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Consultation as a Strategy to
Support Child Care Providers Serving
Infants and Toddlers in Inclusive Settings
Eleventh Early Childhood Inclusion Institute
Chapel Hill, NC
May 17, 2011
Terry Butler,
Inclusive Child Care Program Coordinator
Oregon Council on Developmental Disabilities
[email protected]
Amanda Moore
State Inclusion Network Coordinator
Agency for Workforce Innovation Office of Early Learning
[email protected]
Deana Buck
Education/Early Childhood Program Group Leader
Partnership for People with Disabilities at VCU (yes, that
VCU)
[email protected]
For Today…
 Explore successes and challenges in developing
and implementing regional and statewide
networks in three states;
 Build on successes and challenges to create and
sustain networks; and
 Provide examples and resources for implementing
networks.
Oregon
 Population = 3,825,657
 Children under 5 years old = 222,393
 Children under 5 in paid child care = 77,041
 Population clustered in 1/3 of the state (western side)
 Large geographic areas with very few people
 Community level connections: EC teams, LICC
 State level connections: Child Care & Education Coordinating Council,
SICC, Early Learning Transition Team
Oregon
Background
 Identified consultation as key support to inclusion
 Established a vision for statewide consultation system,
including structure, competencies, etc.
 Not yet a reality. Challenges = Funding, infrastructure,
professional/systemic silos
Oregon
Consultation examples to build upon:
 Oregon Early Childhood Inclusion Collaborative
 Partnerships for Inclusive Child Care & Education
 Child Care Health Demonstration Project
 Inclusive Child Care Program
 Mental health consultation in early childhood settings
 CaCoon
Oregon
Related supports to infants & toddler consultation
networks:
 Infant/Toddler credential - Oregon’s professional
development system
 Infant/Toddler Mental Health Graduate Certificate –
Portland State University
Discuss…
 What might you like to know or discuss from Oregon’s
experience?
 If no formal infrastructure for infant/toddler inclusion
consultation exists, what actions can sustain the vision
and move it forward?
Florida
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Population 18,801,310
Children under age five > 1,000,000
~600,000 attend early learning programs
216,575 total children receiving School Readiness funding*
61,261 (28%) Infants and Toddlers enrolled in School Readiness*
788 identified children with special needs enrolled in School Readiness*
Office of Early Learning administers School Readiness, Voluntary
Prekindergarten and Child Care Resource & Referral programs
Fla. Stat. § 411.01015 (2010) requires consultation to child care centers
and family child care homes regarding health, developmental,
disability, and special needs issues by administering
a statewide toll-free Warm-Line.
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Escambia
Okaloosa
Santa Rosa
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Walton
Holmes
Nassau
Gadsden
Calhoun
Bay
Liberty
Leon
Jefferson
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Wakulla
Taylor
Madison
Hamilton
Suwannee
Baker
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Franklin
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Lafayette
ELC of Escambia (1-1)
ELC of Santa Rosa (1-1)*
ELC of Okaloosa & Walton Counties (1-2)
ELC of North West Florida (1-7)
ELC of the Big Bend Region (1-7)*
ELC of Florida’s Gateway (1-5)
ELC of the Nature Coast (multiple-5)*
ELC of Alachua (1-1)*
ELC of CNBB (1-4)
ELC of Duval (2-1)
ELC of St. Johns & Putnam (1-2)
ELC of Marion (1-1)*
ELC of Flagler & Volusia Counties (1-2)
ELC of Orange (1-1)
ELC of Seminole (1-1)
ELC of Lake (1-1)*
ELC of Pasco & Hernando Counties (3-2)
ELC of Pinellas (1-1)
ELC of Hillsborough (2-1)
ELC of Polk (1-1)
ELC of Osceola (1-1)
ELC of Brevard (1-1)*
ELC of Manatee (1-1)
ELC of Sarasota (multiple-1)
ELC of Florida’s Heartland, Inc. (multiple-4)
ELC of Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee (2-3)
ELC of St. Lucie (multiple-1)
ELC of Southwest Florida (1-4)
ELC of Palm Beach (1-1)
ELC of Broward (1-1)
ELC of Miami/Dade & Monroe (3-2)
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St. Johns
Clay
Bradford
Alachua
Dixie
Gilchrist
ELC (# inclusion specialists - # counties served)
*=Inclusion - Infant/Toddler Specialist
Duval
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Columbia
Gulf
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State of
Florida
Early
Learning
Coalitions
Jackson
Washington
Levy
Putnam
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Flagler
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Volusia
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Marion
Citrus
Sumter
Lake
Seminole
Hernando
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Pasco
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Orange
Osceola
Polk
Hillsborough
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Brevard
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Indian River
Manatee
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Hardee
DeSoto
Sarasota
Highlands
Okeechobee
St. Lucie
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Martin
Glades
Charlotte
Palm Beach
Hendry
Lee
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Collier
Broward
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Dade
Monroe
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Current as of 4/27/11
Thinking Outside the
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Examine current responsibilities
Prioritize tasks
Redefine tasks
Split duties
Rotating duties
Recruit community partners
Director-driven models
Regional in-kind support
Reassign existing staff with
small incentives
Making the Networks Work
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Monthly statewide conference calls
Quarterly cross-network webinars
Plan regional network opportunities around required
travel for other meetings/conferences
Network specific & general Provider Services listservs
Monthly I.N.F.O. calendar
Encourage peer-networking, ask for outcomes
Request network input on state initiatives:
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Florida Early Learning and Developmental Standards
Florida Early Care and Education Core Competencies
Discuss…
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How does the consultant link with the following systems?
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Early learning guidelines/standards, Quality rating systems
Child care licensing
Early Head Start
Child Care Resource and Referral
Part C Early Intervention
In designing systems/networks, how have administrators
planned for collaborations among and between
networks? How are duplicated efforts addressed?
Virginia
 Population = 7,882,590
 Children under 5 years old = 6.7% (543,898)
 30% of population lives in Northern Virgina.
25% of Virginia’s children (under 18) live in NoVA
 Larger metropolitan areas in central Virginia and
Tidewater with the remainder of the state largely rural
and suburban
 Community level connections: Smart Beginnings Coalitions in
28 localities/regions, LICCs (40); VACCRN grantees,
 State level connections: VICC, Virginia Early Childhood Foundation
(Virginia’s Plan for Smart Beginnings), Early Childhood Advisory
Council, ITSN State Leadership Team, Virginia Cross-sector
Professional Development (VCPD) Group, Home Visiting Coalition
Virginia
Background:
 Experience supporting infants and toddlers with
disabilities in community settings
 Strong interest in collaborative efforts and activities
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SpecialQuest Birth to Five
NPDCI
 Goal is to use existing resources to support inclusion:
 Infant & Toddler Specialist Network (www.va-itsnetwork.org)
 Virginia Child Care Resource and Referral Network
(VACCRRN)
 Virginia DOE’s Training and Technical Assistance Centers
 Part C
 Smart Beginnings Coalitions
 Home Visiting Coalition
Virginia
Excitement that is growing….
 Collaboration across sectors
 Focus on caregivers of infants and
toddlers
 Focus on quality of care benefits ALL
children
 Important new resources in VA, especially
ITSN
 Focus on infrastructure and systems work
 Expansion of Smart Beginnings Coalitions
Virginia
Are we there yet? NO
 Challenges on the horizon…
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Funding
Ability to work cross-sector (at all levels)
Need to go to scale
Figure out ways to support existing networks
and systems so that caregivers have the support
THEY need to care for infants and toddlers with
disabilities
Continue to learn from others states as we
strengthen our consultation systems
Discuss…
 How do inclusion consultants keep up-to-date on
community resources and supports, particularly if
they cover large regions?
 Are there specific levels of technical assistance
required for the program (i.e., length of time for
consultations, frequency, and intensity of
consultations)?
More Discussion…
 Competencies
 Infrastructure
 Linkages
Developing a Statewide Network of Infant and
Toddler Specialists TA Manual for States and
Territories
http://nitcci.nccic.acf.hhs.gov/resources/ITSN_Manual_March_2011.pdf
NAEYC/NACCRRA
Early Childhood Education Professional
Development: Training and Technical Assistance
Glossary
http://www.naeyc.org/GlossaryTraining_TA.pdf
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