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Understanding High-Quality Inclusive Education across Early Childhood Settings
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Love, Hailey Rena – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Inclusive education is generally conceptualized as "access" to learning opportunities, "participation" with typically-developing peers and adults, and systems-level "supports" (Division for Early Childhood [DEC] & National Association for the Education of Young Children [NAEYC], 2009). This definition has become…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Early Childhood Education, Context Effect
Teacher Attitudes & Beliefs toward Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in Early Childhood Programs: Impacts on Assessment Outcomes
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Maiorca-Nunez, Jessica – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Evidence suggests preschool age students with disabilities (SWD) benefit from inclusive settings. Inclusive education has positive impacts on students' social-emotional, language, and cognitive skills. Yet, preschool age SWD continue to have limited access to inclusive education, and research suggests numerous reasons, including teacher practice.…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, Disabilities, Inclusion
The Impact of Checklist-Based Training on Teachers' Use of the Zone Defense Schedule
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Casey, Amy M.; McWilliam, R. A. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2011
We assessed the impact of checklist-based training on teaching teams' use of the zone defense schedule. Three teaching teams (lead teacher plus 2 assistant teachers) in an inclusive early childhood program participated. A multiple baseline design across teams was used to determine whether accurate implementation of the zone defense schedule…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Observation, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Children
Variables Affecting Engagement in Inclusive Preschool Classrooms.
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McCormick, Linda; Noonan, Mary Jo; Heck, Ronald – Journal of Early Intervention, 1998
A study explored variables associated with engagement in seven inclusive community-based preschool classrooms. Results found disability status did not predict engagement, but activity characteristics were significantly related to engagement. Another variable, coteacher team characteristics, was also found to be a significant predictor of…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Disabilities, Inclusive Schools, Interpersonal Communication
On the Forms of Inclusion: The Need for More Information.
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McLean, Mary E.; Dunst, Carl J. – Journal of Early Intervention, 1999
This commentary on a previous article (Odom 1999) that investigated 16 inclusive programs in 4 regional U.S. locations notes the omission of environments other than classrooms in the study, such as home settings and family day care settings. The absence of specific characteristics of the programs described is also criticized. (Contains seven…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Inclusive Schools
The First Installment of a Serial Novel on Inclusive Practices: Tell Me More.
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Fowler, Susan A. – Journal of Early Intervention, 1999
This commentary on a previous article (Odom 1999) that investigated 16 inclusive programs in 4 regional U.S. locations notes the omission of information about the quality of services, providers' perspectives, the extent to which what practitioners say corresponds with classroom practice, and range of special services delivered. (CR)
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Inclusive Schools
On the Forms of Inclusion: Organizational Context and Individualized Service Models.
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Odom, Samuel L.; Horn, Eva M.; Marquart, Jules M.; Hanson, Marci J.; Wolfberg, Pamela; Beckman, Paula; Lieber, Joan; Li, Shouming; Schwartz, Ilene; Janko, Susan; Sandall, Susan – Journal of Early Intervention, 1999
A range of qualitative and quantitative methods were used to create case studies and summaries of 16 inclusive programs in 4 regional U.S. locations. The individualized service model that programs followed were itinerant-direct service, itinerant-collaborative consultative, team teaching, early childhood, early childhood special education, and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Consultation Programs, Delivery Systems, Disabilities