FREE EVENT - LIMITED CAPACITY - ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUIRED & AVAILABLE HEREThe implicit and explicit messages early childhood practitioners send about disability have important consequences for young children’s developing identities and sense of belonging. The session presenters will discuss how practitioners can cultivate early learning communities in which the identities of all young children, with and without disabilities, are affirmed. Drawing on research and examples from practice, they will explain how early educators can challenge and change deficit-based assumptions about disability and other forms of diversity by practicing inclusion. Additionally, the presenters provide a framework for practicing inclusion and illustrates how such a process has the potential to positively affect the experiences of young children with and without disabilities, sending a much-needed message to all young children and families about civil rights, human diversity, and justice.
