The chapter that follows in this issue of the Journal of Early Intervention is reprinted from my recently published edited volume, Early Childhood Inclusion: Focus on Change (Guralnick, 2001c). In that chapter, I present an agenda for change that identifies core issues as well as the mechanisms and strategies to address those issues at the systems, program development, and research levels. Central to this proposed agenda is the establishment of a National Leadership Forum on Early Childhood Inclusion.
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