Oregon Early Childhood Inclusion Collaborative

Oregon's Early Childhood Inclusion Collaborative (OECIC) is a statewide effort bringing together lead agencies in the early childhood system to enhance and expand inclusive opportunities for Oregon's young children with and without disabilities.




Coordination of the OECIC is provided by The Teaching Research Institute at Western Oregon University, through a sub-grant awarded by the Oregon Department of Education.

Oregon Early Childhood Inclusion Collaborative

The goals of the Collaborative are to develop policies and state wide operations to increase inclusive opportunities and to create a system of high quality, cross-sector professional development for early childhood personnel to support inclusion.

Overall Vision for the Collaborative: Increase the percentage of young children (0-5 years) with disabilities receiving services and supports in inclusive community based placements in Oregon. The Collaborative is led by a steering committee which has created two workgroups, a state level systems policy workgroup and a professional development workgroup.

Systems Policy: Policies and operational procedures that support and facilitate inclusion are in place.

Professional Development: Early Childhood Educators have access to coordinated cross-sector professional development that supports inclusion.

Systems Policy Workgroup Activities:
  • Examine policy and operational procedures and revise policies as needed to support inclusion.
  • Create a statewide system for professional development that supports inclusion.
  • Coordinate and evaluate state collaborative efforts.
Professional Development Workgroup Activities:
  • Provide training and technical assistance to Early Childhood Special Education Providers.
  • Provide training and technical assistance to Early Childhood Care and Education Providers.
  • Provide technical assistance to regions to implement action plans.
  • Collaborate with the PICCE project to provide Training of Trainers for the TRAC curriculum.
Products for Administrators Forms for Early Childhood Special Educators
Collaborative Outcomes:
  • Policies and operational procedures that support inclusion are in place.
  • A statewide system for professional development that supports inclusion is implemented.
  • Teams of service providers are trained and are providing quality services for children in inclusive early childhood settings.
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