TECI is building the capacity of child care & early childhood education programs through quality training, consultation and identified resources to support successful inclusion of children with disabilities along side their peers in early care & education programs.
There are talented, dedicated, and creative staff who work in the early care & education network. Those caregivers, when adequately trained in best practices and appropriate supports, can meet children where they are and gently nudge them to the next level in their natural environment. Safety for children comes from relationships with nurturing people in their lives, not from a place or specialized program.
TOGETHER, we can do this!
TECI supports Arkansas Better Beginnings standards and quality early childhood education and care. Professional development hours are approved by the Arkansas Professional Development Registry.
Training and consultation for early childhood professionals and parents is administered by Partners for Inclusive Communities, Arkansas’ University Center on Disabilities at the University of Arkansas and supported by Department of Education Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) Office of Early Childhood.
Project Staff
- Karan Burnette, rmholmes@uark.edu
- Renee Holmes, rmholmes@uark.edu