TY - JOUR
T1 - Implementing inclusive early childhood education
T2 - A call for professional empowerment
AU - Soodak, Leslie C.
AU - Erwin, Elizabeth J.
AU - Winton, Pam
AU - Brotherson, Mary Jane
AU - Turnbull, Ann P.
AU - Hanson, Marci J.
AU - Brault, Linda M.J.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - We present two scenarios involving a family's experience in accessing a quality inclusive education for their young child to illustrate what it might look like if all stakeholders assumed responsibility for implementing the available research-based information to facilitate inclusive early childhood education. The influence and role of each stakeholder group (i.e., families, administrators, practitioners, college and university faculty, researchers) are discussed. We suggest that to move from mediocrity to excellence in providing inclusive early childhood education, professional empowerment must occur at the individual and program levels.
AB - We present two scenarios involving a family's experience in accessing a quality inclusive education for their young child to illustrate what it might look like if all stakeholders assumed responsibility for implementing the available research-based information to facilitate inclusive early childhood education. The influence and role of each stakeholder group (i.e., families, administrators, practitioners, college and university faculty, researchers) are discussed. We suggest that to move from mediocrity to excellence in providing inclusive early childhood education, professional empowerment must occur at the individual and program levels.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0036613413&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/02711214020220020401
DO - 10.1177/02711214020220020401
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0036613413
SN - 0271-1214
VL - 22
SP - 91
EP - 102
JO - Topics in Early Childhood Special Education
JF - Topics in Early Childhood Special Education
IS - 2
ER -
