Inclusion and Early Years Practice

Kathy Brodie, Keith Savage

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2015
• ISBN:
  9781317701491
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Inclusive Education

Inclusion is a difficult, complex issue for which there are no off-the-shelf answers. To be an effective practitioner it is necessary to identify what makes each situation and circumstance unique and use this knowledge to develop strategies and approaches that are appropriate. This timely new text examines the key perceptions, perspectives and concepts around inclusion in the Early Years. Drawing on real-life experiences of practitioners, it considers the questions practitioners are likely to come across in their professional lives and how they might genuinely go about meeting the needs of all the children in their care.

The book covers all aspects of inclusion including special educational needs, gender and sexuality, multiculturalism, multilingualism, Roma and traveller communities and economic wellbeing. Each chapter features:

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• Case studies to develop reflective thinking

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• Boxed examples to illustrate key points

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• Questions to promote discussion and debate

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• Annotated further reading lists

With case studies drawn from current research and thinking points which encourage reflective practice, this book will be essential reading for students on early childhood studies programmes and early years foundation degrees that wish to become reflective and critically aware practitioners.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of figures
• List of tables
• Notes on contributors
• Acknowledgements
• Children, young people, inclusion and social policy
• Documenting and assessing learning: including the voice of the child
• Creating an inclusive environment for supporting children with English as an Additional Language
• Accent, dialect and phonics: encouraging inclusion
• A family’s perspective on Special Educational Needs and inclusion
• Re-thinking children’s well-being and inclusion in practice
• Practitioners’ flexibility: working with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller families
• Gender and sexuality: the experiences of families/carers and Early Years practitioners
• Challenging the assumptions of multiculturalism and inclusion
• Using research to develop inclusive practice in the Early Years
• Some practical steps towards a more inclusive practice
• Index