Partnerships between the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) program and Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) program can support and improve outcomes for children who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) and their families. Collaboration between these programs is specified in the IDEA Part C Regulations
Tag Archives: Child Find
EC Data University – Using Data to Understand Child Find Systems
This new EC Data U course provides an introduction to child find and related data reporting requirements and suggestions for how states and local programs can use federally-reported and other data while engaging key partners to understand how their child find system is working.
Improving Hawaii’s Child Find System through Technical Assistance from DaSy, ECTA, and the Waters Center for Systems Thinking
In 2023-2024, DaSy partnered with the ECTA and the Waters Center for Systems Thinking to facilitate a multi-state cohort on integrating data processes and systems thinking to make meaningful, sustainable change for children with disabilities and their families. This cohort strengthened the capacity of state staff to effectively use data in conjunction with the Habits of a Systems Thinker to guide decision making related to improving access, services, and results for young children with disabilities and their families.
SPP/APR Submission Guidance, Checklists & Tips
New C12 guidance! These resources help states prepare and submit the SPP/APR, including the SPP/APR Basics online training series, checklists and tips and new calculations guidance that specifies the data to include in the calculations for each SPP/APR indicator.
Episode 2: Beyond the Tip of the Iceberg: Transforming Child Find Through Systems Thinking
DaSy Talks hosts Jenna Nguyen and Howard Morrison sit down with Tracy Benson of the Waters Center for Systems Thinking and Luke Kusumoto from Hawaii’s Department of Health.
What DaSy Can Do For You Webinar
Learn how DaSy can support state efforts to build high-quality data systems and use data to improve programs and outcomes for young children with disabilities and their families.
Maximizing the Potential of Data to Improve Child Find Systems
This presentation from the 2024 IDIO conference provides guidance on how Part C and Part B 619 programs can use data and engage key partners in examining how their child find systems are working.
SPP/APR Basics, What You Need to Know
A collection of self-directed modules that provide a basic understanding of the IDEA Part C and Part B 619 SPP/APR indicators and their requirements.
Joint Dear Colleague Letter on Early Hearing Detection and Intervention and Part C Programs (Aug. 5, 2024)
This letter was jointly developed by offices within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S Department of Education to support increased collaboration between State Early Hearing Detection and Intervention programs and IDEA Part C early intervention programs.
Examining Data to Improve Child Find Systems Working Series
May 21, 2024. Materials now available. Questioning where to start with or how to improve your child find data? DaSy and ECTA hosted this three-part online working series that started with the basic reporting requirements related to child find for Part C and Part B 619