Fundamental Changes In Early Childhood Education

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Currently, the ever-rising number of children living with and without disabilities learn and play with one another in various places, for instance, homes, schools, and in early childhood programs. Promoting both belonging and development for all children is a widely-adopted value among early childhood educators and professionals in our societies. Therefore, early childhood inclusions are a term that is commonly used to refer to these values and the views of the society. Dramatic changes have occurred that promote and guarantee certain rights for all the children to disabilities. These changes came as a result of the advocacies conducted by several families on behalf of their children (Winton, 2012). Many legislative battles led by Dr. Ann Turnbul and her husband Rud contributed to these significant fundamental changes in early childhood inclusion.
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According to Winton (2012), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act both require agencies and schools to provide universal education opportunities for all the children with disabilities. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) also supports universal education and more …show more content…

This ensure that educators have to provide all the children with universal services (Guralnick, 2001). Third, another implication is that educators are provided with the opportunity to offer both social and academic inclusion by providing maximum opportunities for student wit and without disabilities. Fourth, educators are required to develop programs that are inclusive of individual differences in classroom. Forth, it will also allow children to be exposed to early intervention programs and all children with or without disabilities allowed to learn and play in the same

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