Resource Library
This resource database was developed by the USC College of Education in collaboration with early childhood faculty at Greenville, Midlands, and Trident Technical Colleges through federal-grant funding to support early childhood faculty at South Carolina Technical Colleges to embed information about inclusion and supporting children with disabilities across early childhood coursework. When the federal grant ended, the researchers reached out to the Inclusion Collaborative to house the resource database on this website and to make it accessible to the wider early childhood community. The more than 300 high-quality resources include evidence-based strategies and community resources that support the inclusion young children with disabilities in early childhood settings.
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Pediatric Feeding Disorder: An Overview
Nutrition
This Feeding Matters page explains pediatric feeding disorder, including its signs and how it can affect a child's health and development.
Peer Mediated Skills
Social-Emotional Development
This NCPMI handout explains how to teach five peer-mediated friendship skills (getting a friend’s attention, sharing, requesting toys, giving play ideas, and giving compliments) and includes a visual poster for each.
Phonological Awareness is Child's Play
Early Literacy
This resource is a handout on phonological awareness activities and playing with or manipulating sounds. There are suggested activities, books, songs, and poems.
Play Therapy Works!
Social-Emotional Development
This eight-minute video shows an overview of play therapy.
POLICY STATEMENT: Inclusion of Children with Disabilities in Early Childhood Programs
Inclusion
This joint policy statement (Nov. 28, 2023) from the U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services describes federal expectations and recommendations for including children with disabilities in early childhood programs.
Position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Nutrition Services for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Special Health Care Needs
Nutrition
This position paper from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics describes the role of nutrition services in supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and special health care needs.
Positive Behavior Support Through Family-School Collaboration for Young Children with Autism
Communicating with Families
In this study, individualized behavior support was implemented through family-school collaboration for three children with autism, resulting in increased appropriate behaviors and decreased problem behaviors at home and at school.
Preparing Young Children for the Inclusion of Children with Disabilities into the Classroom
Inclusion
This blog post outlines actionable classroom strategies to improve academic and social outcomes—addressing common challenges like communication delays while providing frameworks for physical accessibility, peer interactions, and visual schedules.
Preschool Assessment: A Guide to Developing a Balanced Approach
Assessment
This article provides a description of different types of assessment and how to effectively and appropriately assess young children.