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Parent to Parent of Wisconsin
Parent to Parent Support is the opportunity for parents raising children with special needs to connect with another parent who has already learned the language and found the resources...someone who has "been there"

Inter-Agency Transition Agreements

Inclusion Resources
In this video students, teachers, administrators, and university professors discuss how they have changed their practice to implement inclusion through collaboration and co-teaching. Teachers and administrators will describe how their work has changed as a result of collaboration, and students will discuss how collaboration has make a difference in their lives.

A Comparison of Head Start Regulations for Children with Disabilities and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997b Regulations

Wisconsin State Inter-Agency Agreement
Agreement between Head Start, DPI, and DHFS
37K PDF DOCUMENT PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 2001

Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities and their Families Public Awareness, Child Find, and Transition
Agreement from the Department of Health & Family Resources & the Departments of Public Instructions Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities
42K PDF DOCUMENT PUBLISHED DECEMBER 2001

Link to Working with FamiliesUsing Eco-Mapping as a Research Tool
The eco-map facilitates an informal, conversational approach to family information gathering including identification of immediate and extended family members, friends and neighbors, recreational, emplooyment, and community supports, and formal resources accessed by the family. Shared with permission from the National Early Childhood Transition Center (NECTC) www.ihdi.uky.edu/NECTC/p_researchSpotlight.asp

http://www.dpi.wi.gov/ec/ecspedhm.htm/

Family Village
A community that provides informational resources on specific diagnoses, communication connections, adaptive products and technology, adaptive recreational activities, education, worship, health issues, disabilitey-related media and literature, and much more! http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/index.htmlx

Preschool Options Project
Information on resources and training opportunities to assist local school districts in developing a range of options in Least Restrictive Environments (LRE) for young children with disabilities. http://www.preschooloptions.org