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Growing Ideas - Increase Access: Universal Design in Early Care & Education

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:

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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