National Center for Early Childhood Personnel

2013

The purpose of this project is to support the establishment and operation of an Early Childhood (EC) Personnel Center (Center) at the UConn UCEDD to: (1) serve as a national resource on personnel standards, competencies, and recommended practices for personnel providing services to infants, toddlers, and preschool children with disabilities and their families; (2) assist States in aligning their personnel standards to national professional organization standards for all personnel providing services to infants, toddlers, and preschool children with disabilities and their families, aligning or integrating those standards with standards for early childhood personnel of all children, and linking those standards to State competencies and certification or licensure requirements; (3) assist State agencies and IHEs in developing partnerships with each other to support alignment between preservice and inservice training for all personnel providing services to infants, toddlers and preschool children with disabilities and their families; and (4) assist States in developing integrated early childhood professional development systems (in alignment with the vision outlined in RTT-ELC )to ensure that IDEA Part C and Part B preschool programs and personnel in each State are included within the States professional development initiatives, and that all early childhood personnel have the competencies to effectively serve infants, toddlers, and preschool children with disabilities and their families.

early childhood, personnel, standards, competencies

Education & Early Intervention

Professionals and Para-Professionals

None

National

Federal

N/A