Project Support II is a federally funded OSEP project (#H325N990050) designed to develop and disseminate a model for training early childhood inclusion support professionals.

Project Support includes both inservice and pre-service materials, and provides information and strategies appropriate to both itinerant consultation and co-teaching models of inclusion support.  Project Support materials include a guide to implementing a field-tested three-phase inservice model for training inclusion support providers.

Project Support Philosophy

Toddlers and preschool children with significant disabilities are increasingly being served in community based programs. The Project Support Model is based on the assumption that these children deserve high quality support to achieve the goals of full participation in daily activities, the development of social relationships, and successful achievement of IEP and IFSP goals and outcomes.

The project also assumes that efective support is best provided by individuals who are well trained, not only in early childhood special education and early intervention, but also in collaborative consultation, conflict resolution, and specific inclusion support strategies.

For more information please visit the Project Support web site at www.calstatela.edu/Project_Support .