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Collaborating for Success: Creating Inclusive Learning Environments in Preschools

Collaborating for Success: Creating Inclusive Learning Environments in Preschools. Presented by: Valerie Andrews, Paul Ohm & Eleanor Droegemeier 6 th Annual Early Childhood Inclusion Institute July 2006. Inclusion in Arizona. Data.

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Collaborating for Success: Creating Inclusive Learning Environments in Preschools

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  1. Collaborating for Success: Creating Inclusive Learning Environments in Preschools Presented by: Valerie Andrews, Paul Ohm & Eleanor Droegemeier 6th Annual Early Childhood Inclusion Institute July 2006

  2. Inclusion in Arizona

  3. Data Approximately 21,637 preschoolers are served in the state of Arizona

  4. Data 11,169 typically developing preschoolers are served in Arizona • Early Childhood Block Grant • Family Literacy • Migrant Education • Community Education Programs • Tuition students

  5. Data Approximately 12,956 special needs preschoolers are served in Arizona *FY06

  6. Data Other Preschool Programs considered for LRE options are: • Head Start • Community Education Programs • Tuition students

  7. LRE Statistics Of Arizona’s 3-5 year olds 47% of were served in settings with typically developing peers SPP Goal: 60% by 2010 *Data collection

  8. Initiatives • Expanding Opportunities – Early Childhood Inclusion Coalition • National Individualizing Preschool Inclusion Project (NIPIP)

  9. Initiatives • Count Me In Manual (specific to Arizona – companion to An Administrator’s Guide to Preschool Inclusion). • Partnership with Arizona Council of Exceptional Children – Division of Early Childhood (CEC-DEC)

  10. Initiatives Providing technical assistance to districts to combine programs and funds between Early Childhood Special Education, Early Childhood Block Grants, State Family Literacy & Migrant Education Even Start

  11. Initiatives • Embedded questions in Preschool Grant Applications to collect LRE information from districts & increase awareness • Focused Monitoring *Worksheet

  12. Needs Reaching Superintendents and School Boards • To increase awareness of LRE and explain benefits • Obtain budget support for systems change

  13. Barriers • No Universal PK • State funding for programs for typically developing preschoolers has not increased for the past 5 years. • Number of preschoolers eligible for special education services has increased 33% since 2000.

  14. Barriers • Arizona school construction funding formula does not allocate dollars for preschool classrooms for preschoolers. • Department of Health Services Licensure

  15. SUCCESS STORY ***Tucson Unified School District*** Paul Ohm Eleanor Droegemeier

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