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Recent Events

• A Blueprint for Inclusion: Supporting Systemic Change in California
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• DEC's 40th Annual International Conference on Young Children with Special Needs and Their Families
• Unlocking Early Childhood Privacy: Latest Trends and Insights and What You Need to Know
• 2024 Improving Data, Improving Outcomes Conference: Leading for Positive Impact
• 2024 OSEP Combined Leadership and Project Directors' Conference
• International Early Childhood Inclusion Institute
• National Training Institute on Effective Practices: Addressing Challenging Behavior
• Navigating IDEA and FERPA To Protect Privacy in Today's Early Childhood World

News

• eNotes: December 9, 2024
• 2023 Federal Appropriations and National Child Counts:

  • Part C
  • Part B, Section 619
• Joint Dear Colleague Letter on Early Hearing Detection and Intervention and Part C Programs (Aug. 5, 2024)
• Distributed Leadership at ECTA
• Early Childhood IDEA Centers: 2024 State Learning Opportunities
• ECTA on the Think Inclusive Podcast: Building High-Quality Systems Supporting Inclusive Education for Young Learners with Disabilities
• Policy Statement: Inclusion of Children with Disabilities in Early Childhood Programs
• 2022 SPP/APR Indicator Analyses FFY 2020:

  • Part C
  • Part B, Section 619
• SPP/APR Agency Information Collection Activities:

  • Part C
  • Part B, Section 619

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