Explore how societal perceptions about disability have impacted early education practices and shaped service systems. Discover the benefits of inclusion for all children and adults. Consider how individual attitudes and beliefs are developed, how they shape peoples’ actions, and how they impact your practice, your colleagues, and the service system. Identify strategies for creating a sense of belonging for all children in the classroom.
Credits: 5 Act 48 hours and/or 5 Infant Toddler Clock Hours
Intended Audience: Classroom teachers, early intervention staff and others working in early childhood settings across Pennsylvania programs including Head Start, Early Head Start, Pre-K Counts, Child Care, private nursery schools and Early Intervention.
Registration: This course is available by registering on the PaTTAN online registration Training Calendar. Choose the quarter in which you would like to take the course and then click on the course title listed on the 1st day of that quarter (July 1, October 1, January 1, or April 1). Approximately 10 days prior to the end of each quarter, registration will close, and no one will be able to register for the course within that quarter. During this period, everyone will need to wait until the first day of the next quarter to register and complete the course. Users who complete the course will be awarded Act 48 credits at the end of each quarter. The credits will be dated with the last day of that quarter. It may take up to 30 days from the end of the quarter for users to see their Act 48 credits in the Professional Education Record Management System (PERMS).