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The Inclusive Early Childhood Service System Project (IECSS) is a study that aims to understand disability in early childhood from the perspective of families.
Most Recent Publications
IECSS Project. (2024, November 19). Opening Doors: Advancing Disability Inclusion in Early Learning and Child Care - October 4, 2024 [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/rx9LAawiyfE?si=SpNfuOFPImT06gbe (external link)
Underwood, K., Balter, A-S., Duvage, T., Kollar, C., van Rhijn, T., & Jones, M. (2024). (PDF file) Understanding Speech-Language Pathology from the Standpoint of Families: A Systemic Analysis (opens in new window) . Social Sciences, 13(12), 656. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci13120656
Underwood, K. (2024). Inclusive Early Childhood Service System project (IECSS) (Version 1). Nature Awards for Inclusive Health Research. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.27180270.v1 (external link, opens in new window)
Kollar, C., Sanderson, R., McKee, D. & Underwood, K. (2024). (PDF file) Policy Brief No. 14: Learning from the Yellowknife Evacuation of 2023: Climate Change, Childhood, and Northern Communities. Inclusive Early Childhood Service System project.
Ineese-Nash, N., Underwood, K., Haché, A. & Douglas, P. (2024). The Commodification of Care: Precarious Custodial Relationships, Disability, and Settler-Colonialism. Disability and the Changing Contexts of Family and Persona; Relationships Research in Social Science and Disability (RSSD), Volume 15, Edited by Gabriele Ciciurkaite and Robyn Lewis Brown.
Tollan, K. & Underwood, K. (2023). (PDF file) IECSS Policy Brief No. 13: Disabled children’s participation in a national childcare strategy. Inclusive Early Childhood Service System project.
Park, J., & Ceolin, K. (2023). (PDF file) Let the rivers flow: A gathering of Indigenous and allied communities, youth, professionals, and families with children from across Canada, event technical report. Inclusive Early Childhood Service System project. Toronto, ON: Toronto Metropolitan University.
Tollan, K., Jezrawi, R., Underwood, K., & Janus, M. (2023). (PDF file) A review on early intervention systems. Current Developmental Disorder Reports, 1-7.
Balter, A.S., Feltham, L., Parekh, G., Douglas, P., Underwood, K., & van Rhijn, T. (2023). (PDF file) Re-imagining inclusion through the lens of disabled childhoods. Disability and Social Inclusion: Lessons from the Pandemic, 11(1). 48-59.