Research shows that high quality programs can support positive outcomes for all children, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds. Little research has examined the perspectives of directors working with infants and toddlers in families who are experiencing low socio-economic status (SES) in early childhood settings. This qualitative research addresses this gap by exploring directors’ understandings of inclusion relating to the needs of low SES children under 3 years and their families in the ECEC context. Qvortrup and Qvortrup’s (2018) lens of inclusion was used to analyse (a) the conceptualisation of inclusion held by the directors interviewed for this project and (b) what aspects of inclusion directors were able to influence. Findings showed that directors’ understandings were multidimensional, involving a combination of professional and contextual concerns. This paper discusses implications for working with infants and toddlers from low SES families.

研究表明，高质量的项目可以为所有儿童带来积极的成果，尤其是那些来自弱势背景的儿童。很少有研究调查过在儿童早期环境中经历低社会经济地位 (SES) 的家庭中与婴幼儿一起工作的导演的观点。这项定性研究通过探索董事对与 3 岁以下 SES 低儿童及其家庭在 ECEC 环境中的需求相关的包容性的理解来解决这一差距。Qvortrup 和 Qvortrup (2018) 的包容性视角用于分析 (a) 接受采访的本项目董事对包容性的概念化，以及 (b) 包容性董事能够影响哪些方面。调查结果表明，董事的理解是多维的，涉及专业和背景问题的结合。本文讨论了与来自低社会经济地位家庭的婴幼儿一起工作的意义。