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Nevada Ready! State Pre-K Procedures - by Jessica Boles [Infographic]

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The following pillars were developed by the NDE State P-3 Leadership Team that attending The National P-3 Center Institute in October 2022 which included NDE Superintendent and Deputy Superintendent and other district leaders across the state.

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Through a partnership with Title IIA, OELD, and The National P-3 Center this opportunity is available to up 20 principals and/or school leaders each year. Cohort 3 is currently participating alongside our 2 state facilitators.

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Kindergarten Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) Policy Statement

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Kindergarten Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) Policy Statement

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This policy statement was endorsed by NDE Superintendent and the State Early Childhood Advisory Council (ECAC, and presented to the State Board of Education.

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National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations

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At every tier of the Pyramid Model, practitioners and programs should consider what strategies might be used to welcome and support diverse families; how to create opportunities to learn from families; strategies for partnering with families to promote child outcomes; and providing the supports and services that families might need to promote their child's skill development.
(Fox & Swett, 2017, p. 86).

Fox, L. & Swett, J. (2017). Implementing partnerships with families to promote the social and emotional competence of young children. In Weist, M. D. Weist, S.A. Garbacz, K. L. Lane, & D. Kincaid, D. (Eds), Aligning and integrating family engagement in Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS): Concepts and strategies for families and schools in key contexts (pp. 84-97). Center for Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (funded by the Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education). Eugene, Oregon: University of Oregon Press. https://www.pbis.org/Common/Cms/files/pbisresources/Family%20Engagement%20in%20PBIS.pdf

Guidance on Family Engagement

On May 5, 2016, the U.S. Departments of Education (ED) and Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a statement on the implementation of effective family engagement practices from the early years to the early grades. This statement offers a review of research, legal requirement, and best practices related to family engagement. Included in the statement are recommendations and resources for states and programs.
ED-HHS Policy Statement on Family Engagement: From the Early Years to the Early Grades
Link to this accordion Executive Summary The Backpack Connection Series includes handouts in four categories:
Addressing Behavior | Emotions | Routines and Schedules | Social Skills
We strongly recommend that you find the time to explore the importance of family engagement and the development of trusting partnerships with families by viewing this four-part web broadcast hosted by the ECTA Center in partnership with the DaSY Center, Ann Turnbull, and Rud Turnbull.

The Backpack Connection Series was created by TACSEI to provide a way for teachers and parents/caregivers to work together to help young children develop social emotional skills and reduce challenging behavior. Teachers may choose to send a handout home in each child's backpack when a new strategy or skill is introduced to the class. Each Backpack Connection handout provides information that helps parents stay informed about what their child is learning at school and specific ideas on how to use the strategy or skill at home. This series was developed in collaboration with Pyramid Plus: The Colorado Center for Social Emotional Competence and Inclusion and Bal Swan Children's Center in Broomfield, Colorado.
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Looking for Backpack Connection or other Family Materials in Spanish or Chinese? Our resources have been translated. Click below to explore additional materials on cainclusion.org.
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Scripted Stories for Social Situations are short PowerPoint presentations consisting of a mixture of words and pictures that provide specific information to a child about social situations such as going to preschool, sitting in circle time, staying safe and using words. When children are given information that helps them understand expectations, their problem behavior within that situation is reduced or minimized. These stories provide examples of how scripted stories are worded and illustrated for a child. Teachers and families should modify the story to be meaningful for the child they are supporting and the unique context of the social situation.

We have compiled a variety of activities, materials and tools to help children promote self-regulation or problem solving. Examples of tools you will find here are handouts that feature emotion faces, the "turtle technique" and feeling charts as well as solution kits to help children come up with solutions around common social problems.

Children and families have a smoother day when children know what to expect. The resources below provide families with strategies for setting up schedules, routines, and smooth transitions.

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Family Engagement - National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations

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At every tier of the Pyramid Model, practitioners and programs should consider what strategies might be used to welcome and support diverse families; how to create opportunities to learn from families; strategies for partnering with families to promote child outcomes; and providing the supports and services that families might need to promote their child's skill [...]

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Please see attached flyer to join the upcoming Nevada Early Childhood Excellence Network: Leadership, Literacy, and Inclusion course offered by TNTP. This opportunity is open to preschool and kindergarten teachers and teacher leaders in both public schools and child care centers.  There is no charge to participate, and with successful completion of the course, you can earn a $600 stipend.

If interested, please complete the application by December 8.  Link to application: Nevada EC Excellence Network Application

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Melissa Greene at melissa.greene@tntp.org

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FY24 NR!PK Allocation Memo Signed 6.22.23 (1)

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FY24 ECILP Allocation Memo R1-Opportunity 2 Innovation Prog_MP approved (1)

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Governor Lombardo approved the Early Childhood Literacy and Readiness Account by section 12 of this act the following sums: Fiscal Year 2023-24: $70,000,000

Fiscal year 2024-25: $70,000,000

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A Principal's Guide to Early Learning & the Early Grades

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A Principal's Guide to Early Learning & the Early Grades

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Leading Pre-K-3rd Learning Communities - NAESP

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A growing body of evidence shows the benefits of early childhood education experiences, both for the child and society. However,...

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ECTA: Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center

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ECTA: Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center

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Preschool During the Pandemic: Early Childhood Education in Extraordinary Times

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Preschool During the Pandemic: Early Childhood Education in Extraordinary Times

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This series shares the experiences of practitioners and families from across the country, illustrating how the fields of early education and early childhood special education are successfully supporting preschoolers and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic through the use of technology.

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Supporting Families & Young Children Experiencing Homelessness

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Supporting Families & Young Children Experiencing Homelessness

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Recording: Using the Formative Assessment Process to Include More Children

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Recording: Using the Formative Assessment Process to Include More Children

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High-quality early childhood education positively impacts child outcomes and matters a great deal. Teaching approaches and curricula that address and nurture the whole child function as crucial c...
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Using the Formative Assessment Process to Include More Children - Teaching Strategies

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Caregivers and teachers use the formative assessment process to collect evidence about children in their care. In early childhood settings, these may include children with or without disabilities. To create truly inclusive settings in which children receive differentiated supports, according to their needs, observational data can be used in a teacher or caregiver's planning.

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How to Incorporate Music Throughout the Daily Routine

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How to Incorporate Music Throughout the Daily Routine

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March is Music In Our Schools Month®, a program sponsored by the National Association for Music Education. We hope that you will join HighScope in celebrating the importance of music education and recognizing the benefits of music in the classroom for students of all ages.

Integrating music throughout the day can help young children develop important skills typically outlined in states' early learning standards, including the following:

Executive function

Self-regulation

Listening and speaking

Gross-motor skills

Comparing and contrasting

Creative thinking and expression

Let's take a closer look at the importance of self-regulation and executive function skills!
Self-Regulation
Composed of a broader set of simple and complex skills, self-regulation helps children develop self-control, emotional regulation, executive function, and problem solving. Self-regulation skills support children's emotional and cognitive development and their ability to achieve goals; complete tasks; control and direct behavior; and to stop, think, and act. As children learn to self-regulate their behaviors, they become more intentional in their thinking, reactions, and interactions.

Executive Function
The components of executive function include working memory, inhibitory control, and mental flexibility. This group of skills helps children to focus on multiple streams of information at the same time, monitor errors, make decisions, revise plans as necessary, and resist the urge to let frustration lead to hasty actions.

Working memory - the ability to hold specific pieces of information in the mind and use them over a short amount of time.

Inhibitory control - the skill we use to filter thoughts and impulses in order to resist distractions and to pause and think before we respond or act.

Mental flexibility - the ability to switch gears and adjust to changing demands, priorities, or perspectives.

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How to Use Music Throughout the Daily Routine | The Playground

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March is Music In Our Schools Month®, a program sponsored by the National Association for Music Education. We hope that you will join HighScope in celebrating the importance of music education and recognizing the benefits of music in the classroom for students of all ages.

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Strategies to Virtually Support & Engage Families of Young Children during COVID-19 & Beyond

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Strategies to Virtually Support & Engage Families of Young Children during COVID-19 & Beyond

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Working with Children Impact by Trauma: A Practitioner Perspective

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Working with Children Impact by Trauma: A Practitioner Perspective

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Meaningful classroom interactions are the best way to strengthen the relationships within a classroom community and ensure powerful and rich learning opportunities for all children. But what do m...
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Educators always have a full plate of responsibilities. But now, many feel overwhelmed with the added weight of teaching during a pandemic. It is imperative that you have strategies in place to h...
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Working with Trauma-Impacted Young Children: A Practitioner Perspective - Teaching Strategies

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About this session: In this third installment of our four-part webinar series on Trauma Informed Care and Instruction, you'll have the opportunity to learn how and why relationships are so important for trauma-informed instruction; take away practical and effective strategies for supporting children who have experienced trauma; and understand why it's so essential for teachers [...]

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Innovative in-depth training and materials based on the science of children's learning, including a two-generational approach to building executive function-based life skills within children and families together.

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When to Teach Letters, Colors and Numbers to Babies

What a wondrous time! Children are born learning and, in these early years, you are laying the foundation for their lifelong learning. And the Life Skill of Making Connections is at the heart of learning.

When Should We Begin Promoting Focus and Self Control?

The skill of focus and self control begins to develop in the early childhood years, but it doesn't fully become established until the later teen and early adult years. The prefrontal cortex is among the last parts of the brain to mature.

Mind in the Making is Joining Families & Work Institute

A Letter from Ellen Galinsky, Founder of Mind in the Making

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Science in Action: Building essential life skills in children by transforming groundbreaking research into practice.

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SEL Strategies for Trauma Informed Distance Learning

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SEL Strategies for Trauma Informed Distance Learning

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Supporting & Understanding Trauma During COVID-19

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Supporting & Understanding Trauma During COVID-19

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10/20 Webinar Recording: Transition to Kindergarten

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10/20 Webinar Recording: Transition to Kindergarten

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Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing, Webinars, Screen Sharing

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Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom Rooms is the original software-based conference room solution used around the world in board, conference, huddle, and training rooms, as well as executive offices and classrooms. Founded in 2011, Zoom helps businesses and organizations bring their teams together in a frictionless environment to get more done.

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Webinar Recording: Equitable Interactions in Early Childhood Education

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Webinar Recording: Equitable Interactions in Early Childhood Education

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Join us for the webinar, Equitable Interactions in Early Childhood Education, to learn about practical, research-based strategies to promote equitable teaching so that every child can experience life-changing teaching interactions.

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About Teachstone

As the trusted leader in CLASS-driven measurement and mentoring, Teachstone has the proven expertise schools need to nurture better student outcomes, one classroom at a time. With decades of early childhood education research as a foundation, we offer products and programs that help schools unlock the potential of great teachers, boost student outcomes, and create a culture of sustained excellence.

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Webinar: Equitable Interactions in Early Childhood Education

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Learn practical, research-based strategies to promote equitable teaching so that every child can experience life-changing teaching interactions.

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Teaching Strategies Gold On-Demand Webinars

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Teaching Strategies Gold On-Demand Webinars

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On-Demand Webinars - Early Childhood Education - Teaching Strategies

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Strategies for Building an Inclusive Bookshelf

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Strategies for Building an Inclusive Bookshelf

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Strategies for Building an Inclusive Bookshelf (Recorded Webinar)

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Effective Family Supports for Out-of-Classroom Learning during COVID-19

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Effective Family Supports for Out-of-Classroom Learning during COVID-19

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Social Emotional and Academic Development (SEAD) & Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Online Resource Library

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Social Emotional and Academic Development (SEAD) & Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Online Resource Library

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Strategies for Teachers to Support Parent/Child Interactions at Home

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Strategies for Teachers to Support Parent/Child Interactions at Home

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Webinar recording: Helpful strategies and resources to aid teachers as they support parents during COVID-19

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About Teachstone

As the trusted leader in CLASS-driven measurement and mentoring, Teachstone has the proven expertise schools need to nurture better student outcomes, one classroom at a time. With decades of early childhood education research as a foundation, we offer products and programs that help schools unlock the potential of great teachers, boost student outcomes, and create a culture of sustained excellence.

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Strategies for Teachers to Support Parent/Child Interactions Webinar

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As the trusted leader in CLASS-driven measurement and mentoring, Teachstone has the proven expertise schools need to nurture better student outcomes, one classroom at a time. With decades of early childhood education research as a foundation, we offer products and programs that help schools unlock the potential of great teachers, boost student outcomes, and create a culture of sustained excellence.

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10/28 Webinar Recording: Conducting Virtual Home Visits

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10/28 Webinar Recording: Conducting Virtual Home Visits

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Best Practices for Early Childhood Education Continuity

During a typical school year, home visits would have started by now. But, how do we replicate the experience of visiting a family in their home in a virtual setting?

Join us for this free webinar to learn about the strategies and guidance included in The Creative Curriculum® Home Visitor's Guide for Distance Learning, and how it can help you make virtual home visits as beneficial and engaging as those conducted in person.

Note: This is a support webinar is designed for all educators, especially home visitors who use The Creative Curriculum ®.
Presented by:
Nicol Russell
Director, Head Start Research & Support
Teaching Strategies

Please note:
At this time, we do not offer certificates of participation or completion for our webinars.

Due to overwhelming popularity of the upcoming "Teaching Strategies® - Options for Engaging Out Youngest Learners Right Now" webinar scheduled for April 9th, 2020, we have closed the webinar's registration. If you haven't had a chance to register, or you've registered and we have too many attendees to access the live webinar, we apologize for the inconvenience. We will be recording the webinar and posting the archive here by Friday, April 10th.

In addition, we scheduled a second opportunity to attend this live webinar on Wednesday, April 22, at 12:00pm ET. You can register here: Teaching Strategies® - Options for Engaging Out Youngest Learners Right Now

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Teaching Strategies® - Options for Engaging Our Youngest Learners Right Now

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Best Practices for Early Childhood Education Continuity During a typical school year, home visits would have started by now. But, how do we replicate the experience of visiting a family in their home in a virtual setting?

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SB84 REQUESTED AMENDMENT TO NAC_DRAFT 10.2.20

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A website to help foster the development of early math skills in children between the ages of birth and five, with FREE PD offerings and many resources

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A collection of free, research-based materials for promoting young children's math learning

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Welcome to the DREME TE project - a collection of free, research-based materials for early childhood teacher educators to support prospective and practicing teachers to promote young children's mathematical learning.

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The Children's Cabinet FREE  Online Parenting Courses

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The Children's Cabinet FREE  Online Parenting Courses

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Since 1985, The Children's Cabinet's mission has been to keep children safe and families together by providing services and resources that address unmet needs through a unique and effective cooperative effort between the private sector and public agencies in Nevada.

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Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (ECTA)

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Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (ECTA)

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Updated January 28, 2021, 12:21 PM

A number of states are providing remote service delivery as an alternate and effective way to serve young children with developmental delays and disabilities at home with their families, especially during the COVID-19 public health emergency. We have compiled information for state's early intervention Part C and early childhood special education IDEA Part B Section 619 programs- including technology and privacy, reimbursement, provider and educator use of technology, family resources, state guidance and resources, and research.
See also: Remote Screening, Evaluation, and Assessment
Terminology

We use the term remote service delivery and distance learning to describe the methodology used as an alternative to providing services and supports to young children and families in person. However, other terms may be used by states, funding sources and professional organizations. Some of those terms are:

remote early intervention

remote learning

tele-intervention

telehealth

telemedicine

telepractice

teletherapy

virtual home visits

virtual learning

Regardless of the terms used, this methodology primarily engages audio or video technology to connect providers and educator with parents or other caregivers in ways that support their child's learning and development throughout their daily activities and routines. But it can also include low-tech options, such as delivering instruction via a packet dropped off at the child's home. Providers and educators use a coaching approach to help parent(s), caregiver(s) and sometimes siblings to embed strategies that promote the child's learning and development.

Telehealth is the most common term when it comes to reimbursement under Medicaid and private health insurance plans.

"Telehealth is a collection of means or methods for enhancing health care, public health and health education delivery and support using telecommunications technologies.

Telehealth encompasses a broad variety of technologies and tactics to deliver virtual medical, health, and education services. Telehealth is not a specific service, but a collection of means to enhance care and education delivery."

Resources from Professional Associations

The following professional associations most directly tied to the provision of early childhood IDEA services have the compiled resources and guidance regarding the provision of remote service delivery.

Looking for information on whether you can use telehealth in your state and how to incorporate it into practice? AOTA has gathered the resources below to help members navigate this emerging area.

Telehealth, the use of electronic communication to remotely provide health care information and services, is gaining more and more attention as providers, patients, and payers all seek more effective and cost-efficient ways to deliver care. Physical therapy is no exception, and while those services have developed mostly in rural areas to accommodate the long distances between patients and providers, telehealth in physical therapy is being considered in other geographic and clinical settings.

As so many of our day-to-day activities changed seemingly overnight in response to COVID-19, early intervention (EI) providers have found themselves facing new professional challenges. ASHA has heard many complex, wide-ranging questions and concerns regarding service delivery for infants, toddlers, and their families during this time. ASHA developed a series of recorded web chats to address the specific needs of those who operate or work in Part C EI programs or other EI practices.

This webpage features blogs, videos, webinars, articles and other resources that support early intervention and early childhood special education during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Additional Resources on Telehealth and Telepractice

Use of Tele-Intervention in Early Intervention (IDEA Part C): Strategies for Providing Services Under the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

This webinar explores Part C policy and infrastructure issues for states to consider addressing in order to establish and fund early intervention through video-based tele-intervention, including:

Funding Opportunities: Medicaid and private insurance

Privacy Issues: HIPAA and FERPA

Consent from families (What is needed?)

Video Conferencing: Technology and Considerations

The good news is that barriers and challenges are less than some may think and a number of states have experience in delivering effective services through tele-intervention that we can learn from.

The Office for the Advancement of Telehealth (OAT) promotes the use of telehealth technologies for health care delivery, education, and health information services. Telehealth is especially critical in rural and other remote areas that lack sufficient health care services, including specialty care.

These twelve Telehealth Resource Centers (TRCs) support all states and territories. TRCs have been established to provide assistance, education, and information to organizations and individuals who are actively providing or interested in providing health care at a distance. Their charter from the Office for Advancement of Telehealth is to help expand the availability of health care to rural and underserved populations.

Equity

This page contains four guiding equity statements along with questions to guide the discussion of equitable early intervention and preschool special education for young children with disabilities and their families among system leaders, administrators, and teachers or direct service providers.

This page contains equity considerations for distance and online learning. These resources support equity work during the pandemic, and offer pandemic-specific articles, activity pages, manuals to help users navigate this new and evolving learning landscape.

The Hechinger Report focuses on inequality and innovation in education. This article provides a look at how teletherapy has been used successfully for years to deliver online special education services. Teletherapy can help maintain a level of continuity in children's lives during this time of upheaval.

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12/9 Webinar Recording: Strategies for Effective Interactions Among Adults Supporting Students with Learning Differences

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A distinguishing feature of special education learning environments is the regular presence of multiple adults working together in the service of students with learning differences. Prior to the pandemic, these adults primarily included special educators, paraeducators, and specialized support staff. However, transitions to hybrid and remote learning environments have further elevated the role of caregivers in supporting their learner's day-to-day education. What do we know about effective adult interactions in special education classrooms that can support us to navigate these novel learning environments?

In this webinar, participants will learn about the benefits of, challenges to, and strategies for effective interactions among the adults involved in the education of students with learning differences towards the end of promoting high-quality interactions for learning and the prevention of problem student behavior.

This webinar will take place on December 9, 2020 at 2pmEST/11amPST
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Webinar: Strategies for Effective Interactions Among Adults Supporting Students with Learning Differences

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Resources to Support Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education During the COVID-19 Outbreak

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Resources to Support Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education During the COVID-19 Outbreak

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Resources to Support Your Work through COVID-19 | DEC

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DEC Collaborate - DEC Community . To join, you must be a DEC member. You will use your CEC login information to access DEC Collaborate. If you forgot your username or password, or contact member services via phone (888-232-7733) or email .

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Supporting Family Involvement in Foundations Reading Skills  

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Video links, book ideas, and simple activities to help boost students' early literacy.
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Guide to Teaching Foundational Literacy SKills

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Supporting Young Children's Learning and Development at Home: Resources for Early Childhood Educators and Caregivers

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Supporting Young Children's Learning and Development at Home: Resources for Early Childhood Educators and Caregivers

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This Microsoft Excel document includes two searchable spreadsheets of resources that educators and caregivers can use to support young children's learning and development at home during the COVID-19 health crisis.

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Free Digital Resources to Support Early Math Learning at Home

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A bilingual site for educators and families of Emergent Bilingual students

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As a parent, there are many ways that you can help your child succeed every single day! These bilingual parent resources offer tips on helping your child learn to read, succeed in school, and learn a new language. They also provide information about the U.S. school system and share ideas on how to build a relationship with your child's teacher and school.

In addition, you can find fun reading tips and games, bilingual booklists, ideas for using the public library, and videos of children's authors, illustrators, and musicians. Resources are organized by topic.

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Home Visitor's Guide for Distance Learning

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Home Visitor's Guide for Distance Learning

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The Creative Curriculum® Home Visitor’s Guide for Distance Learning. The strategies and guidance included in The Creative Curriculum® Home Visitor’s Guide for Distance Learning can help make virtual home visits as beneficial and engaging as those conducted in person.

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Free Ebook: Creative Curriculum® Home Visitor's Guide for Distance Learning

Practical Strategies to Build Strong Partnerships with Families

The Creative Curriculum® Home Visitor's Guide for Distance Learning is designed for early learning professionals who conduct home visits with young children and their families in a distance-learning setting. The Guide demonstrates how you can use The Creative Curriculum® Daily Resources and the ReadyRosie™ program with families during home visits when in-person interactions are limited.

The Home Visitors Guide helps you:

Tailor the experiences that you offer during home visits to meet the needs of each child in your group

Blend the use of the Creative Curriculum® and ReadyRosie™ programs to provide developmentally appropriate practice, together with play- and inquiry-based learning

Deliver practical strategies that support you in your work to build partnerships with families.

The resources featured in this guide help engage children and their families in meaningful experiences that promote children's knowledge, skills, and abilities in every area of development and learning.

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A support guide for parents raising babies and toddlers through the coronavirus crisis

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It is a well-established fact that babies' brains develop at warp speed in the first three years of life, laying critical cognitive, emotional, and social foundations. But what happens when a public health emergency like Covid-19 completely upends this time?

Parents and caregivers of children of any age are having a tough time at the moment, but parents and caregivers of infants and young toddlers have particular concerns: How will social distancing affect my child's development? How do I keep them away from screens, as advised, when they are home all the time and I have to work? How will they develop social skills and gross motor skills if we are all locked inside? And perhaps more than most: how will I get through the day?

First, the good news: There is nothing your child needs that you are not capable of giving them within the four walls of your home. This is when babies start learning to recognize people and objects, understanding cause and effect, regulating their emotions, and speaking. In short, these are crucial moments-but to take full advantage of them, you don't have to have a PhD in child psychology. Infants and toddlers need lots of love, attention, and stimulation to thrive, and the likeliest place for them to get it is at home with you.

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, an expert on child language development, says that this time spent at home won't harm your child's development as long as "they have a secure base, and they know they're loved, and they know they're safe." The most important thing, she says, is to ensure that your child has a routine, and plenty of self-directed activities they can do throughout the day to give them a sense of agency. "They know something is up, they see and feel it from us. And even if they don't understand it, they get it. So, how do we create a routine? It doesn't have to be strict, but just a schedule of this is what we're going to do today, even if it's running around the living room."

But it's not just about them- you have to be well in order to care for them well. Depression and loneliness can affect your ability to interact with your baby in the ways they need to feel safe and to take cues from you on how to move, talk, and act.

Many parents worry that their young children will miss out on learning to socialize. But Kai-leé Berke, a former preschool teacher and advisor at Promise Venture Studio, an incubator for early childhood experts to connect with tech and policy, says that's not something parents should worry about. "A young child's most important social interactions and community is their home community, whoever that happens to be." If you really want your child to focus on building relationships, then there are easy things you can do to make sure that still happens under quarantine. "They could do things like draw a picture for their friend, or they could build a block structure and the parent could suggest, why don't we take a picture of this, and I'll text it to Michaela's mommy so she can show her?"

This guide draws from knowledge acquired over two years of reporting for Quartz's Rewiring Childhood project. It is in no way comprehensive, but rather it is a collection of the best resources that have been recommended to us by leading pediatricians, advocates, and developmental experts, all targeted for newborns to three years old.

As we've said before, and we'll say again, the most important piece of advice we can share is to have a bit of self-compassion, and acceptance for you and your kids. No one asked for this, and no one likes it. It's a tough time for everyone, but especially for those whose kids are young, and by definition, very demanding.

Things to do

The New York Times: Maria Russo, children's books editor for The New York Times Book Review, has been giving advice to parents for decades on how to raise a reader. She recommends nine books for children between 2 and 4 years old that deal with anxiety and stress. Who knows, maybe reading them to your child will help calm you too. There's also a great list of podcasts appropriate for kids ages 2 and up.

Quartz senior reporter Jenny Anderson recommends 29 books that carry important lessons that will outlast this crisis, like how to be kind, or how to support your siblings. With libraries around the world shutting their doors, you can find many of these books online. If you're worried about screens, know that it's okay to expose your toddler to a screen once in a while in order to read to-and with-them. Just remember to ask them questions: "What do you think will happen next?" "Where's the bunny?" "What sound does a duck make?" (PS: Video chats with grandparents are also okay.)

Sesame Street: Sesame Street has been making educational content for children for 50 years and research shows it is in fact, educational. Also: kids love it. There's a trove of resources for caregivers that includes eBooks, video activities you can do inside your home, and offline games you can print, like coloring pages and a step-by-step guide to hand washing. Also keep an eye out for a weekly column with tips for parents, written by Rosemarie Truglio, senior vice president for curriculum and content at Sesame Workshop. Here are two of our favorites:

"Play 'sink and float' in the bathtub by testing a variety of bath items: a bar of soap, a rubber ducky, a toy car, a dry sponge, empty and full small plastic travel bottles, and bath books. Once you discover which items float and which ones sink, place them in two separate containers and then, together, count how many float and how many sink."

Make "a simple, sealed jar filled with water and brightly colored glitter. When you shake it, the glitter whirling around the inside of the jar represents how your child is feeling inside. Have her watch the glitter swirl and take deep belly breaths while the glitter slowly drifts to the bottom. When it finally settles, the two of you will be able to see through the clear water, symbolizing that your child has achieved a calmer state and giving you the opportunity to talk about the big feeling she was experiencing."

Zero To Three: One of the leading advocacy groups for babies and toddlers in the US has a list of seasonal activities you can do with your baby or toddler for every month of the year. Each month has a theme, like texture or animals, that promotes curiosity and the development of language and motor skills. A note: This guide was written pre-pandemic, so some activities won't be adapted to the CDC's rules on social distancing. Zero To Three also has a more generalized resource guide for parents tied to coronavirus.

Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center: The ECLKC is a part of Head Start, a pre-K program in the US for low-income children and their families. Their handbook has activities parents can do with babies and toddlers outside and in every room of the house. Again, this is pre-coronavirus, so you will have to bypass some sections, like the one about exploring your community. But some areas are definitely not off-limits, like your family's "surprise drawer," the one "where all the odds and ends are put." ECLK recommends turning this drawer into a a treasure chest for your child to explore on a rainy day.

Things to learn

Everything you do with infants and toddlers is a learning experience. Reading and singing builds literacy, counting aids early numeracy, and games like head, shoulders knees and toes are all about gross motor skills. Kids love to cook and clean (seriously) as long as you make it age-appropriate (and don't expect anything to actually get clean). Here are some others:

Beanstalk: This website offers live and on-demand classes for children between 1.5 and 6 years old that are personalized based on their age and developmental needs. The teachers are early childhood development experts, and the platform comes recommended by Promise Venture Studio. It's worth scrolling through their extensive resource guide, using the parameters that matter to you and your family, to find more learning platforms for your child.

Easy Peasy: Most experts don't recommend screen time for children under the age of 2. But while keeping them away from screens as much as possible is still the goal, a little bit of quality screen-based content with your child is okay, as long as you are experiencing it with them. Enter Easy Peasy, a tried-and-tested mobile platform that provides age-specific learning games for children between zero and five.

Tinkergarten: This free website offers weekly play scenarios that challenge young children to develop their socio-emotional, communication, and motor skills. In one example, parents turn a cardboard box into a "not-a-box," a magical opportunity to make the ordinary, extraordinary. Bonus point: Tinkergarten comes with an online community of caregivers in the #OutdoorsAll4 Facebook Group.

Playful Learning Landscapes: Urban designers, psychologists, and developmental experts work under the umbrella of this joint venture, established last year by the Brookings Institution, to make urban spaces more family-friendly. They've turned bus stops into playgrounds and supermarkets into classrooms. Now, they are going indoors, and will soon publish recommendations on how to turn your home into a space where your child can exercise, learn, and play. In the meantime, we caught up with Hirsh-Pasek, one of the group's leaders, to ask her for a preview. She had three recommendations:

"Two-year-olds like to bang and stir and they can help out with cooking. Cooking can be like a chemistry class. Investigate why water bubbles when it gets hot, or how food changes consistency when it's blended or baked."

"We all have fort material. Make a fort, then hide inside-do you really become invisible? And why does it get dark in there? And why does it get dark when you come out?"

"Little kids love to plant indoor gardens. If you happen to have some soil around and you were preparing to plant flowers, plant them inside. Order some seeds, get some of your veggies started inside, and watch them grow. That's biology at work, and it's allowing the kids to really have some agency in all of this."

Care for caregivers

As Rebecca Parlakian, Zero To Three's senior director of programs, told Arizona's early childhood agency, "taking care of ourselves is the oxygen mask approach, like in a plane, when the flight attendant tells us to put on our own mask before helping others." Self-care isn't frivolous; it's the only way for you and your child to stay well. With that in mind, here are a few resources that could help, provided there is someone in your home who can take care of your child so that you can have a short break:

Parents Together: This website offers tips on managing babies and toddlers, answers to your questions, and a community of similarly-overwhelmed parents to lean on. You can also join their Facebook group, " Coronavirus Parents: Parenting in a Pandemic," which already has more than 35,000 members.

Sesame Street: Your favorite muppets have some advice for you too. Here's one: "Get a nice big glass of water and find a comfy spot to sit. Let your child know, 'I'm just going to sit and (read/think/breathe) while I drink this glass of water.' Explain that you'll be available once the glass is empty. Children have difficulty keeping track of time-this is a concrete way to help them understand that you are taking a few minutes to yourself."

The New York Times: This list is updated weekly and will give you dozens of options for things to watch, listen to, cook, and read.

Culture time: If you are into art, you can also take a virtual tour of 12 world-famous museums, from the British Museum in London to the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. If you like music, you can listen to one of the dozens of live virtual concerts that NPR is compiling here.

Headspace or Stop, Breathe, & Think: These two apps are great choices even if you are new to mindfulness and meditation. They both have large libraries full of free meditations, sleep, and movement exercises. Stop, Breathe & Think has the added value of offering lessons tailored to specific emotions you may be feeling that day (and let's face it, you're probably feeling all of them). Try the one on gratitude and see how you like it. And if you'd like to meditate with your family, consider Inner Explorer.

Learn about your child

Harvard Center on the Developing Child: This video will teach you how you can help build your baby's brain by engaging in what scientists call "serve-and-return" interactions-where, like in tennis, your child "serves" up an emotion, through a babble or a gesture, and you, their caregiver, "returns" it with a look, a reaction, or gesture of affection.

Vroom: This free app or text-based platform is funded by the Bezos Family Foundation and will give you science-based prompts so you can help build your baby's brain and increase your interactions with them so they can learn from you.

Ready4K: If your toddler was attending a childcare program before this pandemic, their childcare provider may be eligible for a free text-based program run by Ready4K that will send you weekly facts about your child's development and prompts for what you can do to promote it.

The 6-episode series Babies dives into how babies learn to sleep, eat, crawl, speak, walk, and love. It's a highly-digestible show, full of interviews with some of the leading developmental experts, and examples of real families figuring things out.

Promise Venture Studio: In a series of very short videos, Berke will teach you her tips and tricks for guiding children's behavior at home, from setting rules to picking your battles. Berke also runs a parallel blog dedicated to caregivers in this pandemic. Read her inaugural post, " Everything I Learned About Surviving a Pandemic, I Learned as a Preschool Teacher."

Patricia Kuhl's TED Talk: Kuhl, an influential researcher on speech and hearing in early childhood at the University of Washington, explains in this popular TED Talk how infants learn language, and what that shows us about the social nature of human learning. Bonus: It's only 10 minutes long.

Books! If you have the time to read books right now-well, first, please tell us your secret. But second, below are books that will teach you everything you need to know about how infants learn and what you can do to help.
Read more from our series on Rewiring Childhood. This reporting is part of a series supported by a grant from the Bernard van Leer Foundation. The author's views are not necessarily those of the Bernard van Leer Foundation.

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A support guide for parents raising babies and toddlers through the coronavirus crisis

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