The Preschool Inclusion Toolbox

Filled with tips, tools, and strategies, this book is the comprehensive, practical toolbox preschool administrators need to implement early childhood inclusion through systems-level change.

Inclusion is clearly linked with better outcomes for young children - but recent reports from the US Department of Education show the practice has grown by just 5% over the past 27 years. This is the how-to book preschool administrators, school leaders, and child care directors need to step up the progress of early childhood inclusion through big-picture, systems-level change. Shaped by feedback from a nationwide survey of IDEA Part B Coordinators who shared their real-life inclusion challenges, this is your comprehensive toolbox of problem-solving tips, evidence-based practices, and practical checklists and handouts. You’ll learn how to overcome the challenges to a high-quality inclusive program, and you’ll create a solid action plan for building and maintaining a successful program where all children learn and grow.

GET THE TOOLS YOU NEED TO:

• solve common challenges to inclusion through new policies and procedures
• establish a strong inclusion team to make collaborative decisions
• implement an action plan for inclusion - and measure its effects
• increase access, participation, and supports for children with disabilities
• help teachers use evidence-based practices like RTI and differentiated instruction
• develop effective teacher professional development practices
• make sound decisions about placement for each individual child

PRACTICAL MATERIALS: Reproducible planning forms and tools (see sidebar); more than 100 PowerPoint slides (available online) to help structure professional development events; tips and lessons from effective school reform efforts across the country; application and reflection questions for independent study and coursework.

With helpful forms and tools:

• Inclusion Self-Checklist
• Checklist of Steps to Preschool Inclusion
• Action Plan Template and Sample
• Public Policy 101 Handout
• Menu of Preschool Inclusion Policy and Procedure Solutions
• Coaching Performance-Based Feedback Form
• Placement Consideration Planning Form for Preschool Inclusion
• and more!