INTEGRATED TRAINING COLLABORATIVE NEWSLETTER

FEBRUARY & MARCH 2020

The Integrated Training Collaborative (ITC) coordinates Virginia's Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (CSPD) which is the professional development system for early interventionists who provide supports and services to eligible children and families under Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

FEATURED TOPIC: Engaging Fathers during Early Intervention

Our February and March ToT webinars focused on the importance of engaging fathers during EI visits. Research suggests that early interventionists know that dads are important but do not typically collaborate with them much during visits. Here are a few resources to help you learn more about how to engage fathers:

Engaging Fathers - Head Start/Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center Engaging Fathers in their Children’s Lives (Online Module) - Early Impact VA

TALKS ON TUESDAYS Talks on Tuesdays (ToTs) are one-hour webinars designed to provide free online training opportunities related to important topics in early intervention. Topics chosen for the Talks on Tuesdays webinar series are based on feedback from EI practitioners about what they need to know more about! ToTs are held on the first Tuesday of the month from 12:00-1:00PM.   FEATURED WEBINARS Our February and March ToT webinars featured Dr. Megan Shumaker Murphy presenting Dads Matter!: Why and How to Include Them into Routines-Based Intervention - Parts I and II. To view these archived webinars, please visit the 2020 Talks on Tuesdays Recordings .   Join us for our next webinar series April 7 and May 5, Early Intervention and Feeding: When to Seek a Specialist, Parts I and II. Registration will be available soon!

FEATURED RESOURCES Children and Families in Need Child Care and Early Intervention Information Package Transition Practice Guides for Practitioners and Families (ECTA/DEC) (Handouts tab)

BLOGS and PODCASTS Are you keeping up with our blog, Early Intervention Strategies for Success and the EI on the Fly Podcast ? Blog Posts:   DEC Recommended Practices: Transition Don’t Forget Fathers! Technology and Toddlerhood   Podcast:        Episode 6: Functional Assessment and the Initial IFSP – EI on the Fly Podcast

TRAINING CALENDAR Check the TRAINING CALENDAR frequently for current conferences, webinars and other professional development opportunities provided both by the VEIPD Center as well as other agencies and organizations.

ITC ACTIVITIES UPDATE Here are some of the activities that the professional development team has been up to this winter. We have: Reviewed your feedback about the SC Chats initiative and are planning for our next web discussion. Launched the Child Care and Early Intervention Information Package in collaboration with an SSIP workgroup. Met with LSMs to plan for a leadership book study using the book, Dare to Lead. Written a draft position statement on the role of service coordination with a team under the DEC Service Coordination Community of Practice Completed the fall Kaleidoscope Communities of Practice. Submitted proposals to the annual DEC conference to share our PD work Continued work to finalize a new Functional Assessment Learning Path Participated in the development of new VA Early Learning and Development Standards (ELDS) Continued to collaborate with a national Universal EI Curriculum Workgroup in development of mini-modules called, Teaming Tidbits Assisted the I&TC of Portsmouth

We kicked off the year with a little contest! We asked folks to visit our social media platforms to find this post. Once there, they had to like , comment , and share the post to be entered. Additional entries were earned by leaving us a review on our  Facebook  page. We are excited to report that three winners were chosen!

Cancelled. Stay tuned.

The development of this resource was sponsored by the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (Early Intervention Office) through a contract with the Partnership for People with Disabilities at Virginia Commonwealth University.

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