Professional Development

PROFESSIONAL

DEVELOPMENT

Head Start/Early Learning and Knowledge Center

SpecialQuest Multimedia Training Library – Videos and training scripts to use for building community collaboratives, and for staff professional development: Including Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities; Building Relationships with Families; Collaboration and Teaming; Preschool Inclusion Series.

IRIS Center

The IRIS Center is a national center dedicated to improving education outcomes for all children, especially those with disabilities birth through age twenty-one, through the use of effective evidence-based practices and interventions.
- Online Modules for professional development – here is a link to the brochure which describe the early childhood modules: https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/wp-content/uploads/misc_media/brochures/IRIS_Early_Childhood_rsrc_brochure.pdf

Inclusive Schools Network

edWeb

edWeb is a free online community for professional educators, offering networking, resource sharing, collaboration, and professional development webinars.” Numerous archived and scheduled webinars, many on ECE and inclusion; a system in place to earn and track free CEUs.

https://home.edweb.net
Examples of webinars (1 hour)
- Building Block for Including and Teaching Young Children with Disabilities.
- Support Social Development in the Early Childhood Inclusion Classroom with Music.
- 12 Keys to High Quality Early Childhood Inclusion
- How to Build and Lead a High Quality Preschool Inclusion Program
- Free Tools for Accessibility and Inclusive Classrooms
- Increasing Accessibility and Fostering Inclusive Classrooms

West Ed

Improving learning, healthy development, and equity in school and communities - https://www.wested.org

PD2GO

http://www.ccfc.ca.gov/partners/PD2GO/index.html

Brookes Publishing

https://brookespublishing.com

Inclusive Classroom Profile (ICP)

Written resources on inclusion
Professional development trainings
Successful Early Childhood Inclusion Kit (set of 5 books)
- Making Preschool Inclusion Work: Strategies for Supporting Children, Teachers, and Programs
- First Steps to Preschool Inclusion: How to Jumpstart Your Program-wide Plan
- The Preschool Inclusion Toolbox
- Six Steps to Inclusive Preschool Curriculum
- Building Blocks for Teaching Preschoolers with Special Needs, Third Edition