Inclusive Early Education Resources

California State Preschool Program (CSPP) Resources

• Management Bulletin 23-02 on Serving Children with Disabilities
  • Management Bulletin 23-02
• Enrolling Children with Exceptional Needs in the Set Aside Diagram
  • CSPP Enrollment for Children with Exceptional Needs (DOCX)
• Children with Disabilities Survey Questions (DOCX)
  • Children with Disabilities Survey Question Link
• Frequently Asked Questions on Serving Children with Disabilities in CSPP
  • Children with Disabilities Question Submission
• Webinar Resources
  • Webinar Recording February 10, 2023
    • CSPP Serving Children with Disabilities (Video; 1:25:42)
  • Webinar Slides February 10, 2023
    • Serving Children with Disabilities in CSPP (PPTX)

Professional Development Resources 

• Adaptations and Accommodations 
  • Desired Results Access Project: Planning Adaptations for Distance Learning
  • Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Innovation for Inclusion in Early Education (STEMIE) Guide to Adaptations
• Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ)
  • ASQ
    • ASQ
  • ASQ-Social Emotional (ASQ-SE)
    • Social Emotional Screening of Young Children: Early Identification is Essential to Healthy SEL, by Barton and Steed
  • ASQ Trainings  
    • ASQ and ASQ-SE Comprehensive Seminar
    • ASQ and ASQ-SE Training of Trainers
• Assessment and Evaluation Process
  • Special Education Division (SED): Individualized Education Program
    (IEP) process
  • Handbook on Assessment and Evaluation in Early Childhood Special Education Programs (PDF)
  • A Guide to the Individualized Education Program
  • California Courts: Assessments and Eligibility
• Beginning Together
• California MAP to Inclusion and Belonging Project
• Developmental Milestones
  • Centers for Disease Control: Learn the Signs, Act Early
    • Reasons for Concern: When you suspect your child or a child in your care may have a disability or special need(s)
    • What to do when there are concerns about a child’s development (PDF)
    • How To Get Help For Your Child (PDF)
    • Milestone Tracker
  • All About Young Children
• Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center
  • Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (ECTA)
  • Child Find Federal Requirement
• Embedded Instruction
  • Embedded Instruction Teaching Practices (California)
  • Embedded Instruction for Early Learning: National Center
• Evidence-Based Practices
  • Division for Early Childhood (DEC) of the Council for Exceptional Children
• Head Start
  • Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center: Head Start Inclusion Webinars
  • Head Start Center for Inclusion
  • Guidance on Creating an Effective Memorandum of Understanding to Support High-Quality Inclusive Early Childhood Systems (Oct. 5, 2022) - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
  • Collaboration on Head Start and Free and Appropriate Public Education (PDF)
• Inclusion Program Self-Assessment Tools
  • Inclusive Classroom Profile (ICP)
• Inclusion Works!
  • Inclusion Works! Creating Child Care Programs That Promote Belonging for Children with Disabilities (PDF)
  • California Preschool Instructional Network (Inclusion Works)
• Models of Inclusion and Natural Environment Stories
  • Seeds of Partnership Project: Models of Inclusion and Natural Environment Stories
• National Professional Development Center on Inclusion
• Parent Resources
  • Early Start
  • Center for Parent Information and Resources (CPIR)
    • California Parent Organizations
    • Family Empowerment Centers (FECs)
  • National Center for Learning Disabilities
    • Individuals with Disabilities Act Parent Guide
  • Parents Helping Parents (PHP) of Santa Clara, a Parent Training and Information Center (PTI)
  • First 5 California
• Policy Statements for Inclusion
  • Access to Inclusive Early Learning and Care Programs for Students with Disabilities (California Department of Education)
  • A Joint Position Statement of the Division for Early Childhood (DEC) and the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) (PDF)
  • Policy Statement on Inclusion of Children with Disabilities in Early Childhood Programs (PDF) (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Education)
• Preschool Curriculum Framework (PDF)
• Preschool Learning Foundations
• Preventing Suspension and Expulsion of Young Children
  • Preventing Suspension and Expulsion of Young Children in Child Care & Early Education Settings
• Pyramid Model Implemented with practice-based coaching
  • California Teaching Pyramid (WestEd)
  • The National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations (NCPMI)
• Strengthening Families
  • Strengthening Families
  • Children's Trust Fund Alliance
  • Center for the Study of Social Policy: Ideas into Action
• Supportive Inclusive Practices (SIP)
  • Supportive Inclusive Practices
  • Supportive Inclusive Practices Inclusive Early Education Expansion Program (IEEEP) padlet
  • Supporting Inclusive Practices Universal Prekindergarten (UPK) Inclusion Resources
• Trauma-Informed Care
  • California Early Childhood Online
  • California Resource and Referral Network: Contact your local resource and referral agency
• Universal Design for Learning
  • Multi-tiered System of Support (MTSS) resources:
    • CAST Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
    • IRIS Center Peabody College Vanderbilt University
    • Orange County Department of Education - California MTSS
  • UDL in Early Learning for Distance Learning
  • UDL Guidelines Tool