Cooperative Educational Service Agency No. 5 Early Education
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Links & Resources

Following is a list of organizations providing information and resources on quality early childhood education and care:

Birth to 3 Training and Technical Assistance
Information for families, Birth to 3 providers and health care providers throughout the state on  Birth to 3 basics including eligibility, professional development & training, training and technical assistance, and more.

Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning
This website contains training and technical assistance materials that reflect evidence-based practices for promoting children's social and emotional development and preventing challenging behaviors.

Child Care Information Center
CCIC is a mail-order lending library and information center serving anyone in Wisconsin working in the field of child care and early childhood education.  CCIC provides free information services, library services, and adult learning services to help Wisconsin child care professional give the best possible start to Wisconsin's children.

Child Development Days
An interagency collaborative screening model that identifies young children in need of further assessment, develops community awareness of available resources, and educates families in typical child growth and development.

Child Find - The Informed Referral Network in Wisconsin
Information on the coordination of efforts by agencies within a community in the identification of children with disabilities.

Department of Public Instruction - Early Childhood Home Page
Wisconsin DPI provides resources, leadership, partnership, policy development, incentives and technical assistance throughout the state of Wisconsin.

Eligibility Criteria for Children with Disability
Listings and checklists with eligibility criteria for all disability areas.

Family Village
A community that provides informational resources on specific diagnoses, communication connections, adaptive products and technology, adaptive recreational activities, education, worship, health issues, disabilitey-related media and literature, and much more!

National Association for the Education of Young Children
NAEYC is the nation's largest organization of early childhood professional and others dedicated to improving the quality of early childhood education programs for children birth through age eight.

National Institute for Early Education Research
NIEER supports early childhood initiatives by providing objective, nonpartisan information based on research.

Preschool Options Project
Information on resources and training opportunities to assist local school districts in developing a range of options in Least Restrictive Environments (LRE) for young children with disabilities.

Wisconsin Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R)
Child Care Resource & Referral agencies throughout the state of Wisconsin provide information, resources and training and technical assistance to families and child care providers throughout the state.

Wisconsin Early Childlhood Collaborating Partners
An online community for parents, administrators and staff of early education programs throughout Wisconsin.

Wisconsin Head Start Association

WHSA is a private, non-profit organization in Wisconsin comprised of director, staff, and parent Head Start Affiliates.  The Association can provide information on Head Start agencies throughout the state of Wisconsin.

Wisconsin Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Assotiation
The Wisconsin Initiative for Infant Mental Health (WIECMHA) is focused on promoting healthy social and emotional development of all Wisconsin children birth through age five.

Wisconsin State Improvement Grant
SIG is a systematic change initiative designed to improve the outcomes and opportunities for students with disabilities from birth - 21.

  • Early Learning Resources Coming Soon!
    Handouts from Early Childhood Training and Networking Meetings will be posted here beginning in October

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