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Direct linkPhilpott, Susan; Muthukrishna, Nithi – Education as Change, 2019
There have been significant recent developments in the policy arena in South Africa in respect of disability and of early childhood development viz. the "White Paper on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the National Integrated Early Childhood Development Policy." Using Bacchi's analytical framework encapsulated in the question,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Disabilities, Public Policy
Cioè-Peña, María – Multiple Voices: Disability, Race, and Language Intersections in Special Education, 2020
In response to anti-immigrant policies, countless families are returning to their countries of origin. One immigrant community persists: the undocumented mothers of children with disabilities (CWD). Using the testimonios of Spanish-speaking Latinx mothers of emergent bilingual CWD, this study answers the question of why they stay. This study…
Descriptors: Undocumented Immigrants, Mothers, Disabilities, Spanish Speaking
Download full textHebbeler, Kathleen; Spiker, Donna – Future of Children, 2016
What do we know about young children with delays and disabilities, and how can we help them succeed in prekindergarten through third grade? To begin with, Kathleen Hebbeler and Donna Spiker write, identifying children with delays and disabilities to receive specialized services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act poses several…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disability Identification, Eligibility, Preschool Education
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
Turnbull, Ann P.; Summers, Jean Ann; Turnbull, Rud; Brotherson, Mary Jane; Winton, Pam; Roberts, Richard; Snyder, Patricia; McWilliam, Robin; Chandler, Lynette; Schrandt, Suzanne; Stowe, Matt; Bruder, Mary Beth; Divenere, Nancy; Epley, Pam; Hornback, Mergy; Huff, Barbara; Miksch, Peggy; Mitchell, Linda; Sharp, Lisa; Stroup-Rentier, Vera – Journal of Early Intervention, 2007
This article utilizes four knowledge sources to characterize a current gap in policy and practice related to serving families in early intervention (birth to 5) programs. It argues that the field of early intervention has focused primarily on implementing family-centered practices by focusing on how families and professionals should interact. The…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Family Programs, Young Children, Disabilities
Chiang, Linda H.; Hadadian, Azar – International Journal of Special Education, 2010
In China, the national strategy for Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) is coherent with the national policy and the needs of children's families. This policy has raised the public awareness of the value of early childhood education (ECE). However, there is a gap in services for children with disabilities. Based on the available sources,…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Early Childhood Education, Disabilities, Disability Identification
Barrow, Christine – Bernard van Leer Foundation (NJ1), 2008
This report looks at the development and socialisation of children under 5 years of age in two Caribbean countries, Trinidad and Tobago and Dominica. It involved fieldwork in four very different communities as well as extensive discussion with academics and professionals. Too little is known about child socialisation in the Caribbean, and this…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Caring, Poverty, Crime
Carpenter, Barry – British Journal of Special Education, 2005
In March 2005, Barry Carpenter, OBE, Chief Executive and Director of Research at Sunfield, an education and residential care centre for children with severe and complex learning needs, gave his inaugural professional lecture at University College Worcester. This article is based on that lecture. In it, Barry Carpenter reviews international trends…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Family Involvement, Young Children, Early Intervention
Peer reviewedBlank, Helen – Young Children, 1983
Reviews the status of present and proposed dependent care tax credit legislation and considers the special needs of families supporting vulnerable dependents. (RH)
Descriptors: Day Care, Dependents, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedArcia, Emily; And Others – Journal of Early Intervention, 1993
This article examines factors associated with underutilization of early intervention services, outlines the prevalence of these factors in the population of families with young children, presents statistics on the sociodemographic characteristics of families with children under five, and suggests policies that may facilitate the participation of…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Early Intervention, Family Characteristics
National Center for Clinical Infant Programs, Washington, DC. – 1989
The materials included in this document are intended to articulate the intent of the framers of the Education for the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986, Public Law 99-457. The first paper, "A Window of Opportunity," is the text of a speech by Robert Silverstein, Staff Director and Chief Counsel of the Subcommittee on the Handicapped of…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Healy, Alfred; And Others – 1985
The book is intended to link knowledge and application in early intervention services for very young disabled and at-risk children. An introductory chapter analyzes major issues and sources of controversy in the field: family support and the nature of early intervention, parental empowerment and involvement, the science of early intervention,…
Descriptors: Child Development, Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Peer reviewedBrown, Carole W.; Seklemian, Patti – Journal of Early Intervention, 1993
This paper reviews the Supreme Court's Zebley decision which expanded the definition of disability in young children by including functional equivalence; compares regulations and practices under the Social Security Administration and Part H of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; and offers guidelines concerning the intent of the law,…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Definitions, Disabilities
Guralnick, Michael J., Ed. – 2001
Early childhood inclusion is a field characterized by a philosophy and practice that encourages full participation of children with disabilities and their families in everyday activities with their typically developing peers. Noting that success in inclusion endeavors requires substantial changes in the way our society thinks, feels, and acts,…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Change Strategies, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities
Peer reviewedHarbin, Gloria L. – Journal of Early Intervention, 1998
This discussion of the effects on young children with disabilities of the 1996 Welfare Reform Act, also known as the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, notes the lack of good data for accurately assessing the service-delivery problem. Stresses the importance of Local Interagency Coordinating Councils in designing…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
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