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Kasprzak, Christina; Goode, Sue; Hurth, Joicey; Lucas, Anne; Marshall, Jacqueline; Terrell, Adriane; Jones, Elizabeth – National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), 2010
The NECTAC Technical Assistance (TA) Model for Long-Term Systems Change (LTSC) recognizes that components of a state system are highly interactive and changes at one level are not likely to be sustained without supportive changes at all related levels. Improved child and family outcomes require: intervention practices that are research-based,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Quality Assurance, Staff Development, Technical Assistance
Kasprzak, Christina; Hurth, Joicey; Lucas, Anne; Marshall, Jacqueline; Terrell, Adriane; Jones, Elizabeth – National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), 2010
The National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC) Technical Assistance (TA) Model for Long-Term Systems Change (LTSC) is grounded in conceptual frameworks in the literature on systems change and systems thinking. The NECTAC conceptual framework uses a logic model approach to change developed specifically for states' infant and…
Descriptors: Individualized Family Service Plans, Models, Disabilities, Young Children
Lucas, Anne; Hurth, Joicey; Kasprzak, Christina – National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), 2010
National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC) was asked to identify essential elements for supporting high performance and provision of high quality early intervention Part C services as determined by the Annual Performance Review (APR) required under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). To respond, NECTAC…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Disabilities, Technical Assistance, Early Childhood Education
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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
Kahn, Lynne; Hurth, Joicey; Diefendorf, Martha; Kasprzak, Christina; Lucas, Anne; Ringwalt, Sharon – National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), 2009
The National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC) was charged by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) from 2001-2006 to develop, implement, and evaluate an approach to technical assistance that would result in sustainable systems change in state Early Intervention and Preschool Special…
Descriptors: Technical Assistance, Special Education, Strategic Planning, Educational Policy
Hurth, Joicey; And Others – 1991
This catalog lists resources available from projects federally funded by the Early Education Program for Children with Disabilities. This discretionary grant program supports a variety of innovative service, training, and research projects in early intervention and early childhood special education. Information is organized by type of project:…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education