A place for Miguel
Discovering the power of belonging within an inclusive toddler community
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21686169 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan L Recchia (0000-0001-7692-2181, Department of Curriculum and Teaching, Teachers CollegeColumbia University, New York, NY, USA), Seung Eun McDevitt (0000-0002-1208-450X, Department of Education Specialties, St. John’s University, New York, NY, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 51-63 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Early Childhood Education Research Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-293X • E-ISSN: 1752-1807 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1350293x.2022.2159055 |
| OpenAlex | W4313682164 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 29 |
In this phenomenological case study, we explore how a toddler with autism (Miguel) becomes a member of an early childhood learning community. Drawing on the right to belong and a social-relational model of disability framework, we asked research questions that are fundamental to the rights and agency of the child and how children experience inclusion and belonging in their learning community. By following Miguel during his first year in early care and education, we share depictions of his expressions of interest, initiations, and agency; his ways of relating to children and adults in the classroom; his use of environmental supports and scaffolds to engage with the physical and interpersonal space; and his growing sense of membership in the toddler classroom. In conclusion, we discuss what inclusion means to individual children and the ways in which inclusive practices can unfold in a setting that promotes authentic belonging
Autism · Developmental psychology · Early childhood · Early childhood education · Interpersonal communication · Interpersonal relationship · Pedagogy · Social science · Sociology · Toddler · Children's Rights and Participation · Disability Rights and Representation · Family and Disability Support Research · Psychology · Social Psychology
Inclusion for Young Children With Disabilities
The Wounded Storyteller
The Role of Context in Qualitative Case Study Research
Funds of Identity
The Sociology of Children, Childhood and Generation
Rescuing a social relational understanding of disability
Rights, inclusion and citizenship
A preschool for all children? – Swedish preschool teachers’ perspective on inclusion
Belonging in an age of exclusion
A cycle of fragmentation in an inclusive age
Researching children’s rights in education
Exploring inclusive pedagogy
Becoming dishuman
The DisHuman child
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |