Engaging Early Childhood Systems in Developmental Monitoring of all Children: Three States' Experiences Partnering Beyond the Obvious

2015

Gail Chodron
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608-890-0145

This poster describes how Act Early Ambassadors in Indiana, Virginia, and Wisconsin collaborated with early childhood cross-sector partners to promote developmental monitoring. It is estimated that 1 in 6 children have a developmental disability of any type. Although early childhood is an important time to identify and intervene in developmental delays, the majority of children with developmental delays enter kindergarten without concerns having been identified or addressed through early intervention. Many children participate in early childhood care, education, or other services such as home visiting programs, but these occur in a cross-sector system made up of many types of professionals. Early childhood systems therefore present an opportunity to utilize cross-sector collaboration to increase implementation of effective early identification strategies.

early childhood, developmental monitoring, early identification, autism, collaboration

Conference presentations and posters presented

Professionals, Students

Electronic (disc, CD, 508 compliant web posting)

[email protected]

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