Community: Preschool LRE - Part B and 619
The Preschool LRE Community of Practice serves to disseminate information and resources on supporting the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA) and promote early childhood inclusion practices.
ANNOUNCEMENTS!
Save the date! The Tenth National Early Childhood Inclusion Institute
- When: May 17 - 19, 2010
- Where: The William and Ida Friday Center, Chapel Hill, NC
- Sponsored by: The National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center, and the FPG Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
NATIONAL EARLY CHILDHOOD INCLUSION INSTITUTE
CONFERENCE CALLS & WEBINARS
- 2008 Webinar Series for Section 619 Administrators -
Co-sponsored by the Preschool LRE Community of Practice, NECTAC, Mountain Plains RRC, NPDCI, TACSEI and other national partners.
http://www.nectac.org/webinars.asp
NATIONAL CENTERS & INCLUSION
- National Professional Development Center on Inclusion (NPDCI) is working with states to create a system of high quality, cross-agency, accessible professional development for early childhood personnel. http://community.fpg.unc.edu/
- National Early Childhood TA Center (NECTAC) maintains a topical web collection of resources on natural environments and early childhood inclusion: http://www.nectac.org/inclusion/default.asp
- SpecialQuest Birth-Five disseminates the SpecialQuest approach via state Leadership Teams, Ambassadors, Graduate Teams, and through the web-based SpecialQuest Multimedia Training Library. http://www.specialquest.org/
- Head Start Center for Inclusion is funded to increase the competence, confidence, and effectiveness of personnel in Head Start programs to include children with disabilities by providing training materials and tools for teachers and coordinators. http://depts.washington.edu/hscenter/
Partner Organizations
NECTAC, Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center (MPRRC), Peak Parent Center/RPTAC 5
Facilitators
