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    A Child Outcome Framework for the Early Childhood Transition Process

    1/1/06 - Beth Rous, Gloria Harbin, Katherine McCormick

    "One of the major service componenets under IDEA for young children with disabilities and their families is specific planning and support for transition as children exit Part C services and enter other programs."

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    A Critical Incident Study of the Transition Experience for Young Children with Disabilities: Recounts by Parents and Professionals

    1/1/09 - Cristian Dogaru, Sharon Rosenkoetter, Beth Rous

    "Critical Incident Technique (CIT) is a research strategy used to gather and analyze information from key informants about a significant experience in their lives. NECTC used CIT to investigate parents' and service providers' perceptions of transition from one service system to another for young children with disabilities and their families. Respondents in the study resided across the United States and participated in a myriad of service systems."

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    A framework for developing and sustaining a Part C finance system

    1/1/07 - Greer, M., Taylor, A., Mackey Andrews, S.D., The National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center

    This paper summarizes the fiscal challenges that this legislation presents and proposes a framework for analyzing, adjusting, and maintaining a flexible and self-regulating finance system to support Part C early intervention services for infants and toddlers and their families. The framework design features four phases of work to help agencies understand the issues and make informed decisions for on-going development and support of a Part C finance system.

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    A matter of degrees: Preparing teachers for the Pre-K classroom

    1/1/10 - Marisa Bueno, Linda Darting-Hammond, Danielle Gonzales

    "Across the nation, states are investing substantial dollars in publicly funded, voluntary pre-kindergarten programs. These investments and initiatives come in response to research on brain development,1 accountability pressures to improve student achievement in elementary and secondary schools and strong evidence that high-quality pre-k can yield long-term benefits for children and society. The ultimate value of those investments, however, depends not only on the legislation that...

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    A national portrait of chronic absenteeism in the early grades

    1/1/07 - Romero, M., Lee, Y.

    It has long been recognized that chronic absenteeism and school truancy in middle and high school are significant problems with highly visible negative consequences for youth, and ultimately, for their employability as adults. Little is known, however, about chronic school absenteeism among early elementary school students, as well as among children in preschool programs. This brief reveals a significant level of absenteeism in the early school years, especially among low-income children...

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    A next social contract for the primary years of education

    1/1/10 - Lisa Guernsey, Sara Mead

    "We, as a nation, are doing a very good job of squandering human potential and making life harder for all Americans as a result. This has to stop. If our government, at the local, state, and federal level, does not start investing in education systems that reach children before kindergarten, and if it does not get serious about providing children with high-quality instruction throughout the earliest years of their schooling, it is wasting taxpayer dollars, ignoring decades of research and...

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    A reading-focused early childhood education research and strategy development agenda for African Americans and Hispanics at all social class levels who are English speakers or English language learners

    1/1/08 - L. Scott Miller, Eugene Garcia

    This report addresses the need for a much expanded early childhood education research and strategy development agenda concerned with making substantial, ongoing improvements in the reading readiness and reading achievement of Latinos and African Americans. The focus is on the early childhood years because the achievement patterns of racial/ethnic groups are largely established in the period from birth through the end of the third grade (ages eight or nine for most children). The emphasis is...

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    A Review of Research in Early Childhood Transition: Child and Family Studies

    1/1/09 - Sharon Rosenkoetter, Carol Schroeder, Beth Rous, Ann Hains, Jordan Shaw, Katherine McCormick

    "It is widely accepted in the early childhood field that for young children in both with and without disabilities the transition from one type or level of services to another is an important life event and process. Transition planning for young children with disabilities and their families has been prescribed by Federal legislation since 1991"

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    A Stitch in Time: Calculating the Cost of School Unreadiness

    Charles Bruner

    This report presents information and approaches to support investments in early childhood by focusing on the investment potential of early childhood services in school readiness and other areas.

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    Access to Pre-K education under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act

    1/1/10 - Education Law Center,

    "Under federal law, states are required to ensure that homeless children have equal access to the same free, appropriate public education, including a public preschool education, as provided to other children and youths. This policy brief provides an overview of the law and its limitations and describes policies that can help increase the number of homeless children included in pre-k programs. It is intended to serve as a resource for state policy makers and advocates seeking to maximize...

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    Acknowledging Children’s Positive Behaviors

    1/1/07 - Matt Timm, Sharon Doubet

    This What Works Brief is part of a continuing series of short, easy-to-read, “how to” information packets on a variety of evidence-based practices, strategies, and intervention procedures. The Briefs are designed to help teachers support young children’s social and emotional development. They include examples and vignettes that illustrate how practical strategies might be used in a variety of early childhood settings and home environments.Acknowledging positive behaviors is a strategy...

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    Adolescent Violence and Unintentional Injury in the United States

    1/1/09 - Susan Wilde Schwarz

    "Overall rates of injury and death increase dramatically from childhood to late adolescence. Due to developmental and social factors, such as time spent without adult supervision and increasing independence, adolescents are more likely to engage in risk-taking behaviors than either younger children or adults. Biology also plays a role. The maturation of brain networks responsible for self-regulation often does not occur until late adolescence, making adolescents more likely to engage in...

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    Analysis of the developmental functioning of early intervention and early childhood special education populations in Oregon

    1/1/09 - Gary Nave, Vicki Nishioka, Arthur Burke

    This report informs Oregon education policy-makers about the developmental functioning levels of children from birth through age 2 in early intervention services and children ages 3-5 in early childhood special education services at the time of entry into services, using data from the Oregon Early Childhood Assessment System. The assessment system contains data on the assessed developmental functioning levels of children based on the 16 Oregon early childhood foundation areas and the three...

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    Assistive Technology for Infants, Toddlers,and Young Children with Disabilities

    1/1/06 - Technical Assistance ALLIANCE for Parent Centers,

    Research shows that assistive technology (AT) can help young children with disabilities to learn developmental skills.(1) Its use may help infants and toddlers to improve in many areas: • social skills including sharing and taking turns • communication skills • attention span • fine and gross motor skills • self confidence and independence The right type of assistive technology can improve a child’s ability to communicate. This in turn may help reduce some negative behaviors...

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    Beyond the School Yard: Pre-K Collaborations with Community-Based Partners

    1/1/09 - Albert Wat, Chrisanne L. Gayl

    When state and federal funding for pre-k falls short, school administrators can collaborate with community-based programs to expand higher-quality early learning opportunities to more young children. This report highlights what some programs are doing to work together and examines the benefits and challenges of collaboration between K-12, Head Start, faith-base organizations, and other community-based groups.

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    Building an early childhood professional development system

    1/1/10 - Rachel Demma

    "Specialized knowledge of how young children develop and learn is critical for members of the early childhood workforce. All members of this workforce need access to preparation programs at two- and four-year colleges and opportunities for ongoing education and development. Unfortunately, many states are not collecting data about professional qualifications and ongoing professional development that could inform measures of program quality and child outcomes."

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