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The new leverage briefs are the culmination of OSEP’s Attract, Prepare, Retain: Effective Personnel for All Initiative and highlight 13 leverage points covering strategies recognized by various stakeholders as essential to addressing critical shortages in the special education workforce.
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The Intervention IDEAs brief series describes interventions based on evidence, for practitioners and parents that address the academic, developmental and behavioral domains of infants and...
Recognizing the growth of technology use in early learning settings, the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services collaborated in the development of the Early Learning and Educational Technology Policy Brief to promote developmentally appropriate use of technology in homes and early learning settings.
Guidance on remote assessment during the COVID-10 pandemic.
Language Routines for Multilingual Families has six components: (1) share stories, (2) describe things, (3) sing songs, (4) watch TV, (5) read books, and (6) cook meals. For each component there are suggestions for activities that families can engage in within their daily routines and that require either low- or no-tech.
Scripted story to help families explain to children why they have to stay home during the pandemic.
Use this visual choice board to help young children select and use a classroom greeting while maintaining social distancing.
As early childhood programs work on re-opening, they can use these online communication and phone scripts to help guide your conversations with families.
Provides guidance on applying the principles of development and learning when considering if, how, and when to use technology and new media with young children.
This website provides day-to-day projects and activities to keep kids reading, thinking, and growing.
Have you asked yourself: Are you providing early intervention or preschool services using distance technology? Do you have questions about how you can support families as they help their children with learning activities or conducting intervention within routines? During a pre-recorded webinar the National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations (NCPMI) faculty
Parents: Supporting Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic&
This website features resources including videos and documents topics from on science, nature, history and more.
This website outlines how to create positive and productive environments in our homes while so many schools are closed.
This website includes books and games tailored to engage and enrich the learning of younger children. (ages 2-7)
This website includes daily schedules, quizzes, and other tools and resources to prepare students and families for remote and virtual learning. Experts are also available for office hours to answer questions through virtual mediums.
This checklist, offered in Chinese and Spanish as well as English, provides early childhood educators with practical information about integrating educational technology in their classrooms – and can be adapted for out-of-class use.