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National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), 2011
This paper describes the impetus for creating the Expanding Opportunities Interagency Inclusion Initiative and achievements to date in identifying and implementing effective and efficient inclusion strategies in the participating states. In March 2004, the Child Care Bureau (CCB) (renamed the Office of Child Care) and the Administration on…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Young Children, Technical Assistance, Child Care
Danaher, Joan; Goode, Sue; Lazara, Alex – National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), 2010
"Part C Updates" is a compilation of information on various aspects of the Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities (Part C) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This is the eleventh volume in a series of compilations, which included two editions of Part H Updates, the former name of the…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Early Intervention, Poverty, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Lazara, Alex; Danaher, Joan; Kraus, Robert; Goode, Sue; Hipps, Cherie; Festa, Cathy – National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), 2010
With the passage of P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, now the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and subsequent amendments, states and jurisdictions have made great strides in the provision of services to young children, ages 3 through 5 years, with disabilities. As of Fall 2007, America's…
Descriptors: State Programs, Disabilities, Preschool Children, Program Implementation
Danaher, Joan – National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), 2011
The identification of young children in need of special education and related services has been an issue with advocates, service providers, parents, researchers, and policy makers for years. The enactment in 1975 of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P. L. 94-142) required states and jurisdictions to provide special education and…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Disabilities, Young Children, Developmental Delays
Lazara, Alex; Danaher, Joan; Kraus, Robert; Goode, Sue – National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), 2009
With the passage of P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, now the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and subsequent amendments, states and jurisdictions have made great strides in the provision of services to young children, ages 3 through 5 years, with disabilities. As of Fall 2007, America's…
Descriptors: State Programs, Disabilities, Preschool Children, Program Implementation
Goode, Sue; Lazara, Alex; Danaher, Joan – National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), 2008
"Part C Updates" is a compilation of information on various aspects of the Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities (Part C) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This is the tenth volume in a series of compilations, which included two editions of Part H Updates, the former name of the…
Descriptors: Human Services, Early Intervention, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Program Administration
National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), 2009
This document is intended to assist State Education Agency (SEA) and Lead Agency (LA) staff and technical assistance providers in designing a meaningful evaluation for the State Performance Plan (SPP)/Annual Performance Report (APR) improvement activities. It provides: (1) information about the relevance of evaluation in the context of improvement…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Technical Assistance, Program Improvement, Guidelines
Danaher, Joan; Goode, Sue; Lazara, Alex – National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), 2007
"Part C Updates" is a compilation of information on various aspects of the Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities (Part C) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This is the ninth volume in a series of compilations, which included two editions of Part H Updates, the former name of the…
Descriptors: Credentials, Information Needs, Early Intervention, Program Administration
National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), 2007
This directory contains 379 discretionary projects addressing the early childhood provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). It was compiled from three volumes separately published by the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY). The "Personnel Preparation" section of this…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, State Programs, Disabilities, Children
Lazara, Alex, Ed.; Danaher, Joan, Ed.; Kraus, Robert, Ed. – National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), 2007
This 2007 edition of the Section 619 Profile updates information on state policies, programs, and practices under the Preschool Grants Program (Section 619 of Part B) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). It presents current and/or historical information for all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, which are…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Disabilities, Young Children, Foreign Countries
Danaher, Joan – National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), 2004
This document analyzes states' definition of developmental delay and analyzes current eligibility classifications and criteria used by states to identify young children in need of special education and related services. Data were obtained from states' Web sites, the National State Policy Database (2003), and/or provided by coordinators of the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Evaluation Criteria, Young Children, Special Education