Building Inclusive Foundations in Early Education Settings – A Conversation with Dr Amanda Niland - Part Two

About this episode

In this episode, Dr Amanda Niland discusses best practices for collaboration in early education settings and shares insights on disability representation and inclusion.

In part two of our conversation with early childhood expert Dr Amanda Niland, we explore what best practice collaboration looks like between allied health professionals, parents, children, and early childhood educators. Amanda shares insights into building strong, respectful partnerships in early education settings and the tools that can support truly collaborative and child-centred approaches. The conversation then shifts to Amanda’s research on disability representation and inclusion in chi...

People in this episode

Host: Simone Dudley

Guest: Dr Amanda Niland

Topics covered

• early childhood education
• collaboration
• disability representation
• inclusive practices
• child-centred approaches

Keywords

• early education
• allied health professionals
• parents
• children
• educators
• collaborative approaches
• disability inclusion

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