This webinar will explore the nature and rationale for the inclusion of children with developmental disabilities in early childhood services, and how participation in early childhood education programs functions as a form of early childhood intervention. It will also include an update on research and practice evidence, with a discussion of principles of universal design and tiered response systems.
The advent of the NDIS has had a major impact on how funding for inclusion is provided, and on the interface between early childhood services and early childhood intervention services. The resulting challenges will be discussed, with a particular focus on the extent to which these services from a coherent system are able to meet the needs of all children.
The webinar will conclude with some key implications for early childhood education programs.
About our speaker
A child psychologist by training, Dr Tim Moore is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Community Child Health (CCCH) at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne. He heads a small team with responsibility for monitoring, reviewing and synthesising research literature on a wide range of topics relating to child development, family functioning and service systems. He has been the principal writer on numerous Centre for Community Child Health reviews, reports and policy briefs, many of which have had a significant impact on policy and practice, nationally and internationally. Prior to joining CCCH, Tim worked as an educational and developmental psychologist in a variety of settings, including early childhood intervention services for young children with developmental disabilities and their families. He has taken a leading role nationally in the development of policy and training in the early childhood intervention field.
Related NESA Professional Teaching Standards/Focusses: 1.1, 1.2, 1.5, 1.6, 3.1, 4.1, 4.4, 7.3, 7.4
