Promoting Friendships for Preschool Children with Special Needs (continued)

6. Guralnick, M. J. (2000). An agenda for change in early childhood inclusion (p.221). Journal of Early Intervention, 23(4), 213-222.

7. Odom, S. L. (2000). Preschool inclusion: What we know and where we go from here. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 20(1), 20-27.

8. SEIT means "an approved program provided by a certified special education teacher on an itinerant basis in accordance with the regulations of the [State Education Department] commissioner, at a site determined by the board, including but not limited to an approved licensed pre-kindergarten or Head Start program; the child's home; a hospital; a state facility; or a child care location..." (New York State Consolidated Laws-Education, Article 89, Students with Disabilities, September 2000, Policy 00-11, p. 36.)

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