pt. 1. How to use these materials -- 1. Why serve preschool children with disabilities in the mainstream? -- 2. Achieving the policies you need: a policy primer -- 3. What are the typical policy barriers and options to preschool mainstreaming? -- 4. How do you lay the foundation for changing policies? -- 5. Identifying your policy barriers and options for preschool mainstreaming -- 6. Bringing it all together: making individualized placement decisions -- Appendices: Mainstreaming public awareness materials ; Legal resources ; Resource people and agencies/programs ; Clarifying Chapter 1 policies ; Sample state/local policies.