Oklahoma State Team
Cohort 1

• Link to Oklahoma State Plan

• Link to Oklahoma State Initiatives

State Priorities

• Support changes in post-secondary coursework and practica that increase the emphasis on exceptionality. Infusing new content throughout the curriculum and creating new, specific courses are two possible ways to accomplish this. Areas of emphasis should include:
  • The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and related legislation;
  • Natural environments and least restrictive environments (LRE) for infants, toddlers and young children; and
  • Moving early childhood personnel beyond attitudes and fears to competence and comfort in serving young children with special needs.
• Use a range of strategies to infuse the real life experiences of families into the instructional process (e.g., family practica, family-faculty co-instruction)
• Increase collaboration across all professional development entities (e.g., Head Start, SoonerStart, child care, Pre-K and other community programs) to achieve integrated registries, resources, consultant databases, training and other opportunities.

Resources

Progress

• 6 Month Follow-up

Oklahoma Team

Team Members

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