- Actively engage in early childhood systems conversations
- Actively engage in building a state comprehensive system of personnel development
- Actively engage a more effective and sustainable state system that can support a competent early childhood workforce
ECPC/DEC Family Cohort 3
Resources
Commonly Used Acronyms
Process and Evaluation Tools for Developing an Action Plan
Reimbursement form to be used by state CSPD teams for families
Self-assessment for families to gauge their readiness to participate in an advisory capacity
Infographic on Involving Families in the CSPD "The Basics"
Self-Assessment to measure our family/stakeholder engagement.
- Policy Statement on Family Engagement From the Early Years to the Early Grades—Executive Summary (PDF) (ed.gov)
- Policy Statement on Family Engagement—From The Early Years to the Early Grades (PDF) (ed.gov)
U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- DEC/ITCA Joint Position Statement.pdf – Service Coordination in EI
- DEC/ITCA Executive Summary.pdf – Service Coordination in EI
The Division for Early Childhood (DEC) of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) and the IDEA Infant & Toddler Coordinators Association (ITCA) collaborated on this joint position statement to acknowledge the importance of early intervention (EI) service coordination and recognize the expertise and needs of the professionals who provide this service.
Tip Sheets for remote visits:
Enhancing Family-Provider Partnerships during remote visits
Receiving Early Intervention Services Through the Phone, Tablet, or Computer an overview
Receiving Early Intervention Services Through the Phone, Tablet, or Computer, tips for families
Spanish Version: Receiving Early Intervention Services Through the Phone, Tablet, or Computer an overview
Spanish Version: Receiving Early Intervention Services Through the Phone, Tablet, or Computer, tips for families
COVID-19 Resources for Families
| The U.S. Department of Education’s (Department) Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) is committed to ensuring that infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families, and children with disabilities, have successful early intervention and educational experiences in the upcoming school year.
A Resource to Support Children, Students, Educators, Schools, Service Providers, and Families |
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| Tip sheet: Enhancing Family-Provider Partnerships During COVID-19 | Enhancing Family-Provider Partnerships .pdf |
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Tips for Families: Receiving Remote EI Services |
Tips for Families Flyer: .pdf What is Remote EI? Consejos para Familias: .pdf What is Remote EI? (Spanish) |
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Tips for Families: How to prepare for a Remote EI Visit |
Tips for Families: .pdf Preparing for the Visit Consejos para Familias: .pdf Preparing for the Visit (Spanish) |
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National Association of School Psychologists |
Talking to children about COVID-19: A Parent Resource in multiple languages |
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Center for Parent Center Information and Resources |
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National Center for Hearing Assessment & Management Utah State University |
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Zero to Three |
Tips for Families: Coronavirus. Age appropriate responses to common questions |
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Center for Disease Control |
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Protecting Student Privacy U.S. Department of Education |
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PBS Kids - for Parents |
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NCPMI |
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Sesame Street |
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Child Mind Institute |
Talking to Children about COVID-19 Tips for Families (Youtube videos) |
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Teachstone |
Blog of resources (daily schedule, activities, talking to kids) |
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Scholastic |
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Illinois Early Learning Project |
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National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations (NCPMI) - May Newsletter |
Presentations:
Involving Families in State Comprehensive System of Personnel Development
- Overview: Involving Families in CSPD PowerPoint .pdf
- The Role of Meaningful Family Involvement in Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation .pdf
- Preparing-and-Supporting-Emerging-Family-Leaders .pdf
A joint presentation: ECPC, ECTA & Parent to Parent-GA at the National Family and Community Engagement Conference, Cleveland, OH
What are the DEC Recommended Practices
Find out in this quick overview .pdf
The DEC RPs are also available in Spanish
Practice Improvement Tools: Using the DEC Recommended Practices