1. Supporting Children with Disabilities Teaching Research Assistance to Childcare Providers

2. People First Terminology "We are tired of being seen first as handicapped, or retarded, or developmentally disabled. We want to be seen as people first."

3. Let’s look at your training materials!

4. Training Schedule

6. Objectives for Training  Have knowledge of including children with disabilities in early childhood programs.  Have knowledge of disability awareness techniques to use with children in a preschool setting.  Understand strategies for inclusion of children with speech and language delays.  Understand strategies for including children with attention, distractibility, and/or impulse control difficulties.

7. TRAC 2004 Units

8. Learning Techniques  Philosophy/Theory  Strategies  Application  Feedback  Follow-up

9. Levels of Decision Making Unconsciously Incompetent Consciously Incompetent Unconsciously Competent Consciously Competent Automaticity