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The Center for Inclusive Child Care @ http://www.inclusivechildcare.org is a non-profit online resource center whose mission is to create, promote, and support pathways to successful, inclusive care for all children. The website has a searchable database of disability resources including other weblinks and hundreds of documents that cover an array of topics for early childhood and school age professionals as well as parents and other professionals. The Center for Inclusive Child Care has a Learning Center where short tutorials can be taken (free of charge) on many disability topics and longer self-study courses also taken for more intensive learning. Train the Trainer courses are available for a fee for persons interested in becoming an inclusion trainer in topics like Sensory Processing Disorder or Children with Challenging Behaviors, among others. The Center for Inclusive Child Care aims support inclusion for children with special needs through education and technical assistance to early childhood and school age professionals, teachers, paraprofessionals, and anyone who is working with young children. All children deserve to be included in all community settings and these tools can be as asset to help achieve that goal. Other organizations that provide support for inclusion include PACER at http//www.pacer.org and The National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center at http://www.nectac.org.