Cast:
Dr. Tara Egan - host
Heather Smith Googe, Ph.D - guest expert

On this episode of "One Day You'll Thank Me" Tara welcomes Dr. Heather Smith Googe, a Research Associate at the Yvonne & Schuyler Moore Child Development Research Center at the University of South Carolina and the Director for the South Carolina Child Care Inclusion Collaborative. She has over 15 years of experience in the field of early childhood special education and holds a Ph.D. in Special Education from the University of South Carolina.

Tune in to this highly informational learn how we can help kids who have disabilities participate in a meaningful way in early childhood programs such as daycare facilities and preschool programs.

Find out what resources are available for parents, teachers, pre-schools, daycares, and health professionals.


Links shared in the inteview:
SC Child Care Inclusion Collaborative program website: https://www.scinclusion.org 

The sister program that supports inclusion in preschool programs within school districts. That program is SC Partnerships for Inclusion (https://www.scpartnershipsforinclusion.org) 

The definition of early childhood inclusion used by our programs. Here is a link to that definition and statement. https://www.decdocs.org/position-statement-inclusion

The statement on inclusion developed jointly by the US Department of Education and the US Department of Health and Human Services. https://www2.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/earlylearning/joint-statement-full-text.pdf

We discussed preschool suspension and expulsion on the episode. Here is another joint policy statement from the feds. https://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/school-discipline/policy-statement-ece-expulsions-suspensions.pdf

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Edited by Christian Fox