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Search for Best Practices in Inclusive Recreation
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In a recent research article published in the Spring 2009 Journal of Park and Recreation Administration on best practices in inclusive recreation, Miami-Dade County was named as one of fifteen agencies nationwide demonstrating "exemplary inclusive service delivery"! The article highlights best practices at the administrative level that result in inclusive and substainable community recreation programs. Administrative components critical to the agencies success for inclusive service delivery included agency missions that were welcoming and embraced throughout the agency; adequate budgetary commitments to physical and programmatic access; providing an on-site inclusion facilitator to provide technical assitance through the agency; and collaborative efforts across administrators, programmers, families and cosumers themselves.
The entire article is available in PDF. 
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Florida Internation University Awarded Two Teacher Preparation Grants
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Florida International University was awarded two teacher preparation grants, Project Natural Beginnings and Project PEACE, in the field of early childhood special education. These are master's level programs that are 36 credits and can be completed on a part-time basis over a two-year period. For more information, please click on the following articles.
Project Natural Beginnings (PDF)
Project PEACE Autism Flyer (PDF)
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Florida's Lead Alert Network Promotes Lead Safety in Products
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Florida's Lead Alert Network. Their general mission is to protect all children in Florida from lead hazards, and promote public health services that will prevent the exposure to lead contaminants. To ensure that more families receive information on lead in consumer products, please go to their website and click on Join Florida's Lead Alert Network below.
Join Florida's Lead Alert Network
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