Whit Hayslip

Whit Hayslip has worked in the field of early childhood education for over thirty years. He currently serves as the Coordinator of Infant and Preschool Special Education Programs for the Los Angeles Unified School District. These programs serve over 6000 families with children between birth and five years of age. Whit has a Masters Degree in Human Development with graduate training in both Child Development and Special Education. Prior to his current position he worked as an infant program teacher, a preschool teacher in a Federally funded mainstreaming model, a Federal Outreach Grant coordinator, and an Infant and Preschool Program Specialist. He has also served as a Field Consultant for the State of California preschool personnel development projects and the Early Intervention Technical Assistance Network, and as a Senior Trainer for a national staff development project. He is a member of a number of local, state and national-level advisory groups including the California Children and Families Commission Advisory Committee on Diversity, the Professional Expert Panel for the California Child Development Division's Curriculum Project, the Advisory Committee for the California Child Development Facility Accreditation Project and the National Professional Advisory Board for Easter Seals. Whit is especially interested in the development and support of inclusive early childhood programs and has delivered numerous keynote addresses and workshops on this topic at conferences throughout the world.