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The Evolution of the National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center
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Gallagher, James J.; Danaher, Joan C.; Clifford, Richard M. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2009
This review traces the evolution from 1971 to the present of a national technical assistance (TA) program to support the creation, expansion, and improvement of services for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers with special needs. From its beginning as a TA resource for demonstration projects, to linking outreach projects' expertise with state…
Descriptors: Program Improvement, Disabilities, Young Children, Program Effectiveness
The National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center Model for Long-Term Systems Change
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Kahn, Lynne; Hurth, Joicey; Kasprzak, Christina M.; Diefendorf, Martha J.; Goode, Susan E.; Ringwalt, Sharon S. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2009
The National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center was charged by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs from October 2001 through September 2006 to develop, implement, and evaluate an approach to technical assistance (TA) that would result in sustainable systems change in state early intervention and…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Disabilities, Young Children, Staff Development
Collaborative Partnerships between SEAs and Parent Training and Information Centers (PTIs). inForum
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Muller, Eve – Project Forum, 2007
The purpose of this document is to identify the features of four successful collaborative partnerships between state education agencies (SEAs) and parent training and information centers (PTIs) and describe how these collaborative partnerships are improving SEA outcomes on Indicator B8 of the state performance plans (SPPs)--i.e., "Percent of…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Disabilities, Information Centers, Parent School Relationship
Descriptions of Selected State Local Interagency Coordinating Councils (LICCs).
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Shackelford, Jo, Ed. – 1994
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires that each state participating in the federal early intervention program establish a state interagency coordinating council (SICC) to assist and advise the state lead agencies in achieving a coordinated service delivery system. Some states have also established local interagency…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Organization, Agency Cooperation, Agency Role