Serving Children with Disabilities: Resources
Wisconsin Early Childhood Collaborating Partners provides resources for serving children with disabilities.
- National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center - The National Early Childhood Transition Center (NECTC) provides a wide array of resources including a searchable database of transition research, policy, and transition practice.
- Wisconsin Birth to 3 Program
- Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
- 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
- Waisman Center Birth to 3 - Dathan Rush and M'Lisa Shelden Relationship-Based Intervention in Natural Environments Using Evidence-Based Practices
- Current Issue of Birth to 6 EVENTS - Fall 2009 (pdf)
- The Waisman Center in partnership with the Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Program, WI DHS has created a series of webcasts for parents, professionals and physicians related to a number of topics around child development, early identification, early intervention. Each webcast is about 20-30 minutes in length and presentation handouts are available.
- Routines Based Interview for developing functional goals to increase engagement, independence and social relationships
- Siskin Children's Institute, Center for Child and Family Research
- Robin Mc William Early Intervention in Natural Environments blogspot
- Family Village - A community that provides informational resources on specific diagnoses, communication connections, adaptive products and technology, adaptive recreational activities, education, worship, health issues, disability-related media and literature, and much more!
- A Comparison of Head Start Regulations for Children with Disabilities and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997b Regulations: HS-IDEA Comparison, age Birth to 3 in English (pdf), HS-IDEA Comparison, age Birth to 3 en Espanol (pdf)
- Wisconsin State Inter-Agency Agreement Agreement between Head Start, DPI, and DHFS (pdf)
- Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities and their Families Public Awareness, Child Find, and Transition (pdf) - Agreement from the Department of Health & Family Resources & the Departments of Public Instructions Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities
- Wisconsin Assistive Technology Loan Library
- Arizona State University Tots-n-Tech - Ideas for supporting functional skills through routines
- Head Start Center for Inclusion - Training materials and resources to increase the competence, confidence, and effectiveness of personnel in Head Start programs to include children with disabilities.