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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
Shea, Kathryn; Graham, Mimi – ZERO TO THREE, 2018
The opioid epidemic has led to a dramatic increase in the number of infants and toddlers being removed from their homes and placed in foster care. Doing so places these vulnerable young children at high risk for attachment issues, postnatal medical problems, and development delay. Early Childhood Courts have been found to be a very effective…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Infants, Mental Health, Toddlers
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Herman-Smith, Robert L. – Early Education and Development, 2013
Research Findings: A 2003 amendment to the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) required states to develop plans to ensure that children younger than the age of 3 years who are victims of substantiated abuse or neglect have access to developmental screenings. Programs authorized under Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Early Intervention, Toddlers, Infants
Greer, Maureen; Taylor, Anne; Andrews, Susan D. Mackey – National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), 2007
Typically, Federal entitlement statutes reflect a traditional program approach, with separate program funds attached to the legislative intent. The Part C provisions of Public Law (PL) 99-457, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), however, were envisioned by Congress in an unprecedented manner. Part C legislation was designed to…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Disabilities, Insurance, Early Intervention
Danaher, Joan; Goode, Sue; Lazara, Alex – National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), 2007
"Part C Updates" is a compilation of information on various aspects of the Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities (Part C) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This is the ninth volume in a series of compilations, which included two editions of Part H Updates, the former name of the…
Descriptors: Credentials, Information Needs, Early Intervention, Program Administration
Keller-Allen, Chandra – Project Forum, 2007
In June 2003, Congress passed the Keeping Children and Families Safe Act, which reauthorized the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA), which provides federal funding for state child welfare agencies. A new provision in the reauthorized CAPTA requires that states receiving CAPTA funds develop and implement "provisions and…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Disabilities
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Herman, Bob – Children & Schools, 2007
Children younger than three are overrepresented in substantiated cases of abuse and neglect. As with all maltreated children, infant and toddler victims of abuse and neglect are disproportionately affected by developmental delays. Over the past 20 years, child development research has demonstrated the importance of the first three years of life on…
Descriptors: Parent Role, Early Intervention, Young Children, Social Development
Zero to Three (J), 2006
Children who suffer abuse or neglect, or have parents who suffer from mental health problems (especially maternal depression), substance abuse, or family violence, have as high a probability of experiencing developmental delays as do children with medical conditions that are automatically eligible for Part C services under the Individuals with…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Early Intervention, Family Violence, Child Neglect