# Coaching for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Belonging in Early Childhood

A Step-by-Step Guide for Programs and Schools

**Authors**: [Anni K. Reinking, Ed.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_Contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=203386&Name=Anni+Reinking,Ed.D.), [Laycee Thigpen, MS. Ed.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_Contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=203387&Name=Laycee+Thigpen,MS.%20Ed.)

Written by two experts on diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and belonging, this is the first step‐by‐step guide to coaching early childhood educators in DEIAB practices. Whether you're looking to launch transformative work or expand the work that your program or school is already doing, this timely book will empower educators to ensure equity, access, and belonging for all children and families.

## Learn How To:

- Use the invaluable **Anti‐Ism Scale** to assess your program's current status and monitor growth
- Recognize your program's **"hidden curriculum"**—biases embedded in policies, practices, and materials
- Identify how the **intersectionality** of social identities influence each person's experiences, both positively and negatively
- Create an **effective action plan to coach educators** on a journey toward greater equality and inclusion
- Put your DEIAB plan into action through **book studies, Equity and Diversity Workgroups**, and other **team learning opportunities**
- Implement **structural changes** to support a multicultural curriculum, diverse staffing, and policies that uplift everyone
- **Overcome obstacles** to DEIAB work, from communication blocks to staff and community resistance
- Ensure **continuous growth and improvement** through ongoing **assessment and reflection**

## Reviews

**Serene Stevens, My Sweet Pea and Me, LLC** - February 24, 2023  
"Amazingly wonderful and comprehensible…a 'one-stop-shopping' source for individuals and teams in ECE to build equitable communities for students, families, and educators. This is undoubtedly a resource to add to the library of any individual or organization who is looking to impact systemic change."

**Evandra Catherine, Ph.D.** - February 5, 2023  
"The timeliness of this text is impeccable... This text provides practitioners with opportunities to reflect and challenge dominant ways of thinking through concrete suggestions and case studies, despite where they may be on their social justice journey."

**Tameka Ardrey, Ph.D.** - February 3, 2023  
"This text is not only timely but has the ability to be transformative if intentionally applied...The need for change is long overdue and this text contributes to the work that pushes those changes forward."

**Elizabeth Sherwood, Ed.D.** - February 2, 2023  
"Reinking’s and Thigpen’s work is built on a foundation of sound scholarship and rich personal experiences... The book is filled with tools for reflection, planning, and assessment that leaders will find useful in taking on this meaningful work."

**Watch a webinar from the authors**

[Coaching Early Educators for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Belonging](https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8241879116573448534)

**Read an excerpt:**  
[Preface & Chapter 1](/content/resource-library/coaching-for-diversity-equity-inclusion-accessibility-and-belonging-in-early-childhood-excerpt/index.html)

**Read a blog post:**  
[17 Teacher Tips for Multicultural Early Childhood Education](https://blog.brookespublishing.com/17-teacher-tips-for-multicultural-early-childhood-education/)  
[4 Equity Myths in Early Childhood](https://blog.brookespublishing.com/cant-we-just-keep-things-like-they-are-4-equity-myths-in-early-childhood/)

**Listen to the authors' podcast:**  
[ChatEd Pod: Education conversations about equity, transformation, and belonging](https://www.buzzsprout.com/2085829)

**Download the alignment:**  
[How Our Early Childhood Products Help Strengthen Head Start Program Quality and School Readiness](/content/resource-library/brookes-publishings-head-start-alignment/index.html)

This title has additional materials available on the Brookes [Download Hub.](https://downloads.brookespublishing.com/resource/coaching-for-diversity-equity-inclusion-accessibility-and-belonging-in-early-childhood/)

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**STOCK NUMBER**: 56870  
**ISBN**: 978-1-68125-687-0  
**COPYRIGHT**: 2023  
**PAGES**: 176  
**AVAILABILITY**: Available Stock

As early childhood learning environments grow more and more diverse, schools and programs must address inequitable practices and policies so that every child learns, belongs, and thrives. The practical solutions programs need are in this groundbreaking book, the first guide to coaching early childhood educators in **Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Belonging (DEIAB)** practices.