Early Identification

Overview to Early Identification and Child Find

Part C Eligibility

• State and Jurisdictional Eligibility Definitions for Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities Under IDEA (2006) NECTAC Notes No. 21 (PDF: 207kb)
• Informed Clinical Opinion (2002) NECTAC Notes No. 10 (PDF: 49kb)
• Established Conditions
• Part C Early Intervention Eligibility for Infants and Toddlers with Hearing Loss (2003) (PDF: 115kb)
• Estimating Services Needs: An Epidemological Approach (DOC: 124kb)
• Part C Child Count Data Tables
• Part C - Child Identification Community of Practice

Part B/Section 619 Eligibility

• Eligibility Policies and Practices for Young Children Under Part B of IDEA (2005) NECTAC Notes No. 15 (PDF: 424kb) - shows all states' policies
• OSEP Issue Brief on Developmental Delay
• DEC Papers
• State Documents (LA, NM)
• Part B Child Count Data Tables

OSEP Funded Projects

• TRACE: Tracking, Referral, and Assessment Center for Excellence
• Project TaCTICS
• OSEP Projects focusing on early identification

Public Awareness and Referral

• Regulations and Overview
• Primary Referral Sources
• Reaching Families and Caregivers
• Reaching Physicians and the Medical Community
• State Examples
• Children with Substantiated Abuse and Neglect (Child Abuse Protection and Treatment Act or CAPTA)