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Backpack Connections: How to Understand the Meaning of Your Child's Challenging Behavior
Resource from the Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention (TACSEI) for supporting children's social emotional development.
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Early Childhood Classroom Interests Tool
Classroom tool for identifying children's interests related to early language and literacy from the Center for Early Literacy.
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Handout 1.1 Interaction - Ask the Expert
Dr. Jeanette McCollum answers questions about early interactions.
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Handout 1.2 Interaction - The Research Supporting DEC Recommended Practices on Interaction
Citations for each of the practices include best available research in the form of research reviews or syntheses as well as the most recent and relevant individual studies evaluating specific DEC Recommended Practices on Interaction.
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Handout 1.3 Interaction - Supporting Child Interactions - Learn More
Additional resources to help you learn more about child interactions.
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Handout 1.4 Interaction - Adult-Child Interaction Checklist - by Activity
This checklist includes the kinds of adult (parent or practitioner) behavior that can be used to engage a child in adult-child Interactive episodes to promote and support child competence. The main focus of the practice is responding contingently to a child's behavior to elicit or maintain child interactions with an adult during everyday activities and play.
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Handout 1.5 Interaction - Blank Observation Form
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Handout 1.6 Interaction - DEC Recommended Practices
DEC Recommended Practices list for Interaction
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Handout 2.1 Transition - Ask the Expert
Dr. Beth Rous Answers Questions about Program Transitions
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Handout 2.2 Transition - The Research Supporting DEC Recommended Practices on Transition
A collection of resources supporting the DEC Recommended Practices for Transition.
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Handout 2.3 Transition - Supporting Child Transitions - Learn More
A collection of additional resources on supporting children during transitions.
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Handout 2.4 Transition - DEC Recommended Practices
List of DEC Recommended Practices for Transition
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Handout 2.5 Transition - Early Intervention to Part B Services Checklist
This checklist includes practices to support the transition of toddlers from early intervention services into preschool or preschool special education services.
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Handout 2.6 Transition - Implementing Planful and Timely Transition Sample Strategies
Implementing Planful and Timely Transition Sample Strategies; includes five strategies, purpose, when (to use), transition goal, and practitioner role
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Handout 3.1 Environment - Ask the Expert
Drs. Lori Erbrederis Meyer and Tricia Catalino Answer Questions about Early Childhood Environments
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Handout 3.2 Environment - The Research Supporting DEC Recommended Practices on Environment
A collection of resources that support the DEC Recommended Practices for Environment.
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Handout 3.3 Environment - DEC Recommended Practices
List of DEC Recommended Practices for Environment
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Handout 4.1 Teaming and Collaboration - Ask the Expert
Chelsea Guillen Answers Questions about Teaming and Collaboration
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Handout 4.2 Teaming and Collaboration - Research
A collection of resources supporting the DEC Recommended Practices for Teaming and Collaboration.
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Handout 4.3 Teaming and Collaboration - DEC Recommended Practices
List of DEC Recommended Practices for Teaming and Collaboration
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Handout 4.4 Teaming and Collaboration - Families are Full Team Members Checklist
This checklist includes steps and actions teams can take to ensure that families are included as full team members and are valued as experts who are considered vital to effective team functioning.
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Handout 5.1 Family - Ask the Expert
Dr. Carol Trivette answers questions about family.
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Handout 5.2 Family - DEC Recommended Practices
List of DEC recommended practices for family.
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Handout 5.3 Family - Home Visiting Tool
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Handout 6.1 Instruction - Ask the Expert
Ask the Expert content from Dr. Ilene Schwartz for the Instruction Module
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Handout 6.2 Instruction - DEC Recommended Practices
List of DEC Recommended Practices for Instruction.
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Handout 7.1 Assessment - Ask the Expert
Ask the Expert content from Jane Squires for the Assessment Module.
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Handout 7.2 Assessment - DEC Recommended Practices
DEC Recommended Practices list for Assessment
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Handout 7.3 Assessment: - U.S. Code Part C Services Language
IDEA Statute and Regulations for Part C - Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities
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Handout 7.4 Assessment - U.S. Code Section 619 of Part B Services Language
IDEA Statute and Regulations for Section 619 of Part B
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Handout 7.5 Assessment - Authentic Child Assessment Practices Checklist
This checklist includes key characteristics of authentic assessment practices for observing child participation in everyday activities, the real world learning opportunities that occur in the activities, child behavior in the everyday learning opportunities, and the particular learning opportunities that provide a child the richest array of competency-enhancing learning opportunities.
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Part B Individualized Education Plan (IEP)
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Part C Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)
The Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) is a written plan that is developed for each eligible infant and toddler with a disability. The Part C regulations specify, at 34 CFR §§303.342 - 303.345, the procedures that State Lead Agencies and early intervention service providers must follow to develop, review, and revise an IFSP for each child. The document below sets out the IFSP content that those regulations require.
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Vignette - Module 2 Transition - Early Intervention to Preschool
Vignette of 3 year old Maya for transition from early intervention to preschool.
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Vignette - Module 2 Transition - High Intensity and Low Intensity Strategies
Vignette for high intensity and low intensity transition strategies.
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Vignette - Module 2 Transition - Hospital to Early Intervention
Vignette of Juan, aged 3 months, describing a hospital to early intervention transition.
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Vignette - Module 2 Transition - Preschool to Kindergarten
Vignette for transition from preschool to kindergarten
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Vignette - Module 6 Instruction - Practices to Support Fluency
Vignette example of providing opportunities for a child to practice a skill.
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Vignette 1 - Module 4 Teaming and Collaboration - IFSP Meeting
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Vignette 2 - Module 4 Teaming and Collaboration - IFSP Meeting with Team
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Where We Stand on Assessing Young English Language Learners
Recommendations, with specific indicators of effective practice, intended to help policy makers, program administrators, teachers, and others improve screening and assessment practices for young English language learners.