RESEARCH UNDERWAY
Inclusion of young children with disabilities in mainstream early childhood services
Project team
University of Sydney and the Office of Childcare, NSW Department of Community Services
Nikki Wedgwood
Dr Virginia Schmied (NSW Department of Community Services)
Overview
This project, funded by the ARC Linkage scheme (APAI), is investigating the barriers to, and factors facilitating effective inclusion of young children with disabilities in mainstream early childhood services in the Australian funding, policy and practice context. Specifically, the project will:
• Identify the barriers to and factors facilitating inclusion of young disabled children in three mainstream early childhood service settings, preschool, long day care and family day care
Approach
Literature review.
Anticipated outcomes
A literature review providing a brief overview of major themes in the literature on inclusion for children with disabilities in Early Childhood Services.
Related publications
Llewellyn G, Thompson K & Fante M (2003). Inclusion in early childhood services: Ongoing challenges. Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 27 (3), 18-23.
Llewellyn G, Thompson K & Fante M (2000). Young children with disabilities in NSW Children's Services (pp. 95-122). In NSW Department of Community Services, Insights into Research: Four studies on early childhood issues and children's services. Available from, Office of Childcare, NSW Department of Community Services.