http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2009/11/23/cp-day-care/6282/ Developmental Disability News Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:55:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2009/11/23/cp-day-care/6282/comment-page-1/#comment-4382 SusanFordKeller Sat, 20 Nov 2010 14:22:51 +0000 http://www.disabilityscoop.com/?p=6282#comment-4382 Also, contact your local public school for services, if you haven't already. James is entitled to early intervention services. Also, contact your local public school for services, if you haven’t already. James is entitled to early intervention services.

]]> http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2009/11/23/cp-day-care/6282/comment-page-1/#comment-4381 SusanFordKeller Sat, 20 Nov 2010 14:21:39 +0000 http://www.disabilityscoop.com/?p=6282#comment-4381 Just a heads up, there are loopholes in the ADA language when it comes to child care. If the accomodations made for a child with a disability substantially change the program or the cost is prohibitive, then child care centers do not have to take a child. (I'm paraphrasing but that's the gist of it.) Contact Easter Seals for information on how to encourage child care centers to include children with disabilities. Easter Seals also has inclusive child care centers in some cities. You may even think about opening your own center - there may be funding from local social service agencies for an inclusive center. And it's time to lobby federal and state legislatures that all child care providers - every teacher and aide - needs to be in-depth trained in special education, not as an elective, but as a requirement for any degree program, credentialing program, or licensing program. Changing the language of ADA re child care centers is needed, too. You could also try contacting the Department of Justice re the collective failure of every child care center that failed to enroll your child. Just a heads up, there are loopholes in the ADA language when it comes to child care. If the accomodations made for a child with a disability substantially change the program or the cost is prohibitive, then child care centers do not have to take a child. (I’m paraphrasing but that’s the gist of it.) Contact Easter Seals for information on how to encourage child care centers to include children with disabilities. Easter Seals also has inclusive child care centers in some cities. You may even think about opening your own center – there may be funding from local social service agencies for an inclusive center. And it’s time to lobby federal and state legislatures that all child care providers – every teacher and aide – needs to be in-depth trained in special education, not as an elective, but as a requirement for any degree program, credentialing program, or licensing program. Changing the language of ADA re child care centers is needed, too. You could also try contacting the Department of Justice re the collective failure of every child care center that failed to enroll your child.

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