Best Practices and Considerations: Including Young Children with Disabilities in Early Childhood Settings

Abstract

a total of 707,848 children aged 3-5 years with disabilities were served unde~ IDEA, Part B. Over 240,000 children were served in early childhood settings with their typical peers more than 80% of the time, and 154, 957 children age 3-5 were provided special education services in self-contained classes. Thus, it appears that more and more young children are being included with