Children with special needs in North Carolina child care programs: Survey report: October 1, 2003?September 30, 2004
A study of the enrollment of children with special needs in licensed child care programs in North Carolina as of October 31, 2003, with statewide and county analyses by child's age and provider type, based on a survey of child care providers
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Commitment to classroom model philosophy and burnout symptoms among high fidelity teachers implementing preschool programs for children with autism spectrum disorders
An examination of both shared and differing levels of commitment to the philosophical tenets underlying both the Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication Handicapped Children (TEACH) and the Learning Experiences and Alternative Program for Preschoolers and Their Parents (LEAP) classroom-based approaches among three groups of teachers implementing the programs with a high level of fidelity of implementation, based on data from 53 early care and education teachers North Carolina, Colorado, Florida, and Minnesota working in special education classroom environments
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Disproportionate representation in placements of preschoolers with disabilities in five southern states
A comparison of racial representation in special education placements of preschool children with disabilities in five Southern states, and a comparison of the use of full inclusion, partial inclusion, or unknown inclusion type environments, based on data from 69,000 ethnically diverse preschoolers with disabilities
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Early intervention for high-risk children: The Carolina early intervention program
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A longitudinal study of two early intervention strategies: Project CARE
A longitudinal study on the impacts of family education and center-based child care intervention programs on intellectual performance in developmentally at-risk children six months to four years old
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Quality in inclusive and noninclusive infant and toddler classrooms
A comparison of the quality and a search for predictors of high quality in of inclusive and non-inclusive infant and toddler classrooms
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Quality in inclusive preschool classrooms
A comparison of the quality of preschool classrooms inclusive and non-inclusive of children with disabilities, based on a sample of 1,313 classrooms, and a study of the factors related to quality in 44 inclusive and segregated classrooms
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Setting effects on friendship formation among young children with and without disabilities
A study of social settings on the friendship formation of 333 preschool children, based on a sample of 120 children with disabilities and 210 typically developing children enrolled in inclusive early childhood programs
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Setting the pace: Model inclusive child care centers serving families of children with emotional or behavioral challenges
An examination of child care programs that provide fully-inclusive, exemplary services to families of special needs children, with a description of program components, discussion of the meaning of “inclusion” and of addressing challenges to inclusive practices in early care and education settings, and a review of literature on educational inclusion
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Survey of More at Four programs for the 2003 needs and resources assessment
A survey of features of and challenges facing North Carolina More at Four programs, public prekindergarten for at risk children, based on a questionnaire
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Use of presumptive eligibility for enrolling children in Part C early intervention
An investigation into the rates of usage of presumptive eligibility in the enrollment of children in early childhood programs under Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
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Use of presumptive eligibility for enrolling children in Part C early intervention
An examination of the use of information available at the time of an infant or toddler’s initial referral in the determination of eligibility for special Part C services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), based on data collected from 180 infants and toddlers in Western North Carolina
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