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Early Start Resource Materials
(Please note that the Early Start products referenced below are currently being updated to reflect changes in trailer bill language. Before utilizing any information found therein, it is recommended that questions be directed to your local regional center.)
Early Start has a variety of materials and products to support a statewide, comprehensive and coordinated system of child find, public awareness and outreach. Outreach materials increase appropriate referrals, increase the community's knowledge and understanding of early intervention services, and support families' role in early intervention.
Outreach Materials
- Central Directory of Early Intervention Resources
- Early Start Information Fact Sheets
- Family Introduction to Early Start
- Family Resource Center & Networks
- Parents Rights: An Early Start Guide for Families
- Parents Rights Summary
- The Primary Healthcare Providers Role in Early Intervention
- Starting Out Together
- Reasons for Concern
State Performance
Local Performance
Program Guidances
- ICC Recommended Guidelines for Speech & Language Pathology Assistants Roles and Responsibilities in Early Intervention
- ICC Recommended Early Start Personnel Manual
- Training Sponsorship Page
- Training & Technical Assistance Collaborative (TTAC) Reflects and Promotes the Following Core Messages
- Effective Practice in Providing Family Support
- ICC White Papers (Pending)
- Program Advisories
- Service Coordinators' Handbook
- Best Practices for Early Start Infants and Toddlers Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
- AB 2909: Services for Infants & Toddlers Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Please call 1-800-869-4337 to order any of the above publications at no cost. Additional publications may be requested at WestEd Center's Early Start Publications web site.