Professional Roles and Disciplines
National Landscape of Early Childhood Personnel Standards for Professionals Serving Infants and Young Children with Disabilities and Their Families under 619 and Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Data Report 1 (2019) from the The Early Childhood Personnel Center includes standards and requirements for all service providers in the early intervention and early childhood special education system.
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Early Childhood Professional Organizations
- The National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators (NAECTE)
- The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS)
Division for Early Childhood (DEC)
- Personnel Standards For Early Education and Early Intervention (2017)
- DEC Recommended Practices (2014)
See also: Practice Improvement Tools
Audiologists and Speech and Language Pathologists
American Academy of Audiologists
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
Early Childhood Educators
Child Care Technical Assistance Network (CCTN)
The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
- Unifying Framework for the Early Childhood Education Profession
- Professional Standards and Competencies for Early Childhood Educators
Early Childhood Special Educators
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
- CEC Performance-Based Standards
- Initial Practice-Based Standards for Early Interventionists/Early Childhood Special Educators
- Special Education Professional Ethical Principles
- What Every Special Educator Must Know: Ethics, Standards and Guidelines for Special Educators (2003)
- Improving Your Practice
Occupational Therapists
American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)
Physical Therapists
American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
Service Coordinators
See also: Service Coordination Under Part C