Families

  • Actively engage in early childhood systems conversations
  • Actively engage in building a state comprehensive system of personnel development
  • Actively engage a more effective and sustainable state system that can support a competent early childhood workforce
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DEC Recommended Practices

Resources

Acronyms
List of commonly used acronyms
Developing an Action Plan
Step by step process on how to develop an action plan
Family Reimbursement Form CSPD
Reimbursement form to be used by state CSPD teams for families
Family Involvement Self-Assessment
Self-assessment for families to gauge their readiness to participate in an advisory capacity
Identifying: Who's Who in your state
Who's Who in your State: Tool to assist you to identify EI/ECSE and related resources in your state.
Involving Families in CSPD: The Basics
Infographic on involving families in CSPD - “The Basics”
ECPC Self Assessment of Family Engagement for Administrators
Self-Assessment to measure family/stakeholder engagement
Policy Statement on Family Engagement From the Early Years to the Early Grades — Executive Summary
Policy Statement on Family Engagement — From The Early Years to the Early Grades
U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
DEC/ITCA Joint Position Statement
DEC/ITCA Executive Summary
The Division for Early Childhood (DEC) of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) and the IDEA Infant & Toddler Coordinators Association (ITCA) collaborated on this joint position statement to acknowledge the importance of early intervention (EI) service coordination and recognize the expertise and needs of the professionals who provide this service.