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Grisham-Brown, Jennifer; Hallam, Rena A.; Pretti-Frontczak, Kristie – Journal of Early Intervention, 2008
The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate technical assistance and training of Head Start teachers and assistant teachers on the use of a contemporary curriculum-based assessment. A description of the technical assistance process used and the procedures for determining interrater agreement and assessment fidelity are presented. During the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Technical Assistance, Professional Development, Inservice Teacher Education
US Department of Education, 2011
This report presents the deliberations of the Appalachia Regional Advisory Committee (Appalachia RAC), one of 10 RACs established under the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. sections 9601 et. seq.) to assess the educational needs of the region. The Committee's report outlines the educational needs across the four states of…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Technical Assistance, Educational Needs, Federal Legislation
Child Trends, 2010
This paper presents a profile of Kentucky's STARS for KIDS NOW prepared as part of the Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment Study. The profile consists of several sections and their corresponding descriptions including: (1) Program Information; (2) Rating Details; (3) Quality Indicators for Center-Based Programs; (4) Indicators for…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Profiles, Child Care, Quality Control
Schuster, John W.; Hemmeter, Mary Louise – 1995
This final report describes activities and accomplishments of Project STEPS (Sequenced Transition to Education in the Public Schools), a 3-year outreach project designed to provide training and technical assistance (TA) related to the development of statewide transition systems for children with disabilities, birth through 5 years of age, and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Infants
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. – 1991
This report describes the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) Preschool Programs, which envision an early childhood educational delivery system that provides for developmentally appropriate practices in children's programming, integrated services to families, and interagency collaborations among organizations. For the 1990-91 school year,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Eligibility, Enrollment
Warren, Steven F.; And Others – 1995
A report is presented on an outreach project that assisted in the development and implementation of early intervention programs, special education, and related services for children with disabilities (ages birth to five). The Magnolia Circle Outreach Project disseminated and helped replicate a "best practices" model to improve the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Intervention, Information Dissemination, Inservice Teacher Education
Child Development Centers of the Bluegrass, Lexington, KY. – 1991
Project STEPS (Sequenced Transition to Education in the Public Schools) was a federally funded demonstration grant to develop a community-wide interagency process for the transition of children with disabilities from preschool to the public schools. Participants were the local public schools and seven programs serving preschool children with…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
Interdisciplinary Human Development Institute, 2002
The Kentucky Early Childhood Transition Project (KECTP) was funded in 1992 by the Kentucky Department of Education and later expanded with support from the Kentucky Early Intervention System, to provide training and technical assistance to local communities in the state of Kentucky on effective transitions. KECTP was an outgrowth of Project STEPS,…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Community, Training, Technical Assistance
Lewis, Preston – 1992
The goal of the Kentucky Deaf-Blind Intervention Program was to provide training and technical assistance to improve the quality of special education and related services in integrated environments. The program worked with families and service providers for individuals ages birth through 21 who have dual sensory impairments, with special emphasis…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Deaf Blind, Early Intervention, Educational Methods
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. – 1999
This final report discusses the outcomes of a 4-year project designed to identify all children in Kentucky who are deaf-blind and provide training and technical assistance to improve the quality of special education and related services in Kentucky for children ages birth through 21 who are deaf-blind. The children are in integrated environments…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Deaf Blind, Delivery Systems