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Scanlon, Geraldine; Radeva, Snezhana; McKenna, Grainne; Maguire, Conor – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2023
The Bulgarian Government has made a commitment to inclusive early childhood education and care (ECEC) systems for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). High-quality ECEC settings are more inclusive and responsive to children's individual learning needs. In partnership with UNICEF, the Ministry for Education established a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Early Childhood Education, Students with Disabilities
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Hu, Bi Ying; Roberts, Sherron Killingsworth; Wang, Yanhua; Zhao, Hongmei – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2011
The national policies of the Chinese government regarding preschool inclusion are emerging to promote the well-being of all children, particularly children with disabilities in natural environments such as regular preschools or in homes. Following the global trend towards inclusive education, preschools in Beijing are gradually implementing both…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Rating Scales, Preschool Children, Foreign Countries
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Buysse, Virginia; Hollingsworth, Heidi L. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2009
This article advocates for the need to link early childhood program quality and professional development, with a particular focus on how this topic relates to early childhood inclusion. There is consensus in the early childhood field about various components of program quality for young children in general, and a number of states now have program…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Young Children, Educational Quality, Inclusive Schools
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Hestenes, Linda L.; Cassidy, Deborah J.; Shim, Jonghee; Hegde, Archana V. – Early Education and Development, 2008
Research Findings: Quality of care for preschool children in inclusive and noninclusive classrooms was examined in two studies. In Study 1, comparisons across a large sample of classrooms (N = 1, 313) showed that inclusive classrooms were higher than noninclusive classrooms in global quality as well as on two dimensions of quality…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Preschool Children, Teacher Student Relationship, Inclusive Schools