Useful Webinars and Websites

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CAST UDL Professional Learning Free Webinar Series (http://www.cast.org/pd/WebinarSeries/index.html) is offering a free webinar on Wednesday, February 26 from 11:00am to 12:00pm. This particular webinar discusses Universal Design for Learning (UDL) theory and practice with authors Anne Meyer, David Rose, and David Gordon who recently wrote a book by the same name.

The Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention (TACSEI) offers a wide variety of web-based presentations for FREE on their website http://www.challengingbehavior.org/explore/presentations_workshops.htm. TACSEI focuses on promoting evidence-based practices to improve social-emotional outcomes for young children with or in risk of developmental delays or disabilities.

Project CONNECT (http://connect.fpg.unc.edu/),as mentioned in other blog posts, is a great site created by the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (http://www.fpg.unc.edu/) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for free online training modules to go through alone or with a group of colleagues. These modules present scenarios and questions promoting conversation for how to include families, children, and professionals in early childhood and early invention environments.

A non-profit group called Special Quest has a video series on You Tube (http://www.youtube.com/user/earlyinclusion?feature=watch ) to guide professionals toward high quality inclusion of preschoolers (ages 3-5). The funding for this free series of videos came from the Head Start National Center on Quality Teaching and Learning. The website also offers other resources (http://ncoe.pointinspace.com/trainingmaterials/) supporting the inclusion of young children with disabilities and their families.

The Erikson TEC (Technology in Early Childhood) Center (http://teccenter.erikson.edu/) offers a variety of resources for integrating technology into early childhood education in alignment with the Fred Rogers Center (http://www.fredrogerscenter.org/resources/database/details/397/) and NAEYC’s joint position statement Technology in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8 (http://www.naeyc.org/content/technology-and-young-children). I include this resource in our list of inclusive webinars and videos because integrating technology in early childhood learning environment is an important tool for inclusion.

If you need inspiration, visit the “I Care By” campaign (http://www.ICareby.org). You can share your experiences or watch short videos from youth, families, educators and celebrities providing examples for personal action for supporting students with emotional/behavioral challenges.


The EC-SEAT Project hopes to promote evidence-based practices for inclusion of young children with disabilities and their families in the community and early learning environments. As always we invite comments and suggestions from readers for additional resources and knowledge.

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