Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
-
Parenting is Hard, Accessing Services Can Be Harder
by Leigh-Kirsten Sims, Andres Alejandro Crucet-Choi, and Nicole Telfer (GU CEI and GULEND ’23) My third child has a condition that was not diagnosed by his pediatrician until he was almost 4 year
Categories: Development and Learning, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
-
Parents with Intellectual and Other Developmental Disabilities (IDD)
Parenting, in general, is a challenge. It is full of highs and lows, and parents have many questions about whether they are doing what is absolutely best for their children.
Categories: Development and Learning, Disability, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Intervention
-
Barriers to Widespread International Adoption of Inclusive Education
Representatives of 92 governments and 25 international organizations attended the World Conference on Special Needs Education in 1992 producing the UNESCO Salamanca Statement
Categories: Development and Learning, Disability, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, International, Policy
-
Accessibility to Mental Health Services for Children: How Can We Improve?
Mental health disorders can be detrimental to many aspects of life, including relationships, employment, long-term health effects, etc.
Categories: Development and Learning, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Early Childhood, Policy
-
Hiding in Plain Sight: Females with ASD
One aspect of disability that warrants attention is the sex disparity in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) diagnoses.
Categories: Development and Learning, Disability, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Early Childhood
-
Equity in Education: How UDL Fosters an Accessible Learning Environment for All
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is an educational framework that optimizes learning for all individuals based on scientific research into how humans learn.
Categories: Development and Learning, Disability, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
-
Minority Representation in Special Education: Untangling A Decades-Old Debate
The status of racial, cultural, and linguistic minority students in special education remains one of the most hotly debated topics in the field of educational justice today.
Categories: Disability, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Policy
-
The Parenting Support Program (PSP) and COVID 19: The Home Visitors Perspective
As a home visitor who typically meets the parents in natural environments, finding new ways to communicate was perhaps the greatest challenge.
Categories: Development and Learning, Disability, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Intervention
-
The Parenting Support Program (PSP) and COVID 19: Programmatic Perspective
The Parenting Support Program (PSP) is a home visiting program intended to meet the unique educational and support needs of pregnant/parenting adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities with children up to kindergarten or 5 years of age.
Categories: Development and Learning, Disability, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Policy
-
Ready or Not? Early Childhood Teachers and Children with Disabilities
As an Early Childhood Teacher in my native Turkey and here in the United States, I did not feel I had enough knowledge about working with infants, toddlers, and young children with disabilities to include them in programming or be an effective teacher.
Categories: Development and Learning, Disability, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Early Childhood