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Welcome to the Early Intervention
Special Interest Group (EI SIG) webpage!
DEC is pleased to announce this newly formed early intervention community—where your voice can be heard and where you can gain new insights. This is the place to pose questions, share ideas, problem solve, and discuss any early intervention topics of interest to you. You can also find resources specific to your interests, learn about upcoming events, and enhance your work in early intervention. We encourage you to explore all the different features on the EI SIG webpage.
Since this is a new group, you can help us get started. When you have a chance, click here to complete a short survey about what you would like to get out of this Special Interest Group.
We look forward to your involvement!
 
Susan Connor Bonnie Keilty
EI SIG Chair DEC President Elect
& Board Liason to EI SIG
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Discussion
Forums
Interested in early intervention supports for linguistically diverse families, or military families? Or providing supports in natural learning environments? There are great discussions right now in the Early Intervention Practices thread. Click here to join in. The username is your member number and the password is your last name.
Join your colleagues in the Early Interventionist Competencies thread for insightful discussions on preparing early interventionists and special instructors in Early intervention. Click here to join in. The username is your member number and the password is your last name.
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If you are a state or local early intervention administrator looking to brainstorm with other administrators, you will definitely want to see what’s happening in the Systems Change thread. Click here to join in. The username is your member number and the password is your last name. |
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Check This Out!
Did you miss the webinar?
This fall, the EI SIG sponsored a great webinar featuring national, state, and provider perspectives on the challenges and successes to defining the role of Special Instruction, maximizing the use of Special Instructors in Early Intervention, and identifying the various practices that comprise Special Instruction in Early Intervention.
The Role of Special Instruction
in Early Intervention
Click here for a recording of the webinar
Presenters::
Mary Beth Bruder, Professor, University of Connecticut
Pam Thomas, Part C Coordinator, Missouri Early Intervention Services
Amy Cocorikis, Regional Training Coordinator/Child Development Specialist, Illinois Early Intervention Training Center
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Resources
Colleagues are a great resource and the EI SIG discussion forums are the place to pose questions, share ideas, problem solve, and discuss any early intervention topics of interest to you. Join one discussion or many! And if you don't see one that meets your needs, please start a new thread!
Early Intervention Approaches to Service Delivery in Natural Environments from NECTAC
Young Exceptional Children article on Early Home-Visiting Principles
YEC Monograph 10 article: Conducting Home Visits With an Explicit Theory of Change
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education article: Language Interpretation, Parent Participation, and Young Children with Disabilities
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