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Department of Public Instruction Back to Top

Department Home Page

The Department of Public Instruction has posted the Wisconsin Framework for Response to Intervention/Instruction (RtI), including definitions and tools to help districts implement this process.

Special Education Team

Early Childhood Home Page

Department of Health Services Back to Top

Department Home Page

Birth to 3 Home Page

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US Department of Education

Parent/Family Issues Back to Top

Family Strengthening Policy Center The Family Strengthening Policy Center (FSPC) website is a clearinghouse of information and tools dedicated to family strengthening practices, programs and policy.

Special Education in Plain Language A User-friendly Interactive Handbook on Special Education Laws Policies and Practices in Wisconsin. From CESA 7, WI.

Wisconsin Child Care Resource & Referral Network, Inc (CCRR). The Wisconsin Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) Network is a membership organization made up of the 17 community-based CCR&R agencies serving the entire state of Wisconsin. The mission of the WI CCR&R Network is to exercise leadership in the creation of an inclusive, high-quality child care/child development system and to promote the professional growth and development of its member agencies.

Learning the Rules of the Game by Pat Howey, Indiana Advocate Advocacy Strategies

Family Village

Parents Plus of WI

Birth to 3 Training and Technical Assistance: The Birth to 3 training and technical assistance site provides the latest state policies and sample forms as well as information on best practices in all areas of early intervention.

Birth to Three Program Wisconsin Department of Health Services: Birth to 3 is Wisconsin’s early intervention program for infants and toddlers with developmental delays and disabilities and their families. A federal law, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), provides a framework for a comprehensive program and coordinates developmental, health and social services within the community.

Child Find: The Child Find endeavor encourages coordination of efforts by agencies within a community. This coordination of identification efforts is called the Informed Referral Network.

Katie Beckett Program: is a special eligibility process that allows certain children with long term disabilities or complex medical needs, living at home with their families, to obtain a Wisconsin Medicaid card. Only income and assets in the child's name have to be reported for eligibility. Contact for Western Wisconsin is CESA #11 800-352-6283. State contact number is 608-266-3236.

WSPEI: Wisconsin Statewide Parent Educator Initiative--Our mission is to help schools promote partnerships with families of children with disabilities, the Department of Public Instruction developed the Wisconsin Statewide Parent-Educator Initiative (WSPEI). WSPEI is a service for parents, educators, and others interested in parent-educator partnerships for children with disabilities.

National PTA

Wisconsin PTA

Prevent Child Abuse America

CFFPP: Center for Family Policy and Practice CFFPP is a policy and advocacy organization working to improve outcomes for low-income families.  Their mission is to help create a society in which parents, whether they are married or not, can work together to support their children emotionally, financially and physically.

Technology Assistance for Students with Special Needs Back to Top

Lending Library--Wisconsin Assistive Technology Institute (WATI)

CAST (Center for Applied Special Technology)

Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative (WATI)

Parent Support Groups and Resources Back to Top

The Parent Information Center (PIC) is a recognized leader in building strong family/school partnerships. PIC provides information, support, and educational programs for parents, family members, educators, and the community. PIC is a pioneer in promoting effective parent involvement in the special education process.

WSPEI: Wisconsin Statewide Parent Educator Initiative--Our mission is to help schools promote partnerships with families of children with disabilities, the Department of Public Instruction developed the Wisconsin Statewide Parent-Educator Initiative (WSPEI). WSPEI is a service for parents, educators, and others interested in parent-educator partnerships for children with disabilities.

Wisconsin Facets ---Wisconsin Family Assistance Center for Education, Training & Support, Inc. (WI FACETS) is a nonprofit organization serving Wisconsin children and adults with disabilities, their families and those who support them. WI FACETS was founded in 1995 by parents who believed that parents are the best advocates for their children. WI FACETS operates these programs to help parents support and enrich their children's lives with the following services: Parent Training and Information Center, Community Parent Resource Center, WIN-MILL Project provides statewide service.

Helping your Preschool Child U.S. Department of Education: Promoting Educational Excellence for all Americans

Baby TALK ---Our mission is to encourage parents in the nurture of their very young children (ages 0-3 years). Using a method of anticipatory guidance, Baby TALK provides information and services to parents to equip them for challenges and to help them enjoy their children's development.

Critical Issue: Meeting the Diverse Needs of Young Children Emphasis on Ethnic and Racial Issues.

Aggression and Cooperation: Helping Young Children Develop Constructive Strategies. ERIC Digest.

Young Children with Disabilities: A Parent's Guide to Accessing Programs for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers with Disabilities NICHCY—National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities

Autism: Links to Information, Resources, Support Groups and Alternative Treatments—The Healing Center Online.

Birth to Three Video Lending Library—Created by the Wisconsin Personnel Development Project and funded by the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Birth to Three Program (* lending to professionals mainly or public/parents through services/professionals. Birth to Three Catalogue of Videos. Birth to Three Family Support Videos.

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction: Bright Beginnings and Family-Community-School Partnership—A checklist for Helping your Child with Homework.

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction: Bright Beginnings and Family-Community-School Partnership--- Information for Parents

Students with Disabilities and State-Wide Assessment-- DPI

Department of Health Services Portal and Search

Wisconsin Department of Health Services: Family Support Program in home support for families who have children with severe disabilities

National Center on Fathers and Families (NCOFF)

Wisconsin Head Start Association

UW-Extension—Cooperative Extension—Parenting the Preschooler, School Readiness

Zero to Three—For Parents—Parent Information—including Adoptive Parents and their babies: Minimizing Risks to Emotional Development; Babies and their senses; A Baby’s World; Babies, Parents and Sleep; Caring for Infants and Toddlers in Groups; What I learned in Day Care; Helping Toddlers in Peer Group Entry Skills; Crying: When a Child is Inconsolable; Development; Fathers/Men; Food and Nutrition; Grandparents and more.

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Wisconsin Alliance for Infant Mental Health The Wisconsin Alliance for Infant Mental Health (WI-AIMH) promotes the healthy social and emotional development of Wisconsin children from birth through age five. Our goal is to weave infant mental health practices and principles into the everyday activities of individuals who touch the lives of infants, young children and their families. Click on the buttons above to learn more about us.

Wisconsin Child Care Information Center CCIC is a mail-order lending library and information center serving anyone in Wisconsin working in the field of child care and early childhood education. CCIC provides free information services, library services, and adult learning services to help Wisconsin child care professionals give the best possible start to Wisconsin's children. CCIC is sponsored by the Bureau of Early Childhood Education, Division of Early Care and Education, Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, and is administered by the Department of Public Instruction's Reference and Loan Library. We welcome your questions, comments, and suggestions.

Natural Resources Are you interested in quality materials on topics related to early childhood and early intervention? The Natural Resources listserv is one way to stay up-to-date with the latest free or low-cost booklets, CD-Roms, videos, Power Point presentations and other items.

TWINKLETIME--Literacy in Early Childhood: Research tells us that young children in language rich and musical environments are very successful in learning to read. We must pay attention to the research and incorporate phonemic awareness, music, and text rich environments regularly and often in the daily routines for young children. Explore the Twinkletime website to view songs, nursery rhymes, and fingerplays both old and new. to help your children learn literacy in a natural way that you'll both enjoy!

Learn the Signs. Act Early: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities have produced a toolkit to help parents learn about the milestones in their children's growth, from birth to age 5 years, as well as developmental delays and other disabilities.

Wisconsin Early Childhood Association (WECA): We are the organization for early childhood professionals and those who support our work. We promote excellence in child development practices through a range of professional growth opportunities and support services. Our diverse members model excellence through their individual accomplishments, advocacy efforts and contributions to the field.

The Registry: Wisconsin's Recognition System for the Childhood Care and Education Profession.

State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG): This website links with grant-funded projects that are designed to assist the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and its educational partners to improve outcomes for students with disabilities. High quality instruction and the continued recruitment, hiring, and retention of highly qualified educators will improve personnel preparation and professional development systems for teachers, administrators, paraprofessionals, and parents.

Childrens Trust Fund: The Children's Trust Fund's vision, mission and values focuses on family and community empowerment. Administered by the 16-member Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board, the Children's Trust Fund has a strong and balanced child abuse and neglect prevention agenda.

The National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center: is a project of the Child Care Bureau, a national clearinghouse and technical assistance center that links parents, providers, policy-makers, researchers, and the public to early care and education information.

The Future of Children: The primary purpose of The Future of Children is to promote effective policies and programs for children by providing policymakers, service providers, and the media with timely, objective information based on the best available research.
The Future of Children is a publication of The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and The Brookings Institution.

Wisconsin Child Care Resource & Referral Network, Inc (CCRR). The Wisconsin Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) Network is a membership organization made up of the 17 community-based CCR&R agencies serving the entire state of Wisconsin. The mission of the WI CCR&R Network is to exercise leadership in the creation of an inclusive, high-quality child care/child development system and to promote the professional growth and development of its member agencies.

Dr. Becky Bailey's Loving Guidance Conscious Discipline is a comprehensive classroom management program and a social-emotional curriculum. It is based on current brain research, child development information, and developmentally appropriate practices. Conscious Discipline has been specifically designed to make changes in the lives of adults first. The adults, in turn, change the lives of children

The Hanen Centre A recognized innovator in family-focused early language intervention programs and learning resources for parents and professionals around the world.

The Whole Child Learn more about making the most out of your child's early years and being the best caregiver you can. Explore the articles, in-home activity ideas, reading lists, forums, and related Web sites for information designed to help you and your family. From pbs.org.

Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning. --These modules were designed based on input gathered during focus groups with program administrators, T/TA providers, early educators, and family members about the types and content of training that would be most useful in addressing the social-emotional needs of young children. The content of the modules is consistent with evidence-based practices identified through a thorough review of the literature.

National Institute for Early Childhood Research --This Web site supports the movement for quality preschool education by offering hard data on its benefits, access to experts and stimulating classroom activities.

Wisconsin Early Childhood Collaborating Partners Home Page

Click here for information on WECCP Southern Regional Network WECCP is a statewide group united through a common desire to transform early childhood care and education.

Wisconsin Head Start Home Page

Birth to 6 Events

Most recent Birth to 3 Newsletter

National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

Wisconsin Council on Children and Families: (WCCF)

Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children ---an online book by Catherine E. Snow, Susan Burns and Peg Griffin—editors. Committee on the Prevention of Reading Difficulties, National Research Council

Early Childhood Research and Practice: an Internet Journal on development, care and education of young children. Readiness for School: A survey of State Policies and Definitions. Starting Child Care: What Children learn about relating to adults in the first weeks of starting child care. The Hairy Head Project: A class of 3- to 6-year-old children in a midwestern child care center chose to study hair and hairstyling salons as a group project. This article discusses how the project evolved, describes the three phases of the project, and provides the teacher's reflections on the project. Photos taken during the project are included.

Critical Issue: Creating the School Climate and Structures to Support Parent and Family Involvement –North Central Regional Education Laboratory.

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI): Bright Beginnings and Family-Community-School Partnership- Organizing a Successful Family Center in Your School including Ten Things Teachers wish Parents would do.

Department of Health Services: Programs and Services Portal -- From this page you can locate information about the programs and services provided through the Department of Health Services (DHS).

Center for Research on Child Well-being: Fragile Families (unmarried parents and their children),

Children, Youth and Family Consortium : University of Minnesota. Building Bridges for the well-being of Children, Youth and Families.

Program/Service Indicators for Improving Services for Young Children and Families –Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

Early Childhood Wisconsin Collaborating Partners Listserve : This Wisconsin Early Childhood Collaborating Partners listserve (weccp) is designed to facilitate interactive, electronic communication between the agencies, associations, and individuals providing services to Wisconsin's young children (birth to age 8) and their families. The focus of this listserve is on state, community, and interagency efforts to improve service delivery approaches for young children and their families. The listserve will provide a mechanism to share experiences, examples, and resources related to early childhood collaboration, program blending, and system improvement.

Safety & Wellness:

Parents Action for Children

Zero to Three: Dedicated to the Healthy Development of Infants & Toddlers

National Institute on Drug Abuse: The mission of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is to lead the Nation bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction.

Pampers: Child Development Information.

BabyCenter: Resource for new and expectant parents.

Safe Kids Worldwide: Safe Kids Worldwide is the first and only international nonprofit organization dedicated solely to preventing unintentional childhood injury. It focuses on one specific problem: more children 1 to 14 die from accidents such as motor vehicle crashes, fires, drowning, poisoning and falls than any other cause.

Brain Development Links:

Other Interesting Links: This page is a fairly random handful of the amazing waterfall of information on the Internet. Some of the best found (in a non-exhaustive search) are listed first.

Handedness and Brain Lateralization: What does Brain Lateralization have to do with Handedness (and who cares)?

UW-Extension—Cooperative Extension/Parent Education Page—The First Years Last Forever—Seven Ways to Build Your Baby’s Brain Power (.pdf format)—part of a on-line study course.

Brain Briefings: A series of two-page newsletters explaining how basic neuroscience discoveries lead to clinical applications.

Investing in Our Children: Neurons to Neighborhoods,--A source for information on Brain Development and Early Childhood Development.

Parent Information and Resource Center : Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory—Including Birth to Three, Brain Net, Early Childhood Research Quarterly and more.

Wisconsin Council on Children and Families (WCCF): Brain Project.

Information about Issues Regarding Young Children with Special Needs Back to Top

Wisconsin Alliance for Infant Mental Health The Wisconsin Alliance for Infant Mental Health (WI-AIMH) promotes the healthy social and emotional development of Wisconsin children from birth through age five. Our goal is to weave infant mental health practices and principles into the everyday activities of individuals who touch the lives of infants, young children and their families. Click on the buttons above to learn more about us.

Assistive Technology (AT) This a new assistive technology (AT) web page from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction that contains definitions of terms used in AT, legal requirements, products created from the Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative (WATI), a link to the state AT lending library, and numerous resources from the world wide web.

The "Eligibility to Special Education" PowerPoint explains in detail how a child qualifies for Birth to 3 Services as well as School Services beginning at age 3. Starting with the referral process, this presentation also offers information on the similarities and differences between the two programs. Within the PowerPoint, you'll find many links; related websites and resources are just a click away. (Powerpoint document 1M)

The Early Childhood Outcomes Center: The Early Childhood Outcomes (ECO) Center provides national leadership in assisting states with the implementation of high-quality outcome systems for early intervention (EI) and early childhood special education (ECSE) programs.

Birth to 3 Events: Bulletins for those who want to learn more about serving young children with special needs and their families. Adobe Acrobat/.pdf format

Pip Squeakers Fun Baby & Toddler Shoes: Baby shoes that motivate with sound, encouraging babies to move, explore and learn to walk. Babies with vision or mobility disabilities are motivated while enhancing their auditory skills. Parents with disabilities are able to HEAR when their quick moving toddler is on the go - away from stairs and other unsafe situations. Shoes can be modified for toe walkers.

Center for the Improvement of Child Care: Thirty years of dedication and focused research has proven CICC as one of the largest and most influential parenting and parenting education organizations.

Preschool Options Project The Preschool Options Project is a DPI funded project that provides training to assist local school districts in developing a range of options in Least Restrictive Environments (LRE) for young children with disabilities.

Reactive Attachment Disorder A resource for parents or guardians of children with reactive attachment disorder, or RAD. Describes attachment disorder, its causes, effects, signs and symptoms, and gives tips to parents of detached children.

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) : Early Childhood Special Education: If you provide services to children with disabilities and their families, you will be interested in the information in this link, including Child Find, Least Restrictive Environment, Inclusive Child Care, Commonly Asked Questions And Answers, Significant Developmental Delay, and special education laws

The Division for Early Childhood Web Site: The Division of Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children is an international membership organization for individuals who work with or on behalf of children with special needs, birth through age eight and their families.

Zero to Three Agency

International Rett Syndrome Association--Rett Syndrome (RS) is a neurological disorder seen almost exclusively in females, and found in a variety of racial and ethnic groups worldwide. It is now felt that RS can occur in males, but is usually lethal, causing miscarriage, stillbirth or early death. (This site carries a link to translate into other languages.)

Council for Exceptional Children

CLAS (Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services) Homepage: collects and describes early childhood/early intervention resources that have been developed across the U.S. for children with disabilities and their families and the service providers who work with them.

Wisconsin Special Education Mediation System (WSEMS)--A user friendly web-site from the Wisconsin Special Education Mediation System, WSEMS--This site includes information on what happens during a typical mediation session, how to request mediation, who are the mediators, and how to obtain training on problem-solving in special education for your region.

Advise for Parents of Children with AD/HD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder): from CHADD.org.

Bipolar Disorder in Children : Who has it and what you can do by Martha Hellander, J.D.

CAST (Center for Applied Special Technology) : CAST is a nonprofit research and development organization that works to expand learning opportunities for all individuals, especially those with disabilities, through Universal Design for Learning.

The National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities: (NICHCY) the national information and referral center that provides information on disabilities and disability-related issues for families, educators, and other professionals. Our special focus is children and youth (birth to age 22).

Autism Back to Top

Autism Internet Modules: Resources for effective programming interventions for learners with autism, including evidence based practice modules from the National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders.

The Transporters: Video--Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, Director of the Autism Research Centre at Cambridge, talks about how the animations work and a parent talks about how the series helped her son.

Educational Evaluation Guide for Autism: State Superintendent's Conference on Special Education & Pupil Services Leadership Issues Spring 2009

Manitas por autismo: a new website in Spanish designed for parents and care givers of children with autism.

The Inclusion Series: is a unique resource for institutions and individuals. It is about individual children, families, and educators, and also about teamwork and support systems. These programs enable viewers to observe the challenges and rewards of inclusion in action, and provide ideas, solutions and inspiration.

Autismshop.com: Autismshop.com is the online home of the Autism Resource Network, a one-of-a-kind Book Store that is packed with merchandise and information for individuals with ASD and those who love, care for, and educate them.

Learn the Signs. Act Early: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities have produced a toolkit to help parents learn about the milestones in their children's growth, from birth to age 5 years, as well as developmental delays and other disabilities.

Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders (ICDL): Founded by Stanley Greenspan and Serena Wieder--has been a pioneer in its work to advance the identification, prevention, and treatment of developmental and learning disorders. Through its research, training and publications, ICDL extends knowledge of developmental processes and provides a framework (DIRŪ/Floortime Model) for understanding and improving interventions with infants, children and adults with challenges in relating, communicating and thinking, including autism spectrum disorders. To learn more about our Vision, Mission and Goal, please visit our "About Us" section.To learn more about current ICDL's initiatives, click HERE.

SCERTS: The SCERTSŪ Model (Social Communication, Emotional Regulation and Transactional Support) was developed out of 25 years of research and clinical/educational practice by Dr. Barry Prizant, Dr. Amy Wetherby, Ms. Emily Rubin, and Ms. Amy Laurent, a multidisciplinary team of professionals trained in Communication Disorders, Special Education, Occupational Therapy, and Developmental and Behavioral Psychology.

Asperger Syndrome: Online Asperger Syndrome Information and Support (O.A.S.I.S.)

Autism Society of Wisconsin

Autism Society of America: The mission of the Autism Society of America is to promote lifelong access and opportunities for persons within the autism spectrum and their families, to be fully included, participating members of their communities through advocacy, public awareness, education, and research related to autism.

Autism Papers: Effective Programming for Young Children with Autism (Ages 3-5)

Center for the Study of Autism: Autism Collaboration. The Center provides information about autism to parents and professionals, and conducts research on the efficacy of various therapeutic interventions.

Autism/PDD Resources Network: The purpose of this site is to guide you to the key issues associated with Autism spectrum disorders. There is a growing awareness of the nature of autism and the kinds of approaches to diagnosis, treatment and care that are likely to be effective in meeting the needs of autistic individuals and their families. The diagnosis of autism is made when specified number of characteristics listed in the DSM-IV are present, in ranges inappropriate for the child's age.

National Alliance for Autism Research (NAAR has merged with Autism Speaks): The National Alliance for Autism Research, NAAR, is a national nonprofit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to finding the causes, prevention, effective treatment and, ultimately, cure of the autism spectrum disorders.

TEACCH (Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication handicapped Children) is located at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Autism Primer: 20 Questions and Answers .

Desired Outcomes for Young Children (Standards) Back to Top

The Early Childhood Outcomes Center: The Early Childhood Outcomes (ECO) Center provides national leadership in assisting states with the implementation of high-quality outcome systems for early intervention (EI) and early childhood special education (ECSE) programs.

Identifying and Monitoring Outcomes Related to Children's Social-Emotional Development: The Center for Evidence Based Practices (CEBP) has produced a new handout titled Identifying and Monitoring Outcomes Related to Children's Social-Emotional Development. This fact sheet discusses how to prevent and address problem behavior by teaching children social skills they can use in place of problem behavior.

Early Childhood Research Institute (ECRI) on Measuring Growth and Development: General Growth Outcomes--Institute staff identified the following set of general growth outcomes for children between birth and age eight. These outcomes serve as the foundation for creation of Individual Growth and Development Indicators.

Guiding Practices in Early Childhood: If optimal learning is desirable what are quality practices and how should those environments or opportunities for children look like? A variety of practices currently guiding quality early childhood programs are described. You can find information on: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Boyer Declares Carnegie Units Obsolete, National Association of Elementary School Principals, Unacceptable Trends in Kindergarten Entry and Placement, Mixed Age Groupings, Early Learning Centers. Early Childhood Education Standards for Quality Programs

Education World—Early Childhood Assessment Resources—Assessment-- This page in the IEP section of the Special Education Community contains resources on the assessment of special needs children, both as a part of the IEP process and in classroom settings.

Washington State Department of Public Instruction—K-12 education—Assessment/Testing

IEPs Back to Top

IEP’s at Cesa #7. Including Memorandum: Making IEP Goals, IEP Requirements in IDEA, Measurable Annual IEP Goals, and Writing IEP Annual Goals. Also--IEP Forms page.

From the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI):

IEP Considerations for Students with TBI. Adobe Acrobat/.pdf format.

Transition Services for Students with Disabilities

Including Students with Special Needs in State Assessments

Returning to School—ppt. Format—including the IEP process

Special Education Subjects Reference--IEPs

Guidelines for Complying with the Wisconsin Alternate Assessment Part 1

ELIGIBILITY CHECKLIST SPEECH & LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT

EMOTIONAL BEHAVIORAL DISABILITY

Specific Learning Disabilities Eligibility Criteria Resources

Specific Learning Disabilities in Plain Language—Word Format

Special Education Rights for Parents and Children—Wisconsin DPI

Inclusive Educational Programming Back to Top

Project Direct The University of Toledo: Defining Intinerant Roles for Early Childhood Teachers--The Project DIRECT staff are available to provide training and consultation services to your school district, state level planning and policy teams, or professional development agencies.

Preschool Options Project The Preschool Options Project is a DPI funded project that provides training to assist local school districts in developing a range of options in Least Restrictive Environments (LRE) for young children with disabilities.

The Circle of Inclusion: from the circleofinclusion.org

From the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI):

Inclusive Childcare for Children with Disabilities Web Resources--with links.

Child Care Information Center

Characteristics of Successful Schools

Community Collaboration Back to Top

Wisconsin Early Childhood Collaborating Partners (WECCP) Home Page: An online community for parents, administrators and staff of early education programs throughout Wisconsin.

Wisconsin Early Childhood Collaborating Partners (WECCP) Southern Regional Network

About the WECCP Southern Region

Member Agency Websites

Launching into Literacy and Math This site features great resources and ideas on research-based strategies for early literacy screening, evaluation and instruction.

Collaboration Strategies: A Technical Assistance Document to Support Local Collaboration. Summary of Key Requirements of Participating Early Childhood Systems. (Adobe Acrobat/.pdf format)

The Community Collaborative Wellness Tool: The core instrument of the Together We Can Initiative is the Community Collaborative Wellness Tool: Improving Results for Children, Youth, Families and Neighborhoods.

Examining Community Councils (or Interagency Councils) in Early Childhood-- Includes: Introduction, What is the Purpose of an Interagency Council?, From the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, From the Wisconsin State Improvement Grant (SIG), Community Councils in Action, Challenges.

Tentative WECCP Video and Related Future Meetings

WECCP Video Conferences: as they become available

Economic Investment Back to Top

Early Childhood and Economic Development in Wisconsin: Why Invest in Early Childhood Education? Investing in high quality early childhood education is good business and establishes a strong foundation for success in school and in life. A growing body of research builds the case that investment in high quality early education will lead to a more educated, qualified, and talented workforce that will help Wisconsin better compete in a global economy.

Focus on Economic Development: Early Childhood Education and Care--Challenges Facing Wisconsin. A Working Paper Prepared for Registrants of the Fourth Wisconsin Economic Summit. (Adobe Acrobat/.pdf format)

Preschool: America's Best Investment--New free video. Can investing in high-quality early education reduce the demand for high-cost special education, social welfare and criminal justice systems?