DEC/NAEYC Position Statement on Inclusion

A Joint Position Statement of the Division for Early Childhood (DEC) and the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

This DEC/NAEYC joint position statement offers a definition of early childhood inclusion and offers recommendations for how the position statement should be used by families, practitioners, administrators, policy makers, and others to improve early childhood services.

Full Position Statement
Executive Summary

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