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We’ve organized our Padlet into several different areas of content. Also, please note that almost all of our posts have live links that will provide you with much more information. 

Online, self-paced CECO Modules with content that supports educators' understanding and implementation of inclusive practices in early learning environments:

-Inclusion Works!

-Creating Equitable Early Learning Environments for Young Boys of Color

-Inclusive Practices for Children with Disabilities or Delays

-Supporting Young Multilingual Learners

-Trauma Informed Care

-Dual Language Learners

-Responsive and Inclusive Early Learning and Care Environments

This collection of resources will be continually updated to support teachers in selecting books that best represent and honor the experiences of the children and families they serve. Consider stories that can act as “mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors” for the children in your program!

People with disabilities are the world’s largest minority, an estimated 15 percent of the global population. But many of us—disabled and nondisabled alike—don’t know how to act, what to say, or how to be an ally to the disability community. Demystifying Disability is a friendly handbook on the important disability issues you need to know about, including:
 
• How to appropriately think, talk, and ask about disability
• Recognizing and avoiding ableism (discrimination toward disabled people)
• Practicing good disability etiquette
• Ensuring accessibility becomes your standard practice, from everyday communication to planning special events
• Appreciating disability history and identity
• Identifying and speaking up about disability stereotypes in media
 
Authored by celebrated disability rights advocate, speaker, and writer Emily Ladau, this practical, intersectional guide offers all readers a welcoming place to understand disability as part of the human experience.

This Management Bulletin (MB) notifies and provides guidance to California State Preschool Program (CSPP) contractors of the following:

1. A change in the definition of children with exceptional needs

2. Categorical eligibility for children with exceptional needs

3. The enrollment requirement set aside for children with exceptional needs

4. The enrollment priority for children with exceptional needs

5. The increased adjustment factor for children with exceptional needs and children with severe disabilities

6. New data collection requirements for contractors; and

7. Requirement that children with exceptional needs be educated in the least restrictive environment (LRE)

NOTE: Children with exceptional needs are also known as children with disabilities. The language in this MB refers to children with exceptional needs to align with the statutory definition in Education Code (EC). However, to align more closely with federal special education law and programs, the California Department of Education (CDE) encourages contractors to use the term children with disabilities at the local level during implementation.

https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/ci/mb2302.asp

• Adaptations of Space, Materials, and Equipment

• Adult Involvement in Peer Interactions

• Adults' Guidance of Children’s Free-Choice Activities and Play

• Conflict Resolution

• Membership

• Relationships between Adults and Children

• Support for Communication

• Adaptation of Group Activities

• Transitions between Activities

• Feedback

• Family-Professional Partnerships

• Monitoring Children's Learning

The in-depth ICP evaluation process gives you the rich information and insights you need to:

• assess your program’s current inclusive practices

• establish a baseline for measuring future progress

• apply recommended inclusive practices for young children

• guide quality improvement efforts by linking assessment data with instructional decision-making

• tailor professional development to teachers' specific needs