Chi Baik is a fourth-year doctoral candidate in Special Education at UW whose work focuses on early communication for children with cognitive disabilities and inclusive teaching practices. She coordinates community programs through the Haring Center in partnership with Open Doors for Multicultural Families. Read her Q&A below to learn more about her! Can you tell us a bit about yourself and what you’re focusing on in your doctoral studies? What inspired you to pursue this path? My name is Chi…

Former EEU Parent, Katrina Davis, shares her and her son, Arthur’s, EEU and Haring Center story.

Welcome to the 24th Annual Haring Center Auction! This year’s theme is “Camp Inclusion” — a celebration of our community’s active commitment to ensuring that every child has the opportunity to learn, play, and grow alongside their peers, both at the Haring Center for Inclusive Education and beyond. Thank you for being here and for supporting inclusive education. We’re so glad to have you with us tonight!

Join us in celebrating Dr. Ilene Schwartz, a visionary leader whose work has shaped the field of inclusive education and transformed the lives of countless children and families. This heartfelt tribute honors her legacy and introduces the Dr. Ilene Schwartz Endowed Directorship—ensuring her impact continues for generations. Thank you to Shelter Films, https://www.shelterfilms.org/, for their videography.

In a workshop space brimming with inventive tools and metal walls that seemed to pulse with creativity, Dr. Kathleen Artman Meeker, director of the Haring Center, and a diverse group of educators plunged into an exhilarating challenge. It was 2022, and the setting was Reggio Emilia, Italy, where they participated in ateliers during a study abroad trip. The task was to transform an assortment of everyday materials into imaginative constructs. The room buzzed with a palpable mix of excitement and…

When students who have disabilities arrive at Monroe High School, they’ve often spent nearly a decade learning that their differences mean they’ll be taught separately from their peers who spend their days in general education classrooms. But that all changes when they start classes at Monroe High, northeast of Seattle, where school leaders have created a system in which all students learn in general education classrooms most of the time, regardless of their needs. Read full story at Education Week

For Washington | All students have the right to be included in academic and social opportunities, not separated from peers based on disability or learning differences. Education experts from the UW’s Haring Center for Inclusive Education maintain a network of 16 public schools across the state that demonstrate exemplary practices in inclusive education, in what they call the Inclusionary Practices Project. This story is part of an ongoing series showcasing the impact of the UW across the state. Go to…

Haring Center trainers are working with the Woodland Park Zoo staff to adopt inclusive practices into their day-to-day operations, making zoo experiences more accessible to everyone. “This is something that is valued at Woodland Park Zoo,” said Haring Center Education Specialist Gina Dobberstein. “We are collaborating with them to support their work, focusing on all that ways inclusive practices can be implemented.” Committed to creating more inclusive schools and communities, the Haring Center works with a variety of organizations to…

Looking Ahead to a Great Year of Research in the Haring Center’s Classrooms School is back in session at the UW Haring Center’s lab school, Experimental Education Unit (EEU), for kids, teachers, and University of Washington researchers. EEU staff continuously partner with UW College of Education student and faculty researchers to develop and test cutting edge strategies to improve the quality of inclusive early learning and early intervention for all children. This year, one such partnership will be between EEU…

As Early Achievers Program Expands, So Does the UW Haring Center’s Reach Since 2014, the UW Haring Center and the Washington Department of Early Learning (DEL) have worked together to improve early learning programs across the state. With the goal of universal kindergarten readiness, the Early Achievers program seeks to optimize the quality of Washington’s early learning and care programs by instituting a statewide quality rating improvement system (QRIS). The program offers a variety of supports to teachers and providers,…