What We Do

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) awarded the National Head Start Disabilities Services Training Center to Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) in September, 1993. This project is designed to strengthen Head Start's capacity to play a leadership role in the inclusion movement in years to come. The Disabilities Services Training Center has developed a set of comprehensive training guides to assist Head Start programs in their staff development efforts to support children with disabilities and their families.

We have five part time professionals with a wide range of expertise on our Project Team.

Topics in our Series

All five of our guides have been published as of April 1999, and are available through the Head Start Information and Publication Center website: http://www.headstartinfo.org/.

• Setting the Stage: Including Children with Disabilities in Head Start
• Leading the Way: Disabilities Services and the Management Team
• Supporting Children with Challenging Behaviors: Relationships are Key
• Translating the IEP into Everyday Practice
• Including Children with Significant Disabilities in Head Start

National Training Contractor Consortium

The National Head Start Disabilities Services Training Center is one of seven National Training Contractors (NTCs) at institutions throughout the country who have developed training guides in the following subject areas:

• Disabilities
• Education
• Health
• Management
• Social Services
• Parent Involvement
• Transition
  
  

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