Click Start: Ideas for the Inclusive Classroom

Tracks presented at the Kansas Division for Early Childhood Conference 3/2/00
Activities for the Early Childhood Classroom- This track contains links to activities and lesson plan for use in the early childhood classroom.

Professional Development for Early Childhood Teachers - Useful resources for teachers on classroom management, training, disability organizations and advocacy groups.

Early Childhood Teacher Resources - This track contains direct links to specific theme based activities to use in the Early Childhood Classroom and adaptations for children with special needs.

Project INTEGRATE
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~integrate/index.htm
The Project Integrate website provides information on the use of integrated therapy. Click on "Models" to find information about six different models of integrated therapy and "Materials" to find checklists and forms for your use .

ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary & Early Childhood Education
http://ericeece.org/
ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary & Early Childhood Education This site is an exceptional resource for educators and related professionals. AskERIC is a unique forum for individuals to write in questions for help locating specific information on a variety of topics in the ERIC system. The blue underlined topic list under the heading of the page are resources, special topics and internet links related to elementary education and early childhood education.

Inclusive Education Web Site
http://www.uni.edu/coe/inclusion/index.html
This site is geared towards supporting school administrators and other professionals learn more about inclusion.

ERIC: Other Internet Sites
http://www.ericsp.org/
This site for general education teachers provides numerous education related resources. Search the Eric database for references on inclusion

Collaboration and Inclusion
http://www.powerof2.org//
Collaboration is a powerful tool to successfully include children with special needs in general classroom. Check this site for some interesting discussion on collaboration!

Early Childhood.Com
http://www.earlychildhood.com/
This site includes resources and articles for professionals and parents of young children. The articles/resources section contains an article on how to include young children in preschool classrooms.

HPR*TEC
http://hprtec.org/
The HPR*TEC site is a technical assistance resource for educators, administrators, and technical coordinators. Click on SCHOOLS. Then click on SCHOOL DIRECTORY. Then enter the name of a school to find demographic and general information about schools in the HPR*TEC region. You may find ideas for your site here.

The Family Village
http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/index.htmlx
The Family Village integrates information, resources, and communication opportunities on the Internet for persons with mental retardation and other disabilities, for their families, and for those that provide them services and support. Click on SCHOOL and INCLUSIVE SPECIAL EDUCATION RESOURCES to find articles, conferences or other information.

National Center for Early Development & Learning
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~ncedl/index.htm
National Center for Early Development & Learning (NCEDL), which focuses on enhancing the cognitive, social and emotional development of childrenfrom birth through age eight.This site includes information on the state of the nation, research efforts, and critical issues in early childhood practices.

Proactive Approaches to Challenging Behavior for Young Children with Disabilities -Greater Minnesota Behavior Project
http://ici2.umn.edu/preschoolbehavior/
This project is designed to enable school districts to become more self-efficient in serving preschoolers with disabilities who experience challenging behavior. It is administered and managed by the Center for Early Education and Development along with the Institute on Community Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota, College of Education and Human Development.

The Preschool Options Project
http://www.preschooloptions.org/
This project is funded through Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction to provide training to assist local school districts in developing a range of options in Least Restrictive Environments (LRE) for young children with disabilities. This website shared information related to the project, along with tools that you can download and resources to make it happen in your community. They also offers information on birth to three transitions.

collaboratingpartners.com
http://www.collaboratingpartners.com/
This site is designed to be a resource and online community for parents, administrators, and staff of Early Childhood Programs throughout Wisconsin who serve young children with and without exceptionalities and their families.