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
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.
IECSS. (2022). (PDF file) Policy brief no. 12: Policy recommendations for inclusive early childhood services. Inclusive Early Childhood Service System project.
Underwood, K., van Rhijn, T., Balter, A., Feltham, L., Douglas, P., Parekh, G., & Lawrence, B. (2021). Pandemic Effects: Ableism, Exclusion, and Procedural Bias. Journal of Childhood Studies,16-29. https://doi.org/10.18357/jcs463202119970 (external link)
van Rhijn, T., Underwood, K., Frankel, E., Lero, D. S., Spalding, K., Janus, M., Friendly, M., & Haché, A. (2021). Role of Child Care in Creating Inclusive Communities and Access for All. (external link) Canadian Public Policy,47(3), 399-409. https://doi.org/10.3138/cpp.2021-010