Check out this series of six 5-minute modules about the importance of having high expectations for children with disabilities. Each module has a video and 2-3 accompanying resources if you want to learn more.
Family Resources on High Expectations
Helping Kids Find Direction: Discuss, Discover, Do by Susan V. Bosak
This article shares 3 simple steps to help young people learn how to reach their goals: Dream, Discover, and Do.
High Expectations: A Most Valuable Tool from the PACER's National Parent Center on Transition and Employment. This 1-page article explains the importance of high expectations for your child and offers some strategies for families to work with professionals to meet family goals.
The Importiance of High Expectations for Families Webinar is an hour-long video that shares information on this topic. The speaker is Dr. Katie Herron, Director of the Early Childhood Center. Click on “more” under the video to find key moments in this video.
Visualization of the Yamamoto and Holloway Research Model from the article Yamamoto, Y., Holloway, S.D. Parental Expectations and Children's Academic Performance in Sociocultural Context. Educ Psychol Rev 22, 189–214 (2010), this model shows how family expectations may impact child academic progress.
All About My Child from the National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations. This document is designed to be used to share information about your child. Families can complete this document and give it to professionals to jumpstart expectations conversations.
What is your hope? is a 3-minute video that asks students and teachers to share their hopes at the beginning of the school year. The answers are inspiring and set the stage as we think about hopes and dreams.
Life Trajectory Tool and other family resources from the LifeCourse Nexus. This tool will help families to consider future goals and past life experiences when making decisions.
Helping Families Articulate what they Need and Want This Charting the LifeCourse Nexus video describes how the LifeCourse framework helps families share what they want and need for their child.
Advocacy Resource List is a list of free, confidential organizations in Indiana that provides resources and assistance to families.
Sharing Your Goals and Expectations for Your Child is a step-by-step guide to help families prepare for meetings by organizing their thoughts and thinking about the next steps.
What is an IEP? introduces what an IEP is and other special education terms.
Taking Your Seat at the Table is a tipsheet for families to help them learn to advocate for their child.
Do the Services on Your Child's IEP Meet Your Child's Unique Needs? Adapted from the PACER Center. This handout features tips, tools, and resources for families to participate in their child’s IEP meeting actively.
Parent Voices: Why High Expectations Matter features family members discussing the importance of education and ways that they support their students in school.
Inclusion
Check out this series of six 5-minute modules about the importance of inclusion for children with disabilities. This series will show you what inclusion is. We know that every family will make their own decisions for their child. This series was designed to support families to have all the information they need to make those decisions.
What is Inclusion? A one-page visual shows what inclusion is and isn’t.
Inclusion - A Family Checklist
Ruby's Story is a 12-minute video about inclusion from a family perspective.
The Power of Inclusion is a three-minute video that offers an example of inclusion in action so families can see what it looks like.
Principals of IDEA: LRE Video is a 3-minute video that explains the term “Least Restrictive Environment”.
Least Restrictive Environment is a form that families can use to consider what support their child might need to be educated in an inclusive setting.
Advocacy Resource List outlines free, confidential organizations in Indiana that provide resources and assistance to families.
Advocating for Your Young Child in Special Education is a 9-page resource adapted from the “How to be a Good Advocate for Your Child in Special Education Services” by Education for Justice.
The Power of Inclusive Education is a three-minute video featuring a father talking about his experience advocating for his son in school.
All Means ALL is a three-minute video about the importance of children feeling a sense of belonging in their world, including in school.
Every Child Belongs: Welcomeing a Child with a Disability is an article from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) that offers concrete strategies for educators to include children with disabilities in the preschool classroom.
Differentiating in Early Childhood Inclusion Classrooms is an 8-minute video describing how educators can teach differently to support the different needs of young children in their classrooms. It is okay for families to ask for these accommodations.