Early Intervention Approaches to Service Delivery in Natural Environments
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NECTAC Natural Environments topic editors: Joicey Hurth
and Lynda Pletcher |
Key Principles and Practices for Providing Early Intervention Services in Natural Environments
The OSEP TA Community of Practice on Part C Settings: Services in Natural Environments convened a national workgroup that produced several consensus documents on principles and practices validated through research, model demonstration and outreach projects.
Key Principles and Practices for Providing Early Intervention Services in
Natural Environments: Reaching Consensus 
(PPT: 83kb) , presented at the December 2007 OSEP National
Early Childhood Conference, describes the documents below and their development.
Mission and Key Principles for Providing Early
Intervention Services in Natural Environments 
(PDF: 45kb)
Seven Key Principles: Looks Like/
Doesn’t Look like (PDF: 97kb)
Agreed upon Practices for Providing Early
Intervention Services in Natural Environments (PDF: 427kb)
We welcome your comments and ideas for use of these documents. Please let us know of resources you have developed that support the principles and practices. Please send them to Lynda.Pletcher@unc.edu
National Resources on Service Delivery Approaches/Models
Position Statements and Articles on Natural Environments from National Associations
State Resources
A compilation of state developed training materials, informational documents, brochures, and more comprehensive guidance.