Exclusion of children with disabilities from early childhood education: Including approaches of social exclusion

Childhood poverty, early motherhood and adult social exclusion.

Childhood poverty and early parenthood are both high on the current political agenda. The key new issue that this research addresses is the relative importance of childhood poverty and of early motherhood as correlates of outcomes later in life. How far are the 'effects' of early motherhood on later outcomes due to childhood precursors, especially experience of childhood poverty? Subsidiary que...

Education of children with disabilities in New Delhi: When does exclusion occur?

BACKGROUND In the new Sustainable Development Goal 4, quality of education defined as equity and inclusion alongside traditional learning outcomes, has replaced the narrow goal of access to primary education stipulated in the Millennium Development Goal 2. Since 2000, considerable progress has been made towards improving access to school for children in India, yet questions remain regarding not...

Social Exclusion , Children , and Education : Conceptual and Measurement

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...

Overcoming Exclusion through Inclusive Approaches in Education