WV Early Childhood
Transition Resources
Developed by:
WV Early Childhood Transition Steering Committee
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Table of Contents
Documents:
• Transition Checklist
• Side-by-Side Description of Agency
Responsibilities
• IFSP/IEP Comparison
• Extended School Year Position Paper
• Collaborative Strategies Document
• Tasks, Tips, and Tools for Promoting
Collaborative Community Teams
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Table of Contents
Brochures:
• WV Early Childhood Transition Initiative Brochure
• WV Early Childhood Family Leadership Brochure
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Transition Checklist
• Description:
This is a set of four checklists which can
be used by local agencies to track transition
procedures and timelines in keeping with
effective practice and/or legal requirements.
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Target Audience
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Parents
WV Birth to Three
Early Head Start
Head Start
Public Schools
Even Start
Child Care Programs
Other Community
Services/Programs
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Utilization
• Provide a step by step transition for individual children
and families.
• Increase the knowledge of families related to transition
requirements of various agencies.
• Assist agencies in documenting and monitoring transition
services.
• Provide professional development for veteran and new
staff.
• Use as a resource for Improvement Plans.
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Legal Side by Side
Description:
This 3 column chart lists legal requirements under the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA), Part C (for WV Birth to Three); IDEA, Part B (for schools),
and Head Start Performance Standards. Requirements are organized according to
12 areas of collaboration:
1. Family involvement;
2. Child outreach/child find screening, referrals, and evaluations;
3. Service eligibility;
4. Individual program planning, e.g., Individualized Family Service Plans (IFSP)
for children with disabilities ages Birth to 3 years and their families and
Individualized Education Programs (IEP) for children with disabilities ages 3
through 5 years;
5. Primary and related services;
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Legal Side by Side
6. Service delivery in settings which, to the maximum extent possible, are in
natural settings typical for the age of the child and which serve children with
disabilities along with children without disabilities;
7. Resource sharing which may include, but not be limited to, facilities, materials
and equipment, collaborative services, screening, etc.;
8. Transition;
9. Confidentiality;
10. Records transfer;
11. Joint staff training; and
12. Sharing of child count information.
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Target Audience
• Early Childhood Interagency Teams, e.g.,
Tadpole Teams, Family Resource Networks
• Individual State, Regional, and Local
Agencies
• Parents
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Utilization
• Develop individual agency procedures and forms.
• Gain an understanding of similarities and differences
in the requirements.
• Provide professional development for veteran and
new staff.
• Use as a resource for Improvement Plans.
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IEP/IFSP
Description: This provides a side-by-side comparison of:
1. Individualized Family Service Plans (IFSP) which are required by
WV Birth to Three and optional (with parent permission) for public
school special education for children with disabilities ages three
through five and
2. Individualized Education Programs (IEP) which are required for
children who are provided public school special education and
related services.
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Target Audience
• Parents
• Even Start
• Parent Educator
• Starting Points Centers
• Resource Centers
• Early Head Start
• Local Administrators
• Head Start
• WV Birth to Three
• Public Schools
• Childcare Programs
• Other Agencies, Programs and
Resources
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Utilization
• Explain the similarities and differences between the
IFSP and IEP documents to parents and agency
staff.
• Provide professional development for veteran and
new staff.
• Use as a resource for Improvement Plans.
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Extended School Year (ESY)
• Description:
This paper was developed by the WV Department of Education
with WV Early Childhood Transition Steering Committee input. It
describes options for addressing Extended School Year (ESY)
summer services issues for young children who are provided special
education and related services by the public schools, including
services to children exiting WV Birth to Three services and entering
public school preschool special education programs/services.
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Target Audience
• Parents
• Starting Points Centers
• Parent Educator Resource
Centers
• Early Head Start
• Local Administrators
• Head Start
• WV Birth to Three
• Public Schools
• Childcare Programs
• Other Agencies, Programs
and Resources
• Even Start
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Utilization
• Increase awareness of requirements and options for
Extended School Year Services.
• Provide professional development for veteran and
new staff.
• Use as a resource for Improvement Plans.
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Collaboration Strategies
Document
Description:
This provides recommended practices for
implementing legal requirements listed in the Side - By –
Side Description under IDEA, Part C, IDEA, Part B, and
Head Start Performance Standards. This document
addresses the 12 areas of collaboration contained in the
Side - By - Side. It provides ideas for collaboration among
WV Birth to Three, Early Head Start, Head Start, Child
Care Programs, Other Agencies and Parents.
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Target Audience
• Early Childhood Interagency Teams, e.g., Tadpole
Teams, Family Resource Networks
• Individual State, Regional, and Local Agencies
• Parents
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Utilization
• Increase knowledge of collaborative options for addressing legal
requirements.
• Increase the quality and comprehensiveness of services.
• Provide an awareness of transition resources and how to
access them.
• Provide professional development for veteran and new staff.
• Use as a resource for Improvement Plans.
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Task, Tips and Tools
Description: This resource identifies:
• Tasks for starting and sustaining collaborative teams;
• Tips for doing this effectively; and
• Tools for carrying out these tasks and tips such as:
sample forms and letters; formats for agendas, ground
rules, and minutes; and step-by-step instructions for
activities such as assessing the current community
context, visioning, priority setting, action planning.
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Target Audience
• Early Childhood Interagency Teams, e.g., Tadpole
Teams, Starting Points
• Individual State, Regional, and Local Agencies
• Parents
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Utilization
• Help teams get started.
• Improve existing teams.
• Provide professional development for
veteran and new staff.
• Use as a resource for Improvement
To download this document to
Plans.
adapt to your needs, go to
website at: www.nectas.unc.edu
•Click on Keys to Inclusion page
•Then on Collaborative Activities
•Then on National Products
•Then on to the Collaborative
Planning Project
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Brochures
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WV Early Childhood
Transition Initiative Brochure
Description:
This provides information on resources to help
agencies support young children ages birth to five
years and their families transitioning from one
program or service to another. Resources include
agencies that provide training and technical
assistance, training events, materials, and state and
local teams that promote smooth transitions.
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Target Audience
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Parents
WV Birth to Three
Early Head Start
Head Start
Public Schools
Even Start
Child Care Programs
Starting Points Centers
Other Community Services
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Utilization
• Provide an awareness of transition resources and
how to access them.
• Provide professional development for veteran and
new staff.
• Use as a resource for Improvement Plans.
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Family Leadership
Brochure
•Description:
This describes a variety of supports for families of
young children including publications, training
opportunities, resource libraries, state and local
advisory councils and agencies.
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Target Audience
• Parents
• Starting Points Centers
• Parent Educator Resource
Centers
• Early Head Start
• Local Administrators
• Head Start
• WV Birth to Three
• Public Schools
• Childcare Programs
• Other Agencies, Programs
and Resources
• Even Start
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Utilization
• Inform families of supports available to them.
• Provide professional development for veteran and new
staff.
• Use as a resource for Improvement Plans.
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WV Early Childhood Steering
Committee
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Linda Bond, Marion Co. Schools
Kay Carpenter, Webster Co.
Schools
Annette Carey, WV Deafblind
Project
Kathy Hamrick, WV Head Start
DSQIC
Bill Huebner, Head Start State
Collaboration Project, Governor’s
Cabinet on Children and Families
Ginger Huffman, WVDE, OSE
Cathy Jones, River Valley Child
Development Services
Kathy Knighton, WVDE, OSE
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Sue Miles, WVU Cooperative
Extension
Kay Nesselrotte, North Central
Head Start
Linda Novak, WVU Parkersburg
Joann Richards, RESA VIII
Pam Roush, WV Birth to Three
Jim Smiley, RESA VII
Donna Taylor, Child and Family
Development Head Start
James Thompson, WVDE, Title I
Kay Tilton, Office of Social
Services, Child Care Division
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Don’t Croak.
Just Hop To It!
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