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Direct linkJessica Barreca – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2025
Over one-third of families in the United States experience diaper need, negatively affecting the health and developmental outcomes of young children. Research has shown that when providers recognize the importance of addressing the social determinants of health (SDOH), including diaper need, critical support is provided to children and families.…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Practices, Educational Policy, Infants
Lori E. Meyer; Deborah A. Bruns; Hsiu-Wen Yang; V. James Young; Matthew Klein – Young Exceptional Children, 2024
The Division for Early Childhood (DEC) collaborates with the Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education (EI/ECSE) community and allied partners to create resources (such as publications like Young Exceptional Children [YEC] and The Journal of Early Intervention [JEI] and products like The DEC Recommended Practices and Learning Decks)…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Special Education, Infants
Bruder, Mary Beth; Catalino, Tricia; Chiarello, Lisa A.; Mitchell, Marica Cox; Deppe, Janet; Gundler, Darla; Kemp, Peggy; LeMoine, Sarah; Long, Toby; Muhlenhaupt, Mary; Prelock, Patricia; Schefkind, Sandra; Stayton, Vicki; Ziegler, Deborah – Infants and Young Children, 2019
The Early Childhood Personnel Center (ECPC) was funded by the Office of Special Education Programs at the U.S. Department of Education to provide technical assistance to State Systems of Early Childhood Intervention and Institutions of Higher Education on issues related to personnel development. One initiative of the ECPC has been to collaborate…
Descriptors: Competence, Infants, Young Children, Disabilities
Poole, Molly E.; Fettig, Angel; McKee, Rachel A.; Gauvreau, Ariane N. – Young Exceptional Children, 2022
Early intervention (EI) providers--who deliver Part C services under the purview of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) for children birth-3 years old with/at risk of disabilities--play an important role in promoting the development of young children and their caregivers. Enhancing caregiver capacity to meet the developmental…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Preschool Children, At Risk Persons, Disabilities
Download full textWashington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families, 2018
The Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) is the State Lead Agency for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part C program for Washington State. Within DCFY, the Part C programmatic home is the Early Support for Infants and Toddlers (ESIT) program. During Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2017, the ESIT program held contracts…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, State Programs, Federal State Relationship
Bernstein, Haidee K.; Hartman, Lenita Ashley; Hebbeler, Kathleen; Kaufman, Jennifer L.; Magaw, Darlene; Shaw, Evelyn F.; Schmidt, Lorendia K.; Spiker, Donna – ZERO TO THREE, 2020
This article spotlights Colorado and Rhode Island's collaboration efforts on the Keeping Children and Families Safe Act (PL 108-36, 2003), which reauthorized the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA, 2018) and Part C of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, 2018). These two key pieces of federal legislation require…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Early Intervention, Infants, Toddlers
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, US Department of Education, 2024
The describes the nation's progress in (1) providing a free appropriate public education (FAPE) for children with disabilities under IDEA, Part B, and early intervention services to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families under IDEA, Part C; (2) ensuring that the rights of these children with disabilities and their parents are…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Federal Legislation, Students with Disabilities
Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families, 2017
The Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) is the State Lead Agency for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part C program for Washington State. Within DCFY, the Part C programmatic home is the Early Support for Infants and Toddlers (ESIT) program. During Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2016, the ESIT program held contracts…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Infants, Toddlers, Disabilities
Gupta, Sarika S.; Lewin-Smith, James – Distance Learning, 2020
Institutions of higher education are increasingly relying on distance technologies to prepare teacher candidates. In early childhood special education (ECSE), a field that focuses on working with young children ages 0-8 with delays and disabilities and their families, many of these distance technologies are being used to improve teacher candidate…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Design, Assignments, Distance Education
Wertlieb, Donald – ZERO TO THREE, 2018
The science and practice of early childhood development now stands ready to address the needs and ensure the rights of infants and young children with disabilities and their families, among the most underserved and marginalized in all regions of the world. Synergies in global policies such as the "United Nations Convention on the Rights of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Infants, Toddlers, Childrens Rights
McManus, Beth M. – ZERO TO THREE, 2015
Research suggests that early self-regulatory difficulties among high-risk newborns can lead to poor interactional difficulties and negative long-term cognitive and social-emotional outcomes if not identified and treated early. This article describes why an individualized, developmentally supportive, relationship-based program, such as the Newborn…
Descriptors: Infants, Parent Child Relationship, Parenting Skills, Child Rearing
Office of Head Start, US Department of Health and Human Services, 2021
This National Services Snapshot summarizes key data on demographics and services for children from birth to age five and pregnant women served by Head Start, Early Head Start, and Migrant and Seasonal Head Start programs. The data in this Snapshot is a subset of the annual Program Information Report (PIR) submission to the Office of Head Start.…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children, Migrants
Dragoo, Kyrie E. – Congressional Research Service, 2019
Part C (Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, P.L. 108-446) authorizes a formula grant program for infants and toddlers with disabilities (ages birth through two) and their families. A general purpose of these grants is to aid states in developing and implementing "a statewide,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Federal Legislation
Washington State Department of Early Learning, 2017
This brief report provides facts about Early Support for Infants and Toddlers (ESIT) on the following topics: (1) What is the purpose of the IDEA Part C early intervention?; (2) Early intervention service delivery in Washington, July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016; (3) Primary early intervention services; (4) What are the expected child outcomes?;…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Infants, Toddlers, Disabilities
Buchter, Jennifer; Riggleman, Samantha – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2018
Serving families who live in rural communities can be a challenge for early intervention programs. Factors, such as travel, family needs, and limited program and community resources, have been identified as ongoing barriers for this population. Technology, specifically teleconferencing, can be a solution to provide equitable services compliant…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Early Intervention, Barriers, Access to Education
