Infant & Toddler

Connection of Virginia

November 2025



PART C UPDATES

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Practice Manual Revisions

The revised Practice Manual is now available for public comment. The 30-day comment period ends on 11/19/25. You can find information about the public comment period and a link to the revised manual here: Volume 42 , Issue 05. You'll go to the Guidance Document section, which begins on page 728. Ours is the first document listed.

ITCVA MCoP calls are held on the first Wednesday of each month beginning at 3:00PM. These calls are open to anyone who may be interested in the topic(s) being discussed. Calls are recorded for those who are unable to attend. Please visit the Monitoring Community of Practice page of the ITCVA website for a list of upcoming topics, the Microsoft Teams meeting link and session resources. 

November 2025 

With Apologies to ABBA: Money, Money, Money…Not So Funny 

December 2025 

Spring Into 2026! – Proactive Planning for CIMV and the Family Survey 

January 2026

TBD



SUPPORTING POSITIVE SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SKILLS

Pyramid Model Support: Visual Schedule Tips

We all use a schedule! Your children may benefit from using one as well. Join Pyramid US Consultant, Jesseca Collins, M.Ed., BCBA as she discusses some options for using a visual schedule in your learning environment.

Just a couple of resources that can be found on:

Pyramid Model - National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations (challengingbehavior.org)

How to Use Visual Schedules to Help Your Child Understand Expectations (challengingbehavior.org)

Transition Visual Cards

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

A GEM YOU MIGHT HAVE FORGOTTEN?

WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED?

WHAT'S COMING

UP NEXT?

Supervisors! Do you know about the Learning Bytes resource series? 

Learning bytes are brief learning activities that supervisors, faculty, or other leaders can use to facilitate professional development with staff or students.

These activities are designed to be of short duration and explore topics of importance to EI practitioners.

Check out this one -Capturing Family Information in IFSP Section II: A, B, & C and others for PD that meets your SCs and providers’ needs.

October flew by, didn’t it?!

If you were too busy to make any of our live webinars or missed an announcement for a new resource, make a note to listen to/watch them soon!

Here are recent resources to check out:

Talks on Tuesdays:

More Buzz about Gestalt Language Processing

ElevatED EI:

From Insight to Impact with the PMF

Heartwired: New videos! - including one on labeling emotions

Meaningful Moments Podcast:

A new podcast co-hosted with the Center for Family Involvement!

VEIPD Voices is a new blog for EI-practice focused learning and connection.

The first post, Welcome to VEIPD Voices, asks you to weigh in on the topics the blog takes on. Add your interests, questions, and insights to guide the development of this new resource!

AND, November’s Talks on Tuesday will be an excellent webinar to view live, if you can! Register here for this WEDNESDAY event (shifted to Nov 5th due to Election Day). It’s called Trust, Connect, Thrive: Navigating and Repairing Relationship Ruptures and you can register here.

Wait - there’s more!

VEIPD will launch a new Short Course in Feb/March called, Nurturing Resilience: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Social-Emotional Development. Registration will open in late fall. Follow VEIPD on our social to stay informed - this one will fill fast!

Find and follow us on social media - https://veipd.vcu.ed

Register Now: Maternal Mental Health Training

The Virginia Health Care Foundation and Postpartum Support Virginia are offering virtual training on maternal mental health for healthcare professionals serving pregnant and postpartum Virginians. This special training is available at no cost to participants and is part of VHCF's maternal mental health initiative, It Takes a Village.

You'll learn to:

• Identify common perinatal mental health conditions
• Recognize warning signs and symptoms
• Approach clients with concerning behaviors
• Connect families to treatment and support resources

Perfect for: Health safety net professionals, doulas, lactation consultants, community health workers, and others working with perinatal populations.

No prior perinatal mental health experience required.

Space is limited – register early to secure your spot.

•       November 13, 2025, 10am – 3pm · Register here!

•       December 4, 2025, 10am – 3pm · Register here!

Click here for more opportunities.



FAMILY RESOURCES

ANSWER to POLL QUESTION

The correct answer is “c”.



A Local Determination Report is formally known as Local Early Intervention System (LEIS) Monitoring Results & Determination. It is a yearly report card reflecting local results on Virginia’s Monitoring Indicators resulting in a determination of Meets Requirements, Needs Assistance, Needs Intervention or Needs Substantial Intervention. To learn more about Determination Reports, review the recording from October’s Monitoring Community of Practice.

Final determination reports were sent to localities at the end of September. To learn about your local system’s results, contact the Local System Manager. Analyzing your local system’s results will help you determine how you can support your local system in providing quality services to children and families.



EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

The Employment Opportunities page on the ITCVA website 

receives nearly 5,000 visits each year!

Practitioners: Early intervention needs you! Influence the future of infants and toddlers with developmental delays or disabilities and their families by putting your skills and expertise to work today! Please visit the Employment Opportunities page on the ITCVA website for links to current job openings.

LSMs and local contracted agencies: Let us help connect you to qualified applicants! Are you a Local System Manager (LSM) or the director of an agency that contracts with one or more local early intervention systems in Virginia? Are you looking to find qualified applicants to fill vacant positions? Please visit our Employment Opportunities page for instructions on how to submit a job posting.



ITCVA DIRECT ACCESS

EARLY INTERVENTION CERTIFICATION



For questions about certification of practitioners, contact Anne Brager- 804-664-2462.

For questions related to completing the online application, contact VATRACITsupport@ssg-llc.com or from 8AM-5PM ET by calling 804-508-7229.

Infant & Toddler Connection of Virginia is part of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services



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