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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Challenges of Children with Physical Disabilities
Physical Development
This resource is a reflective article by a person with a physical disability about the challenges of being a child with a disability.
Child Interest Activity Plan (CIAP): An Implementation Driver to Bridge the Research to Practice Gap in Early Childhood Intervention
Inclusion
A Young Exceptional Children peer-reviewed article detailing CIAP as an implementation guide that transforms evidence-based natural environment and caregiver coaching research into everyday practices.
Children with Disabilities
Instructional Strategies
This Head Start page offers articles, tools, and resources to support the inclusion of children with disabilities in early childhood programs.
Children with Special Health Care Needs: Tips for Early Care and Education Providers
Children with Disabilities
This guide gives child care providers practical tips for including children with developmental, speech, vision, hearing, physical, and behavioral needs, and for creating a care plan with families.
Children's HealthWatch: SNAP and Health Research Report
Nutrition
This Children's HealthWatch report explains how SNAP reduces food insecurity and improves health for children and families, and how benefit cuts put family health at risk.
Classroom-Based Versus Pull-Out Interventions: A Review of the Experimental Evidence
Language Development
This research review compares speech-language therapy delivered in the classroom with pull-out therapy for children ages 2 to 8 and finds that co-taught classroom models led to greater vocabulary gains.
Cognitive Development in Preschool Children
Cognitive Development
This page provides a description of cognitive development in preschoolers.
Collaborating with Parents to Implement Behavioral Interventions for Children with Challenging Behaviors
Challenging Behavior
This article presents a description of how teachers and parents can collaborate to implement systems designed to understand, prevent, and eliminate challenging behaviors in children.
Concerned About Your Child's Development?
Developmental Concerns
This website shares how to track milestones, talk to your doctor, and request a free state evaluation to get early intervention services.