Disabilities Dialogue
Listen as guest experts share resources to support children with disabilities and their families. Explore the webinars and related resources below.
Young children vary in their skills, knowledge, backgrounds, and abilities. Effective teaching requires individualized teaching and chances to learn for all children to access, participate, and thrive in early learning settings. Individualizing for children who need more support helps ensure effective teaching for children with disabilities and other special needs across all the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework domains. Using children’s Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) and Individualized Education Program (IEP) goals is part of effective teaching, individualizing, and creating inclusive environments to support children’s positive outcomes.
Listen as guest experts share resources to support children with disabilities and their families. Explore the webinars and related resources below.
This guide teaches parents how to clearly and effectively express concerns, ideas, or suggestions to the professionals involved in their child's special education.
Follow up Checklist: When a Child is Identified with a Permanent Hearing Loss
How Teachers and Parents Can Accommodate for a Child’s Temporary or Permanent Hearing Loss
Integration Checklist: Including Children with Significant Disabilities in Head Start
This collection of resources provides information about evidence-based practices that support individualization and associated resources .
Focusing on the perspectives of adults with disabilities, this session examines the importance of their experiences and successes in developing a long-term vision for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families.
The purpose of this policy statement is to support families, early childhood programs, and states by providing recommendations from the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services and Education for preventing and severely limiting expulsion and suspension practices in early childhood settings.
Families are the enduring presence in the lives of children with disabilities. Find activities to support staff and families in developing positive relationships that support collaboration and family leadership.
This session explores the elements of effective teaming through the movie, Sister Act, starring Whoopi Goldberg.