Effective Transitions for Young Children and Families

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For young children with disabilities, early experiences provide the foundation they need for a lifetime of learning, growth, and opportunities. That’s why it is important for early care and education providers to understand the transition process between agencies and state-level requirements for collaborative and cooperative agreements to serve infants, toddlers, and preschoolers with disabilities.

Watch Video Insights into Effective Transitions

Working with Families to Process and Plan for the C-B Transition

See how a common, strengths-based understanding of the C-B transition across professionals and family members best allows a child to participate and make progress in the general preschool curriculum.

Understanding the Importance of each Team Member in Transition Planning

Learn how other agencies' participation and contributions are critical to successful transitions.

Who's Involved in Transition Planning Conferences (TPCs)?

Explore the roles involved in, the purpose of, and best practices when conducting transition planning conferences (TPC)s.

Making and Receiving Good Referrals

See best practices related to what documents and information are exchanged across agencies. Learn how implementing good referral processes are key to ensuring the best outcomes as transitions occur.

Building Relationships between Professionals and Families

Hear directly from parents about their experiences with transitioning from Early Intervention and how relationships between professionals and families impact successful transition.

Bringing Interagency Agreements to Life

Explore the implementation of the agreement, the importance of data, the relationships involved, and the iterative process of updating the agreement each year.

Two-Part Training for Professionals:
IDEA Part C Early Intervention to Part B Early Childhood Services

Presented by OCALI and its partners, Effective Transitions for Young Children and Families: IDEA Part C Early Intervention to Part B Early Childhood Services explores how to utilize cross agency collaboration to improve transitions from Part C Early Intervention to Preschool Special Education services. Read the Training Brochure

Who Should Attend?

  • Early Intervention administrators and service coordinators
  • Local Education Agencies (LEAs), including Early Childhood Educators, supervisors, providers and State Support Teams (SSTs)
  • Head Start personnel
  • Family & Children First Council representatives

What You’ll Learn:

  • The transition process
  • Roles and responsibilities for facilitating, coordinating, and carrying out transition activities
  • Best practices in implementing the transition process with families and supporting agencies
  • Approaches for improved Interagency Agreements

What Past Participants Had to Say

"We're now able to engage families more across agencies. There are so many things happening and we just didn't know about them."
“While all of our agencies were involved in the interagency agreement before, it is now a working document that we can use to continue to improve transitions."

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