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• Equity- and Inclusion-Focused Leadership: Attitudes and Actions (and Self-Assessment)
• State Recruitment and Retention Strategies Search
• Ensuring Access and Positive Outcomes for All Young Children: Using Data to Understand and Eliminate the Use of Exclusionary Discipline Practices
• COS Data Collection and Guidance
• Stages of Implementation: State Process Guide
• The Difference Our Work Makes
• Part C Indicator 4: Family Outcomes Data FFY 2021
• Indicators of High-Quality Inclusion: New translations available
• Preparing for DMS 2.0
• Recruitment and Retention of Personnel Serving Young Children with Disabilities

Events

Upcoming Events

• April 21–25: National Training Institute on Effective Practices: Addressing Challenging Behavior
• May 13–15: International Early Childhood Inclusion Institute

Recent Events

• A Blueprint for Inclusion: Supporting Systemic Change in California
• Preparing Your Annual Performance Report: Helpful Resources so You Have More Fun in January
• DEC's 40th Annual International Conference on Young Children with Special Needs and Their Families
• Unlocking Early Childhood Privacy: Latest Trends and Insights and What You Need to Know
• 2024 Improving Data, Improving Outcomes Conference: Leading for Positive Impact
• 2024 OSEP Combined Leadership and Project Directors' Conference
• Navigating IDEA and FERPA To Protect Privacy in Today's Early Childhood World

News

• eNotes: January 13, 2025
• 2024 SPP/APR Indicator Analyses FFY 2023:

  • Part C
  • Part B, Section 619
• 2023 Federal Appropriations and National Child Counts:

  • Part C
  • Part B, Section 619
• Joint Dear Colleague Letter on Early Hearing Detection and Intervention and Part C Programs (Aug. 5, 2024)
• Distributed Leadership at ECTA
• Early Childhood IDEA Centers: 2024 State Learning Opportunities
• ECTA on the Think Inclusive Podcast: Building High-Quality Systems Supporting Inclusive Education for Young Learners with Disabilities
• Policy Statement: Inclusion of Children with Disabilities in Early Childhood Programs
• SPP/APR Agency Information Collection Activities:

  • Part C
  • Part B, Section 619

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