional videos each feature a story
about the successful inclusion of a child—in one, a girl named Samantha; in
the other, a boy named Drew. In these videos, viewers learn what it took for
their families and their service providers to ensure that these children were
given the supports and opportunities they needed to flourish in programs
with their typically developing peers. The fourth video provides practical and
concrete strategies for making the Individualized Education Program (IEP) a
process that is collaborative and that ensures inclusion, from the perspectives
of family members, service providers, and administrators from several service
delivery systems. Five sessions, complete with facilitator scripts and handouts,
accompany the videos.
Preschool Inclusion Series Video and Session Descriptions
Video: Preschool Inclusion: Working Together to Make It Happen
(18 minutes)
This video is the foundation for the SpecialQuest Multimedia Training
Library’s Preschool Inclusion Series. Preschool Inclusion: Working
Together to Make It Happen provides examples of staff and families
working together to support high-quality inclusion of preschoolers with
disabilities in early care and education settings. This video illustrates how
services can be responsive to the priorities and concerns of both families
and service providers. In the video, classroom staff, administrators,
service providers, and families share their perspectives on what makes
inclusion work. The video shows many images of children with disabilities
in inclusive environments. Preschool Inclusion: Working Together to Make
It Happen also can be a useful tool for discussing the three defining
features of inclusion: access, participation, and support (DEC/NAEYC Joint
Position Statement on Inclusion, 2009).
Session: Preschool Inclusion: Laying the Groundwork for Success
(3 hours, 55 minutes total)
This session is intended to lay the groundwork for successful inclusion in
preschool. After viewing the video, Preschool Inclusion: Working Together
to Make It Happen, participants will explore and discuss how families and
service providers can effectively work together to create and support
inclusive experiences for preschool-age children who have disabilities.
Participants are introduced to Early Childhood Inclusion, a summary of a
joint position statement released in April 2009 by the Division for Early
Childhood (DEC) and the National Association for the Education of Young
Children (NAEYC). They will use the concepts in the position statement
to discuss the defining features of inclusion: access, participation, and
supports. Finally, the session highlights federal legislation from several
systems that support inclusion.
Keywords: inclusion, collaboration, preschool
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Video: Preschool Inclusion: Samantha (10 minutes)
This video highlights the experiences of Samantha and her family and
the people who worked with them. Samantha was enrolled in Early Head
Start at 18 months of age, transitioned to Head Start at age three, and
was in the process of transitioning to kindergarten at the time this video
was developed. Samantha’s story provides an opportunity to see how
families can work collaboratively with Head Start, childcare, the public
schools, and others agencies and service providers to realize their dreams
for their children who have disabilities.
Session: Samantha’s Story—Preschool Inclusion Success
(see options 1 and 2 below for length of session)
In this session, participants will use the video Preschool Inclusion:
Samantha to identify aspects of successful inclusion. Participants
will explore what is necessary to provide collaborative services to
preschoolers with disabilities and their families in early care and
education environments.
Option 1 (3 hours, 10 minutes)
Participants will identify challenges to inclusion and generate strategies
that support effective inclusion in their own work.
Option 2 (3 hours, 5 minutes)
Participants will use a tool, the Inclusion Planning Checklist, to explore
how they and their partners can support the inclusion of preschool-age
children who have disabilities in early care and education programs.
Keywords: inclusion, collaboration, preschool, transition, coordinated service
delivery, families
Video: Preschool Inclusion: Drew (6 minutes)
This video illustrates how Drew, one preschooler with a disability,
flourished in an inclusive environment. Drew’s parents and staff from
various agencies describe how he transitioned from a home-based
early intervention program to an Early Head Start program with early
intervention services, and then on to a childcare/Head Start center where
he received special education services in the classroom. The video allows
participants to consider the array of services that may be needed when
including a child with a disability in their classroom and the collaboration
needed to ensure that parents’ dreams for their child are realized.
Session: Drew’s Family Story of Inclusion (2 hours, 40 minutes)
This session uses the video Preschool Inclusion: Drew as the foundation
for learning about an array of resources needed to support the inclusion
of a child with a disability. Through the story of Drew’s family, session
participants also consider the influence of a parent’s own disability on the
collaborative process of inclusion. Participants explore and discuss their
early experiences with disabilities and how these experiences currently
influence their perspectives about disability. In addition, participants
explore formal and informal resources and use a community mapping
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process to identify the various types of resources available in their own
communities, with a focus on what could be used to support Drew, his
family, and children with disabilities in general.
Keywords: inclusion, collaboration, preschool, coordinated service delivery,
families, adults with disabilities
Video: The Individualized Education Program: Strategies for Making It Work
and Doing It Well
• Part I: Preparing for IEP Meetings (17 minutes)
• Part II: Contributing to Successful Meetings (16 minutes)
• Part III: Putting IEPs into Action (14 minutes)
This three-part video offers practical strategies for a successful IEP
process, before, during, and after the IEP meeting. The strategies from
families, service providers, and administrators address planning for the
IEP meeting, participating in the IEP meeting, and implementing an
IEP that ensures that preschool-age children with disabilities are given
optimal opportunities to learn, grow, and develop with their typically
developing peers.
Session: The Individualized Education Program: Partnering for Success
(4 hours, 20 minutes)
This session draws upon the experiences of families, service providers,
and administrators in preparing for and contributing to IEP meetings
and in implementing IEPs. Participants will consider the IEP process from
various perspectives and explore how teams work together to create
inclusive experiences that are supported by the IEP process.
Keywords: inclusion, collaboration, preschool, coordinated service delivery,
Individualized Education Program (IEP), families
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