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Recent eNotes Issues
- 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
- May 9, 2023
- Child Outcomes Summary Knowledge Check (COS-KC)
Source: https://dasycenter.org/cos-kc/
- International Early Childhood Inclusion Institute, May 16-18
- New aRPy Ambassadors
- Executive Order Increases Access to High-Quality Care and Supporting Caregivers
- Re-Issuance of OSEP Memos on Use of RTI
- Updated Transition Resources from ECRDI
- New Resource from IECMHC
- Let's Talk About Race & Racism
- "Eat, Sleep, Console" Reduces Hospital Stay and Need for Medication among Opioid-exposed Infants
- Infants' Health Record Data May Improve Early Autism Screening
- Child Outcomes Summary Knowledge Check (COS-KC)
- April 5, 2023
- Autism Focused Intervention Resources and Modules (AFIRM)
- New Equity Planning Tools for Early Childhood Implementation Snapshots
- Iruka honored with AUCD Leadership for All Award
- Transition Policy Clarification Letter Issued
- OSEP Fast Facts on Students with Traumatic Brain Injury Served Under IDEA, Part B
- Early Childhood Administrator Perspectives About Preschool Inclusion
- Most Black Children Live in Neighborhoods That Lack Amenities Associated with Child Well-being