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Recent eNotes Issues
- November 13, 2023
- 2023 IDEA Part B, Section 619 National Survey
- Think Inclusive Podcasts
Source: https://pod.link/583456652
- New ECTA Learning Community: Early Childhood Personnel Solutions
- Resource Reminder for Upcoming SPP/APR Development
- Secretary Cardona and Friends Celebrate National Parent Involvement Day
- Critical Questions for Addressing Racial Equity in Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education
- Secure attachment to both parents - not just mothers - boosts children’s healthy development
- October 11, 2023
- EHDI and Early Intervention Data Sharing Documents
- Recent Webinar on the Timely Expenditure of IDEA Funds
- MOU Between State IDEA and ADDM
- NIH Launches Community-Led Research Program to Advance Health Equity
- OSEP Releases New Fast Facts on Children Identified with Intellectual Disability
- The Role of Social Adversity on Emotional Dysregulation During Infancy and Early Childhood
- September 15, 2023
- Early Childhood Personnel Solutions Learning Community
- Application for TA on Integrating Child Outcomes Measurement and IEP Processes
- Early Hearing Detection and Intervention State/Territory Program
- Infant-Early Childhood Mental Health in Home Visiting Programs Serving Diverse Families: Promising Strategies to Support Child and Family Well-Being
- 2021 and 2022 State IDEA Data Displays Posted
Source: https://data.ed.gov/dataset/
- Learning Gained from 2023 PDG B-5 Systems Building Grants
- Eye-Tracking Device Could Be More Accurate Test for Autism in Toddlers
- August 17, 2023
- Federal and Technical Assistance Center-Developed Materials for DMS 2.0
- Comment Period Announced on Part C Information Collection Packages
Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/
- HRSA Releases Two Funding Opportunities for EHDI
Source: https://www.hrsa.gov/
- OSEP Fast Facts
- Report Says Place Matters: The Environment We Create Shapes the Foundations of Healthy Development
- Medicaid Policies to Help Young Children Access Key Infant-Early Childhood Mental Health Services: Results from a 50-State Survey
- Special Education Programs in States Like Massachusetts Are Getting Updated
- Associations Between Peer Play Interactions and Empathy within an Early Childhood Inclusion Program for Children with Visual Impairment
- Cutting RNA Offers a Potential Treatment for Fragile X Syndrome
- July 11, 2023
- Fiscal Data Trend Profile
- CDC-AUCD Leadership Opportunity
- Medicaid Policies to Help Young Children Access Infant-Early Childhood Mental Health Services: Results from a 50-State Survey
- Report Says Place Matters: The Environment We Create Shapes the Foundations of Healthy Development
- OMH Releases Best Practice Resource Guides on Advancing Equity for AA and NHPI Communities in COVID-19 Response Efforts
- Mothers' Difficult Childhoods Impact Their Children's Mental Health
- June 7, 2023
- Early Childhood IDEA Centers: 2023 State Learning Opportunities
- HHS to Invest Over $65 Million to Address the Maternal Health Crisis and New Approaches to Care
- NIEER Report: State(s) of Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education: Looking at Equity
- Discipline Discussions: The Power of Asking "Why"
- A Critical Analysis of State-Level Policies Impacting Racialized Emergent Bilinguals Suspected or Labeled as Dis/abled
- Several Down Syndrome Features May Be Linked to a Hyperactive Antiviral Immune Response