NECTAC: National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center

NECTAC: The National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center

NECTAC is the national early childhood technical assistance center supported by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) under the provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). NECTAC serves Part C-Infant and Toddlers with Disabilities Programs and Part B-Section 619 Preschool Programs for Children with Disabilities In all 50 states and 10 jurisdictions to improve service systems and outcomes for children and families. This web site is one of an array of services we provide to Part C Coordinators and Section 619 Coordinators and the resources on this site are available to all. Funded since 2001, NECTAC and its predecessor TA projects have a foundation of thirty-nine years of technical assistance excellence in early childhood services.

Contact Lists and Finder

State Part C and Section 619 Coordinators, ICC Chairs, OSEP funded early childhood projects, OSEP Staff

(PDF: 61 kb) , and NECTAC Staff. In addition to these contacts, see links to federal and state contacts for other early childhood programs.

Topic Pages

Topics related to implementing the Early Intervention (Part C) and Preschool Special Education (Section 619) programs under IDEA.

Click on the arrow to select a topic from the drop-down list:

Events

NECTAC Webinars - Multimedia presentations, audio-recordings, and related resources from webinars hosted by NECTAC in collaboration with a variety of our partners.
Conferences and Calendars - OSEP , NECTAC and others' events.
Presentation Finder Database - Search presentations from OSEP's National Early Childhood Conferences, Measuring Child and Family Outcomes Conferences, and Early Childhood Inclusion Institutes.

Early Childhood Research & Reference Portal

Find resources of interest to a wide range of early childhood stakeholders.

eNotes

Read, search or subscribe to NECTAC's weekly synopsis of the latest grant announcements, research reports, and more.

Publications

Download, search, view by title, date or subject

Site Map

Announcements

Early Childhood Research & Reference Portal - links to national and state by state EC data sources, evidence based practices, online journals, literature databases, grants databases.

(posted July 12, 2010)

Response to Intervention - new topic page with links to research and development projects in RTI for pre-K

(posted July 12, 2010)

State Early Childhood TA Systems - for state staff responsible for training and TA activities and personnel working in state technical assistance projects.

(posted July 12, 2010)

New Publication: Essential Elements of High Performing, High Quality Part C Systems (NECTAC Notes No. 25) is available for download.

(posted July 2, 2010)

Recorded presentations and additional resources from NECTAC's Webinar Series on Early Identification and Part C Eligibility.

(posted June 28, 2010)

Presentations from The Tenth National Early Childhood Inclusion Institute held May 17-19, 2010 in Chapel Hill, NC are now available. Browse by day or use the Presentation Finder search. Also, check out the online discussions.

(posted June 23, 2010)

Updated information is now available for the Early Childhood Strand of OSEP Leadership Mega Conference August 1-4, 2010, Alexandria, VA, as well as the Measuring Child and Family Outcomes pre-conference meeting July 30-31.

(posted June 3, 2010)

New Publication: Evaluation Highlights: Client Feedback March 2009 - March 2010 is available for download.

(posted May 26, 2010)

New Publication: NECTAC TA Collaborations is available for download.

(posted May 4, 2010)

...read previous announcements

About NECTAC

What we do, Initiatives and Collaborations

NECTAC is a program of the FPG Child Development Institute of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, funded through cooperative agreement number H326H060005 from the Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education. Opinions expressed herein do not necessarily represent the Department of Education's position or policy.

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