Inclusive Placement Opportunities for Preschoolers (IPOP):
A Systems Approach to Preschool Inclusive Practices

I. IPOP Planning Guide (PDF)

This guide is designed to help local school divisions meet federal and state mandates that children with disabilities be educated in the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE). Section I provides a rationale for local school divisions to begin exploring and developing inclusive practices. Section II introduces three types of inclusive placement opportunities: early childhood settings, part-time early childhood/part-time early childhood special education settings and reverse inclusion settings. Section III describes each of the different early childhood programs that could serve as a placement option for preschoolers with disabilities. Section IV presents the process of change associated with planning and initiating these inclusive practices, followed by the 15 steps that local school division may use to explore and develop inclusive placement opportunities.

II. Module 1: Planning for Inclusion (PPT)

Handouts:

• Successful Inclusion
• Benefits
• Models
• Bingo

III. Module 2: IPOP teaming process (PPT)

Handouts:

• Personal/team styles
• One-way communication
• Collaborative team member survival kit
• Communication worksheet
• Team meeting form
• Hoop activity

IV. Module 3: Virginia’s Foundation Blocks for Early Learning (PPT)

Handouts:

• Activities for Virginia's Foundation Blocks Module
• Activities for each Foundation Block
  • History and Social Science Activities for: Foundation Block 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
  • Literacy Activities for: Foundation Block 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
  • Math Activities for: Foundation Block 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
  • Personal & Social Activities for: Foundation Block 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
  • Physical & Motor Activities for: Foundation Block 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
  • Science Activities for: Foundation Block 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
• JMU Content Academy Activities
• IPOP Resources
• IPOP Helpful Terms

* The 2007 version can be accessed by going to http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Instruction/Elem_M/early.html
(Click on Virginia’s Foundation Blocks. It is a PDF.)

V. Module 4: Fostering friendship (PPT)

Handouts:

• Steps in fostering children's friendships
• Social behavior used between friends and sample teachingstrategies
• Praise handout

VI. Module 5: Setting up the environment (PPT)

Handouts:

• Preparing the classroom environment
• Helpful hints for arranging your preschool classroom

VII. Module 6: Fostering self-control (PPT)

Handouts:

• What is your classroom management profile
• What works
• How to use a quiet spot
• Fostering self-control in students

VIII. Module 7: Routines-based assessment (PPT)

Handouts:

• How to begin a portfolio
• Functional goals
• Child routine assessment worksheet
• RBA Tools

IX. Module 8: Routines-based instruction (PPT)

Handouts:

• Routine-based individualized instructional process
• Routines-based instruction form
• RBI handouts

X. Appendices

A. Program Philosophy (Sussex County Early Childhood Reverse Inclusion Pilot Project)
B. Program Philosophy (New Kent County Public Schools Preschool Inclusion Pilot Project)
C. Roles and responsibilities of staff in inclusive preschool classes
D. PowerPoint presentation posted in Module 6
E. PowerPoint presentation posted in Module 4
F. The preschool classroom environment
G. Team meeting notes
H. IPOP Action Plan
I. Action Plan
J. Steps in systems change
K. Principles of effective decision making
L. Overview of IPOP options
M. Quality indicators
N. Possible questions
O. Questions for visits
P. Questions for interviewing schools
Q. Collaboration questionnaire
R. Collaboration questionnaire (long)
S. Applications - brochure
T. Applications - brochure
U. Level of support needed
V. Level of support needed 2
W. Memorandum of agreement
X. Memorandum of agreement 2
Y. IEP considerations
Z1. Application form
Z2. Acceptance letter
Z3. Inclusion visit letter
Z4. Back to school letter
Z5. Regret letter