Office of Head Start Update Disabilities Services

Information and Activities

Jim O’Brien Office of Head Start

jim.obrien@acf.hhs.gov

Disabilities Section on the ECLKC

Mental Health Section on the ECLKC

ECLKC will link you to free training materials, such as….

• Special Quest Training Library on Inclusion

• CSEFEL Training Modules for Teachers and Parents

• Conducting Early Childhood Hearing Screening and Follow-up in Head Start Settings

And ECLKC links to Innovation and Improvement Projects, such as

Center for Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation: improving mental health consultation practices in Head Start programs, covering a wide range of mental health promotion, prevention and intervention practices.

Head Start Center for Inclusion: evidence based practices to increase program confidence and effectiveness in including preschool age children with disabilities

Statewide Efforts SpecialQuest • Colorado• Georgia• Louisiana• Massachusetts• Missouri• New Mexico• Ohio• Pennsylvania• Virginia• Wyoming

CSEFEL • California• Colorado• Hawaii• Iowa • Maryland• Massachusetts• Nebraska• North Carolina• Tennessee• Vermont• Wisconsin

NECTAC Hosts Interagency Strategic Planning Event.Support from OSEP and ACF’s Child Care Bureau, Office of Head Start, and

Administration on Developmental Disabilities.

OHS supports Head Start State Collaboration Office involvement.

Twenty states have participated to date:

Year 1 Arizona, Florida, Iowa, MontanaYear 2 Delaware, Idaho, Tennessee, WisconsinYear 3 Kansas, Massachusetts, OregonYear 4 Maine, Maryland, OklahomaYear 5 Kentucky, Michigan, TexasYear 6 Hawaii, New York, Utah (2010)

ECLKC Landing Pages

Disabilities: http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/ecdh/Mental%20Health

Mental Health: http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/ecdh/Disabilities

Direct links to sites featured on ECLKC landing pages

• CSEFEL: www.vanderbilt.edu/csefel/ • SpecialQuest: www.specialquest.org • Hearing Screening: www.kidshearing.org • Early Childhood MH Consultation: www.ecmhc.org • Head Start Center for Inclusion: www.headstartinclusion.org

2007 Head Start Reauthorization

‘‘(d)(1)The Secretary shall establish policies and procedures to assure that, for fiscal year 2009 and thereafter, not less than 10 percent of the total number of children actually enrolled by each Head Start agency and each delegate agency will be children with disabilities who are determined to be eligible for special education and related services, or early intervention services, as appropriate, as determined under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act by the State or local agency providing services under section 619 or part C of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.