Early Childhood

Provides training and technical assistance for personnel working with toddlers who transition from early intervention services to special education programs to use effective practices in early childhood education. The focus for coordinated activities are practices that foster students with disabilities' interaction with their non-disabled peers and address early learning standards, including early literacy, and curricula.

DEC & NAEYC Joint Position Statement on Early Childhood Inclusion

Web sites:

http://www.earlychildhood.virginia.gov
Virginia Office of Early Childhood Development

www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/sped/earlychildhood.html
Virginia Department of Education Early Childhood Special Education Web page

www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/sped/earlychildhoodtransitiondoc.pdf
Early Transition document

www.dss.virginia.gov/family/cc/provider_publications.cgi
Milestones of Child Development and Competencies for Early Childhood Professionals

www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Instruction/Elem_M/FoundationBlocks.pdf
Virginia’s Foundation Blocks for Early Learning: Comprehensive Standards for
Four-Year-Olds

http://www.vanderbilt.edu/csefel
The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL).

http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_cshcn.html
The  Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Library at Georgetown University knowledge path
on Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN).

http://www.challengingbehavior.org
Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention for Young Children (TACSEI)

http://www.va-itsnetwork.org/
Virginia Infant & Toddler Specialist Network

http://www.infantva.org
Early Intervention, Virginia Part C

VDOE T/TAC

     Linking People

T/TAC
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Contact:
Dianne Koontz Lowman 
lowmandk@jmu.edu