What You Will Learn
Early care and education program staff receiving assistance from the California Inclusion and Behavior Consultation (CIBC) Network will learn:
- Skills and strategies for responding effectively to a child’s unique needs in early care and education settings, with a focus on young children with disabilities, challenging behaviors, and other special needs
- How to implement strength-based teaching strategies
- How to develop individualized strategies and/or accommodations to enhance a child’s learning environment and support
- Effective use of community resources
- How to use reflective practices in their program
Who Will Benefit
- Center-Based Early Care and Education Staff
- Family Child Care Providers
Service Details
A local CIBC Network consultant, with oversight by WestEd’s CIBC staff, conducts a series of on-site visits, working directly with the teacher/staff. CIBC services are also being piloted with family child care providers in some counties/regions.
Services range from initial observations, reflective practice discussions, and action planning to linkages to local resources.
What Makes This Service Unique
- More than 90 percent of the center-based staff and 100 percent of family child care staff who received CIBC consultation reported having more skills and confidence in working with children with special needs and a better understanding of what children are communicating with their challenging behaviors
- Consultation is individually tailored to each program, site, and teacher/staff
- Consultation is on site
- CIBC is funded by the California Department of Education Early Learning and Care Division as part of its Child Care Development Fund Plan to ensure quality services and inclusion for all California children
- In 2017-18 alone, CIBC consultation reached over 500 early care and education staff and nearly 3,000 children
- Improving staff’s ability to include children with learning and behavioral differences can greatly enhance the readiness and success of children as they transition to kindergarten
Cost
CIBC is funded by the California Department of Education (CDE) Early Learning and Care Division as part of its Child Care Development Fund Plan to ensure quality services and inclusion for all California children. Thanks to generous funding from the CDE, there is no cost for consultation services to ECE programs funded by the CDE’s Early Learning and Care Division.
CIBC services are available to other agencies and programs. Services are designed and priced depending on needs.
Learn More
To learn more, please contact Jennifer Miller, Project Director, at 916.538.9032 or jmiller@wested.org.
