EOT&TA: Current

EOT&TA Current

March 1, 2007 · Vol.1, Issue 1

Announcing the EOT&TA Current!

As early intervention practitioners, we are always striving to enhance our work with children and families. With this in mind, EOT&TA brings to you another venue for providing timely and relevant information – the EOT&TA Current, our new electronic newsletter. We hope to bring you timely, succinct information that will be useful to Early On Coordinators, service coordinators, and service providers.

A National Reource

In this first issue, we highlight a valuable resource - the National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC) website http://www.nectac.org/. NECTAC is the national counterpart to EOT&TA; it is funded primarily by the Office of Special Education Programs of the U.S. Department of Education to provide technical assistance related to the implementation of the early childhood provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Their mission is to strengthen service systems to ensure that children with disabilities (birth through five) and their families receive the benefit from high quality, culturally appropriate, and family-centered supports and services.

The NECTAC website provides comprehensive information for early childhood programs funded under IDEA, including Part C programs, Section 619 of Part B of IDEA, and early childhood projects funded by the Office of Special Education Programs.

To get you started discovering some of the information included on the NECTAC site, we invite you to take the short quiz below which highlights a sample of resources available.

Happy navigating!

Your State Resource

EOT&TA’s website http://eotta.ccresa.org/ includes a link to NECTAC. Find the link under Resources at the left hand column. There you will find a listing of state, national (find the NECTAC link here) and local resources. View the Early On websites of local service areas here: Local Early On Web Sites. If you would like your local web site also included, contact EOT&TA at eotweb@edzone.net or at (866) 334-5437.

Contact information for Early On® Coordinators is also available: Contact Early On Coordinators. Two additional sections, “Forms” and “Policy and Regulations” round out EOT&TA’s resource page.

Child on a tricycle

We hope this first issue of the EOT&TA Current proves useful to you. If you have information or resources that you might like to see featured in a future issue of the EOT&TA Current, contact eotweb@edzone.net.

Quiz

Question 1:

NECTAC's web site contains a summary of changes made to Part C Reauthorization of IDEA '04.

Question 2:

NECTAC's web site includes SPP/APR (State Performance Plan/Annual Performance Report) information.

Question 3:

NECTAC's web site includes examples of wording needed on an IFSP for the justification of early intervention services that cannot be achieved satisfactorily in a natural environment.

Question 4:

NECTAC's web site includes information re: early childhood social/emotional development and challenging behaviors.

Question 5:

NECTAC's web site features a few online resources concerning autism.

Question 6:

NECTAC's web site maintains information on State Part C Coordinators and SICC chairs.

The EOT&TA Current is an e-newsletter of Clinton County RESA/Early On® Training & Technical Assistance, published monthly and free of charge. The purpose of this newsletter is to provide access to resources related to the implementation of early intervention services and supports to young children with special needs and their families.

Early On® Training & Technical Assistance · 13109 Schavey Rd, Suite 4 · DeWitt, MI 48820 · (866) 334-5437 · eotweb@edzone.net

This newsletter was produced and distributed through an IDEA Mandated Activities Project for CCRESA EOT&TA, awarded by the Michigan Department of Education at no cost. The opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the Michigan Department of Education, Michigan State Board of Education, or the U.S. Department of Education, and no endorsement is inferred. This document is in the public domain and may be copied for further distribution when proper credit is given. For further information or inquiries about this project, contact the Michigan Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood Education and Family Services, P.O. Box 30008, Lansing, MI 48909.