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Selecting a Preschool or Child Care For Your Child
Placement Option Visiting Notes
Parents’ Questions to Consider Before the 90 Day Notification Meeting
Parent Questionnaire
MAPS Worksheet
IEP Preparation Worksheet
Parent Inventory
Choice and Decision Making Matrix
Thinking About Collaboration: Questions to Consider
Letters to Parents: Sample
Letters to Parents: Blank

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Selecting a Preschool or Child Care For Your Child

Stroup, V., & Cripe, J. W. (1997). Collaborative community agreements. In J. Bates, & J. Keating; The Preschool Inclusion Manual. Unpublished master’s thesis, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.

A checklist that may help families in selecting a preschool or a child care setting for their child by checking items which are important to them. By adding up the total number of points, selection of a potential program may be easier.

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Placement Option Visiting Notes

Developed by Kasahara, M., Circle of Inclusion Project Content Coordinator, in 2001. This form is also included in the" Guideline: Empowering Families".

List of questions on which a family may focus during an observation and/or an interview with the staff when visiting possible programs for their childl. The observation part of those questions may also be used as an "Environmental Assessment" to assist in planning needed adaptations to accommodate the child.

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Parents’ Questions to Consider Before the 90 Day Notification Meeting

Cripe, J. W., & Stroup, V. (1997).Supporting families and children in transition to inclusive placements. In J. Btes, & J. Keating; The Preschool Inclusion Manual. Unpublished master’s thesis, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.

A list of questions that families may want to ask at the 90-day meeting where the child's transition planning will be discussed. It may help families to prepare themselves for the meeting by planning questions to ask.

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Parent Questionnaire

Keating, J. (1997). Supporting children in inclusive programs. In J. Bates, & J. Keating; The Preschool Inclusion Manual. Unpublished master’s thesis, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.

A questionnaire for parents to provide information about their child such as his/her needs, preferences, and communication style. This will be valuable information for teachers in planning necessary supports and accommodations to meet the child’s needs in an inclusive early childhood program

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MAPS Worksheet

Bates, J. (1997). Developing, implementing, and monitoring the IFSP/IEP. In J. Bates, & J. Keating; The Preschool Inclusion Manual. Unpublished master’s thesis, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.

The MAPS Worksheet contains six main questions to be answered during the MAPS process by all the participants of the MAPS meeting. The worksheet is best provided in advance of the meeting as a preparation tool.

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IEP Preparation Worksheet

Bates, J. (1997). Developing, implementing, and monitoring the IFSP/IEP. In J. Bates, & J. Keating; The Preschool Inclusion Manual. Unpublished master’s thesis, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.

This worksheet will help people think about the child’s strengths as preparation for attendance at an IEP meeting. This will assist members in collaborative participation in and development of objectives/goals during the meeting.

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Parent Inventory

Keating, J. (1997). Transitioning from inclusive early childhood programs to kindergarten. In J. Bates, & J. Keating; The Preschool Inclusion Manual. Unpublished master’s thesis, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS..

This will assist the parent(s)’ in obtaining input on their child and to identify their support needs. It also provides parent(s) with opportunities to express their preferences on parent/teacher communication style and on the contents of information they would like to receive.

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Choice and Decision Making Matrix

Cripe, J. W. (1997). Implementing family-guided values in preschool program. In J. Bates, & J. Keating; The Preschool Inclusion Manual. Unpublished master’s thesis, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.

An example of a matrix that provides ideas of how an inclusive team could incorporate a family’s decision making into each program's activities. Different kinds of options could be offered families for decision-making purposes.

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Thinking About Collaboration: Questions to Consider

Jeppson, E. S,. & Thomas, J. (1995). Essential allies: Families as advisors. Bethesda, MD: Institute for Family-Centered Care.

This set of questions will guide a program staff to reflect on their services in terms of family involvement, to identify barriers for families, and to plan strategies to promote the family's involvement in the program.

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Letters to Parents (Sample letter / Blank form)

Rosenkoetter, S. E., Hains, A. H., & Fowler, S. A. (1994). Bridging early services for children with special needs and their families: A practical guide for transition planning. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Company.

This is an example letter to introduce a newly enrolled child who has disabilities to the parents of the peers in the classroom. The child's parents write the letter. A blank form is available for families to write an introduction about their child if they'd like to other families in the same classroom.

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