A. Continuum of Placements

Required Reading 1:

Office of Head Start (2015, June 22). Head Start services. Retrieved from http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ohs/about/head-start

Required Reading 2:

Transitions IFSP to IEP: http://www.dds.ca.gov/earlystart/docs/transitionHandbook.pdf

Required Reading 3:

Sample IFSP: https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/autism/case-modules/pdf/early-intervention/Sample%20IFSP.pdf

Required Reading 4:

Guide to the IEP: https://www2.ed.gov/parents/needs/speced/iepguide/index.html

Required Reading 5:

California’s Early Start: http://www.dds.ca.gov/EarlyStart/WhatsES.cfm

Required Video 1:

Desired Results Access Project (2015). An early interventionist reflects on

making the shift to the coaching model [Video file]. Retrieved from

https://vimeo.com/139807351

Required Video 2:

Utah Parent Center (2012, July 12). Transition from early intervention to

preschool: Model IEP meeting [Video file]. Retrieved from

https://youtu.be/MWnbHPMg2EA

Required Video 3:

SDCOETeacher (2016, March 21). IFSP [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/qPIN-jlnBzs

Optional Resource 1:

Office of Head Start (2015, June 22). Policy & regulations. Retrieved from http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ohs/policy

Optional Resource 2:

Book on Transitions: http://www.pacer.org/parent/php/PHP-a40.pdf

Optional Resource 3:

Early Childhood Development, Teaching, and Learning from Head Start: https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/tta-system/teaching

(NOTE: within this there is a section on disabilities: https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/tta-system/teaching/Disabilities

The section on disabilities is broken into: Policy, FAQ, Program Planning, Services to Children with Disabilities, Staff Support and Supervision, and Families Too!)