Early Identification
Overview to Early Identification and Child Find
Part C Eligibility
- State and Jurisdictional Eligibility
Definitions for Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities Under IDEA (2006)
NECTAC
Notes No. 21
(PDF: 207kb) - Informed Clinical Opinion (2002) NECTAC
Notes No. 10
(PDF: 49kb) - Established Conditions
- Part
C Early Intervention Eligibility for Infants and Toddlers with Hearing
Loss (2003)
(PDF: 115kb) - Estimating Services
Needs: An Epidemological Approach
(DOC: 124kb) - Part C Child Count Data Tables
- Part C - Child Identification Community of Practice
Part B/Section 619 Eligibility
- Eligibility Policies and Practices
for Young Children Under Part B of IDEA (2011)
NECTAC Notes No. 27
(PDF: 1060kb) - shows all states' policies - OSEP Issue Brief on Developmental Delay
- DEC Papers
- State Documents (LA, NM)
- Part B Child Count Data Tables
TRACE: Tracking, Referral, and Assessment Center for Excellence
Public Awareness and Referral
- Regulations and Overview
- Primary Referral Sources
- Reaching Families and Caregivers
- Reaching Physicians and the Medical Community
- State Examples
- Children with Substantiated Abuse and Neglect (Child Abuse Protection and Treatment Act or CAPTA)
Early Identification of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Young Children with Disabilities
Screening, Evaluation and Assessment
Screening
- Assuring Better Child Health and Development (ABCD) Program
- National Conversation on Developmental Screening (June 21, 2007)
- Developmental Screening
- AAP Policy Statements
- Newborn Metabolic and Genetic Screening
- Save Babies Through Screening
- GAO Report: Newborn
Screening: Characteristics of State Programs
(PDF: 468kb)
Evaluation and Assessment
- Part C and Part B/Section 619 regulations
- Conference call on Recommended Practices for Assessing Young Children in Early Childhood Settings
- Assessing All Children, The National Academies
- Position Statement on Screening and Assessment of Young English-Language Learners NAEYC
-
Assessment Considerations for Young English Language Learners, Espinosa
(PDF: 166kb) - Position Statement on Early Childhood Assessment, NASP
- Preschool
Assessment: A Guide to Developing a Balanced Approach,
NIEER
(PDF: 1,514kb) -
Early Childhood Measures Profiles Child Trends
(PDF: 3,647kb)
Early Identification of Specific Disabilities and Children At-Risk
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