Each March, families, communities, and organizations honor Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. First commemorated in 1987, it highlights the inclusion of people with developmental disabilities and delays. It embraces the notion that our communities are stronger when all people are supported and celebrated.

Explore the Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center (ECLKC) website to find tools and techniques in providing the best services for families and children with developmental disabilities and delays:

• Individualized teaching for Children with Disabilities who need more support helps ensure chances for all children to access, participate, and thrive in early learning settings. Review these resources to aid teaching children with disabilities and other special needs:
  • Resources Supporting Individualization    
  • Inclusion Webinars  
  • Services for Children Who Do Not Qualify for IDEA  
  • Supporting Children with Disabilities or Suspected Delays
• Engaging Families of Children with Disabilities highlights relationship-based practices used to partner with families of children with disabilities, from program entry through the transition to kindergarten.
• Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities is a collection of resources focused on understanding and using highly individualized teaching strategies to meet the unique learning needs of infants and toddlers with disabilities across early learning programs and environments.
• IEP Basics video clips provide teachers with a short and useful way to use resources when learning and participating in IEP meetings. These clips from the Head Start Center for Inclusion are especially useful to staff that are new to the process of developing an IEP.
• Use the Inclusion Lab App to support education staff to provide highly individualized instruction for young children with disabilities or suspected delays.
• Register for upcoming events to stay updated with the latest information in the field.