Children and disability in early childhood education: "special" or inclusive education?

Attitudes towards both Students with Special Needs and Inclusive Education among Regular and Special Education Teachers: The Differences and Causes

Given that attitudes play an important role in teaching and learning, it is of the utmost importance to look into teachers’ attitude towards students, especially those with special needs, and detect any differences between regular and special education teachers. To this end, a sample of 107 special education teachers’ attitude towards such students was compared to that of the same number of reg...

Quality of the Literacy Environment in Inclusive Early Childhood Special Education Classrooms

Children in special education.

Twenty-five years ago educational services for children with disabilities were frequently fragmented, underfunded, highly segregated, and unreliable. Public schools were often ill prepared and unwilling to provide special and necessary services to children with disabilities. Over the past two decades, efforts to provide an appropriate education for children with disabilities in America—through ...

Effectiveness of Early Childhood Care and Education on Wellbeing of Children Aged 2 to 24 Months

Introduction: Early childhood care and education play the most important role in future of children. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of early childhood care and education package on the well-being of children aged 2 to 24 months. Methods: The research method was a one-group semi-experimental with pretest and posttest. The statistical population included mothers and ...

The Social Networks of Children With and Without Disabilities in Early Childhood Special Education Classrooms.

Interaction with peers is an important contributor to young children's social and cognitive development. Yet, little is known about the nature of social networks within preschool inclusive classrooms. The current study applied a social network analysis to characterize children's peer interactions in inclusive classrooms and their relations with children's disability status. The participants wer...