SERVING CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN YOUR CHILD CARE FACILITY

SERVING CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
IN YOUR CHILD CARE FACILITY

April, 1996

This manual was developed by the Early Childhood Inclusion Network of Onondaga County. Much thanks goes to:

Dianne Apter, The Early Childhood Direction Center

Ellen Barnes, Jowonio School

Terry Chylinski/Mimi Berry, Child Care Council

Kathy LaGrow, Learn as You Grow Child Care Center

Pam Patterson, St. Vincent DePaul Day Care

Mark Whitney, Syracuse University

Marilyn Willits, Cooperative Day Care, Catholic Charities

Linda Yarwood, Head Start

We also want to thank all the program administrators, child care professionals, special educator and therapists who participated in interviews and gave us the information we incorporated into the manual.

Finally, thanks to our editor, Julia Searl, who took all our diverse thoughts, ideas and writing and developed them into Serving Children with Special Needs in Your Child Care Facility.

Preparation of this manual was supported in part by the National Resource Center on Community Integration, Center on Human Policy, with support from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, through Contract Number H133D50037. No endorsement by the funder of the opinions expressed should be inferred.

For more information, contact Dianne Apter, Early Childhood Direction Center, Syracuse University, 805 S. Crouse Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13244

SERVING CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN YOUR CHILD CARE FACILITY

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SERVING CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
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