Inclusive Early Childhood Education Webinar Series

 This is the final webinar in a series of four webinars. The first webinar in this series will introduce participants to the concept of early childhood inclusion for children with disability and/or delay, including ethical and legal obligations and best practice in early childhood intervention. The following three webinars will assist participants to plan for and implement research-based Individual Learning Plans for young children with disability and/or delay in collaboration with their families and other professionals.


Description

 In this 90-minute webinar you will be guided through the process of writing and implementing an Individual Learning Plan (ILP) for a child with disability or developmental delay in your early childhood service. 

Over 90 minutes, you will learn about what an ILP is and when one should be used. You will be guided through how to use observations and other data collected to write an ILP in collaboration with their colleagues, the child's family and other professionals. Finally, tips on how to work collaboratively to implement, monitor, review and update the ILP will be provided.


At the conclusion of this webinar, you will have knowledge to: 

  • explain what an Individual Learning Plan (ILP) is and when one should be used.
  • develop an ILP.
  • monitor, review and update the ILP in collaboration with others including colleagues, the child's family and other professionals.


Links to National Quality Standard Descriptors
1.1.2   Child-centred
1.1.3   Program learning opportunities
1.3.1   Assessment and planning cycle
6.1.2   Parent views are respected
6.2.2   Access and Participation

Links to Australian Professional Standards for Teachers
1.6      Strategies to support full participation of students with disability
3.1      Establish challenging learning goals
3.6      Evaluate and improve teaching programs
3.7      Engage parents/carers in the educative process

NESA Accreditation
Completing Early Childhood Inclusion Step 3: Developing and implementing Individual Learning Plans (ILPs) will contribute 1 hour and 30 minutes of NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) Accredited PD in the priority area of Students/children with Disability addressing standard descriptors 3.1.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation in NSW.