Inclusion Matters By Shane's Inspiration

SHINE is an innovative, proactive approach to transforming early childhood learning environments by promoting belonging and inclusion for children with disabilities. The pilot training program will equip educators in 20 early learning sites to support this vulnerable population through actionable strategies that teach: empathy, creative problem solving, communication, active listening, collaboration, social awareness, and more…all of which are foundational for academic, economic, social, and emotional success later in life.

Connect LA Families will give children with disabilities and their families, a historically vulnerable population, access to the vital social/emotional benefits of community connection. Your investment will provide inclusion grants to 5 community-based organizations in low-income LA neighborhoods who will implement inclusion programming at their local inclusive playgrounds. Inclusion Matters will provide training, online resources, and deliver our education program to surrounding schools, thus deepening their social inclusion network.

Shane's Inspiration will help eliminate bullying by designing/developing 2 fully inclusive playgrounds in South Central Los Angeles, uniting children of all abilities through play. Once open, Shane's Inspiration will implement a city-wide school-based education program expansion that transforms the playgrounds into outdoor classrooms where profound lessons of acceptance and compassion are learned, helping to diminish harmful stereotypes that lead to bullying and exclusion.

@ShanesPlay + 3000 L.A. Children + 40 L.A. Schools + 30 L.A. Parks + All Ages & Abilities = Together We Play LA!