School of Bronx Pre-Kindergarten Program

Information Session Night about Inclusion

March 5th, 2015

SPEDE 770 Spring 2015

Dear Parents,
Hello, my name is Po Yee Wong and I am the educational coordinator for the new inclusion program at School of
Bronx. I would like to thank you all for taking the time to attend to our information session about inclusion program.
We are here to answer your questions about inclusion program for your child.
What is early childhood inclusion? According to the DEC/NAEYC Joint statement, all children from different culture
and background and with or without special needs have the same amount of rights in the inclusion classroom. All
children are equal. You and the teachers will help your children to reach educational goals that are suitable to them.
Children can also learn the social skill by playing with other children. Schools and communities provide resources
and supports for you and the professionals. Government provides funding for children with special needs to be inclusion classroom. Teachers, school staffs and you can work as a team to help your child to learn and get the best from
inclusion program. Government also monitor the inclusion programs to get high quality standard. (DEC/NAEYC
2009)
For information about how the early childhood inclusion benefit the all children, please see the following reference:
Salend, S., & Garrick Duhaney, L.(1999) The Impact Of Inclusion On Students With And Without
Disabilities and Their Educators. Remedial and Special Education, 114-126.
Salend, S., Johansen, M., Mumper, J., Chase, A., Pike, K., & Dorney, J (1997) Cooperative Teaching:

As an Educational Coordinator, my role is to:

Make sure every child can learn equally from teacher's lesson plan.

Collect test scores and progress reports from teachers.

Talk to parents to discuss their child's progress in school.

Provide community resources for parents and children to attend such as parenting workshop and
community events.

Work with teachers to create curriculum, lesson plans and activities for all children and make sure all the
curriculum, lesson plans and activities are right for all students in the classroom.

Work with teachers to accommodate the needs from each child.

Create meetings and training for parents and school staff to attend to make sure we are on the right page and
to see rather there is any changes that we should make to help students in the inclusion program.

For more information about inclusion please visit:

Kathy - Pre-K and Kindergarten
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEdGFbebfB4
Inclusion and the Other Kids: Here's What Research Shows
so Far About Inclusion's Effect on Nondisabled Students1
http://www.urbanschools.org/pdf/OP_Kids.pdf

Po Yee Wong
Educational Coordinator
Po.wong98@myhunter.cuny.edu

6466888768
http://ppaminclusionpre kspede770.weebly.com/