Inclusion and Creating an Inclusive Playgroup

Some background

Trudy Marsh Holmes has an adult daughter with a developmental disability.  When her daughter was younger, Ms. Holmes created inclusive playgroups.  Ms. Holmes is now a staff member of the Silicon Valley-area parent support and education group,  Parents Helping Parents

www.php.com/

Recently (March 2008) Holmes spoke to the Special Education Parent Teachers' Association of Redwood City (SEPTAR).

My pal Squid, whose son Leelo has autism, posted her notes on the talk, which are posted here

shroomhead.blogspot.com/2008/03/inclusion-and-creating-inclusive.html

[Holmes was] speaking about how to create an inclusive playgroup for your child. Though her audience was exclusively parents of special needs children, her tips and ideas would work for any parent who wants to create a playgroup in which their child can learn better social skills and make friends, and who wants to have a home in which other families feel comfortable and want to visit.