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What It Is
Families of young children with disabilities need supports to help them meet the special needs of the child, plus the needs of everyone else in the family. Practitioners need better guidelines on what types of supports and services they should offer families.
What We're Doing
We are studying the issues at all levels -- families, programs, policies, and laws -- to learn more about how to support families of young children.
In addition to the resources in this section, please visit our Community of Practice site on Early Childhood Family Support.
- Related Resources
This article uses one family to present two scenarios that highlight the gap between recommended practices and reality in providing quality inclusive early childhood education for young children with disabilities.
This article reflects on the provision of supports and services to families at the early childhood level over the last 5-10 years and discusses the evolution of a Community of Practice on enhancing early childhood family supports and services.
This study (which included 130 fathers and 234 mothers of children in early childhood programs) explores the association between family income and severity of disability, and fathers’ and mothers’ satisfaction with their Family Quality of Life (FQOL).