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Recommend a resource
Books:
- Carter, M., & Curtis, D. (2003). Designs for Living and Learning:
Transforming Early Childhood
Environments. St. Paul, MN: Redleaf Press.
- Connell, B.R., Jones, M., Mace, R., Mueller, J., Mullick, A., Ostroff, E.,
Sanford, J., Steinfeld, E.,
Story, M., & Vanderheiden, G. (1997). The Principles of Universal Design.
Raleigh, NC:
North Carolina State University.
- Mistrett, S., Goetz, A., Tona, J., & Lawrence-Dederich, S. (2000).
How We
Play: A Guidebook
for Parents and Early Intervention Professionals, Birth to Two. Buffalo,
NY: Let's Play! Project.
- Ostrosky, M., & Sandall, S. (2000). Natural Environments and Inclusion.
The Young Exceptional
Children Monograph Series (No. 2). Washington, DC: Division for Early
Childhood (DEC)
of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC).
- Sullivan Coleman, M.J., & Krueger, L. (1999). Play & Learn: A Motor-Based
Preschool Curriculum
for Children of All Abilities. Minneapolis, MN: AbleNet, Inc.
Articles:
- Blagojevic, B.,Twomey, D. & Labas, L. (2002) Universal Design for
Learning: From the Start. Retrieved April 28, 2005 from Center for
Community Inclusion & Disability Studies web site:
http://www.ccids.umaine.edu/resources/facts/facts6/udl.htm
- Haugen, K., & Wershing, A. (2001). Welcome to...We Can Play! Retrieved April
27, 2005, from
The Alliance for Technology Access Web site:
http://ataccess.org/resources/wcp/endefault.html
- O'Neill, L.M. (2004). Moving Toward the Vision of the Universally Designed
Classroom. Retrieved April 26, 2006 fron CAST: UDL site
http://udl.cast.org/udl/MovingTowardtheVision623.cfm
Videos:
- South Carolina Educational Television (Producer). (1994). Sensory Play:
Constructing Realities [Video]. (Available from National Association for the Education of Young
Children, 1509
16th St. N.W., Washington, DC 20036)
- Dodge Trister, D., & Kittredge, B. (Writers). (2004). Room Arrangement as
a Teaching Strategy
[DVD]. (Available from Teaching Strategies, Inc., P.O. Box 42243,
Washington, DC 20015)
Web Sites:
- Core Concepts in Universal Design
for Learning. A web site on Universal Design from the Center for Applied
Special Technology (CAST)
http://www.cast.org/research/udl/index.html
- Creating Inclusive
Child Care Facilities: A Guide for Child Care Professionals. This publication, whose content was created by The
Center for Universal Design, is available from Easter Seals.
http://www.easterseals.com/site/PageServer?pagename=ntl_childcare_fiscal%20
- Early Childhood Guided Tour. National
Center to Improve Practice in Special Education through
Technology, Media, and Materials' web site showing NCIP's tour of
two exemplary early childhood classrooms which honor every child's
need to communicate and make meaning in his or her life.
http://www2.edc.org/NCIP/tour/toc.htm
- Let's Play! Projects. University of Buffalo Center for Assistive Technology, School of
Public Health and Health Professions Web site.
http://letsplay.buffalo.edu/
- Maine CITE. Maine
CITE is a statewide project designed to help make assistive and
universally designed technology more available to Maine children
and adults who have disabilities.
http://www.mainecite.org
- Universal Design for Learning
and Assistive Technology. A web
site from the National Early Childhood TA Center listing a number
of resources on Universal Design. http://www.nectac.org/topics/atech/udl.asp
- The Center for Universal Design. The Center for Universal Design is a national
research, information, and technical assistance center that
evaluates, develops, and promotes universal design in housing,
public and commercial facilities, and related products.
http://www.design.ncsu.edu/cud/
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