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• Institute on Inclusion: Training the Trainer Brochure ....FREE!
  Information about individualized training institutes for trainers and faculty members to enhance community-based early childhood services in your area.

• Child Care plus+ Tote Bag....$10.00
Heavy duty large capacity canvas tote bag, with the Child Care plus+ logo screen printed in purple and black on the front

ASSESSMENTS and CHECKLISTS

• Maintaining a Safe and Healthy Environment: Self-Assessment for Early Childhood Professionals...$5.00
  Self-assessment designed to help individuals identify health and safety practices they already use and target the practices that need to be improved or added.

• Child-Ready Checklist ....$4.00
  Assessment tool providing a list of essential items needed in making an environment accessible to individual children.

• Self-Assessment Packet....$10.00
  Packet of three self-assessments - listed below.   (May also be purchased individually)
  
• What's My Attitude?....$2.00
  Survey designed to raise awareness and help individuals identify personal attitudes and beliefs about including children with disabilities in early childhood programs.
  
• Inclusion Policies and Practices Self-Assessment for Early Childhood Programs....$5.00
  Self-assessment designed to help individuals identify policies and practices they currently use in their program.  Presents ideas and suggestions on ways of implementing new policies and practices as well as modifying current ones.
  
• Inclusion Skills Self-Assessment for Early Childhood Professionals....$5.00
  Self-assessment for early childhood professionals designed to assist in identifying areas of strength, targeting specific skills to practice, and identifying directions for professional development.

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INCLUSION RESOURCES

• What is inclusion in child care?....FREE!
  Colorful one-page fact sheet answering a number of basic questions about inclusion in early childhood settings.**Additional copies are $.25 each.

• Inclusion Basics Flier....FREE!
  Informational flier describing the 15 hour course: Inclusion Basics. The course is 15 weeks. Flier includes a description of course content and academic credit options.

• A Great Place To Be Me....$8.00
  Step-by-step guide to selecting child care for young children with disabilities. Emphasizes how to find a "match" between the child and family's needs and the early childhood program.

• Adapting Toys Toolkit....$45.00

  Provides materials to make various toy adaptions to:

  1. make a toy easier to grasp

  2. add additional sensory input

  3. promote independent play **Includes the Child-Ready Checklist

• Let's Eat: Managing Mealtime....$10.00
  Booklet about meeting special feeding needs of young children in early childhood programs. Features family-style meals

• Health and Safety Checklist for Early Childhood Programs....$5.00
  Inventory of 230 items designed to help eliminate health and safety hazards in early childhood programs.

• Handwashing Poster....$3.00
  11x14 laminated poster illustrating proper handwashing.  Detailed flier with all Health & Safety Resources available upon request.

BEHAVIOR RESOURCES

• Guiding the Behavior of Young Children....$10.00

  Booklet which describes practical strategies that support a nurturing and positive approach to guiding behavior. (Includes My First Behavior Action Plan.)

   

• My First Behavior Action Plan....$2.00

  Detailed worksheet that uses the behavior strategies in a step-by-step approach to children with challenging behaviors.

   

• Behavior Posters....without lamination $10.00....with lamination $30.00
  Illustrated 11x14 posters each representing one of thirteen different behavior guidance strategies to use with young children.   Detailed flier available upon request

• Communication Posters....without lamination $7.50....with lamination $27.50
  Illustrated 14x11 posters representing  each of ten different communication strategies to use with young children. Detailed flier available upon request.

• Training in a Manila Envelope: A Guide to Facilitating an Early Childhood Self-Study Course on Inclusion....$10.00
  Guide describing the step-by-step process used to develop and implement the Child Care plus+ self-study course on inclusion in early childhood.

• Child Care plus+ Curriculum on Inclusion: Practical Strategies for Early Childhood Programs....$60.00* (Also available EN ESPAÑOL)
  Comprehensive curriculum focusing on the practical knowledge and skills necessary for child care providers and other early childhood professionals to successfully practice inclusion.  Includes twelve illustrated chapters as well as checklists, action plans, self-assessments, and posters.

• Child Care plus+ Curriculum on Inclusion: Facilitator's Guide.... $40.00*
  Guide providing instruction on innovative techniques using adult education and lifelong learning principles.  Includes activities and extensive resource lists to assist in providing quality training using the Child Care plus+ Curriculum on Inclusion.

• Set of 36 back issues (6.1 - 17.4 Only).... $40.00 ---Single back issues....$2.00

 

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