Dr Lidon Lashley has been working in the field of teaching and teacher education for the past 21 years. He is a Senior Lecturer, Department of Foundation and Education Management and an immediate past Assistant Dean in the Faculty of Education and Humanities. Dr Lidon Lashley is currently the Director of the University of Guyana’s Early Childhood Centre of Excellence (UG-ECCE). He is the Chairman of the University of Guyana Inclusivity Diversity and Equity Task Force. Lidon is the holder of a Trained Class One Grade One Teachers’ Certificate from the Cyril Potter of Education where he graduated in the top percentile of his cohort. He also returned to the college and lectured for a while. Lidon has a Bachelor of Education (Distinction) from the University of Guyana; Masters of Education (GPA 4.0) - Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Guyana; Masters of Arts - Special and Inclusive Education (Merit) from the University of Roehampton, United Kingdom and a PhD Special and Inclusive Education (Pass Without Corrections) from the University of Roehampton, United Kingdom. Lidon is a Commonwealth PhD Scholar and also a Certified Accounting Technician, Institute of Commercial Management, United Kingdom. Lidon’s research interest lies in the area of Early Childhood Education, Curriculum Development and Special and Inclusive Education. Dr Lidon Lashley is also the independent author of Two books namely, Guyana’s Child Fighting to Be Free and Computer Aided Instructions In Mathematics. He also co-authored a third book with Dr Michelle Semple-McBean on Sociodramatic Play in Guyana and a Fourth book on Inspirations for the Guyana Conference of Seventh Day Adventists. In addition, Dr Lashley has over twenty-five (25) research papers published in international peer-reviewed academic journals. Dr Lidon Lashley and Dr Michelle Semple-McBean created the Mock Teaching Model being utilize by the University of Guyana and Cyril Potter College of Education for Teachers’ Practicum. Dr Lashley also have written several technical reports on education development in Guyana. He co-lead the team that that wrote the University of Guyana’s Inclusivity, Diversity and Equity Policy. Dr Lashley designed the Southern Inclusion Framework and the Inclusive Education Checker. As an educator, Dr Lashley continues to pioneer special and inclusive education innovations in Guyana.