Tools to Use with Families & Community Partners
A Parent's Guide To Infant and Toddler Services
This letter can be used to help families understand the differences between the medical model and the developmental (i.e., early intervention) model of providing supports and services.
Assessment for Service Planning Notes Template
This template can be used to collect information during the assessment that will assist team members when reporting the results to the family according to the global child outcomes while using a functional assessment approach.
Best Practices in Early Intervention – One-Page Handout for Physicians
Infant & Toddler Connection of Virginia
This handout can be shared with physicians and other referral sources to provide information about early intervention in natural environments.
Child Care and Early Intervention Information Package
Infant & Toddler Connection of Virginia
This package can be used to facilitate strong partnerships between service coordinators, service providers, and child care providers. The package includes information to orient the director and child care providers to how EI works, how we collaborate in the child care setting, and their role in EI. Handouts are included for gathering information from the child care provider, summarizing EI visits and joint planning, and facilitating communication between EI service providers, child care providers, and the child’s family. The package can be accessed as a complete pdf with all components included or by clicking the links below for individual documents.
- Letter to Child Care Director
- Your Role in Partnering with the Early Intervention Service Provider
- What to Expect during an Early Intervention Visit in a Child Care Setting
- Child Care Provider Information Form
- Early Intervention Visit Summary Form
- Early Intervention Communication Log
- Resource List for Directors and Child Care Providers
Coaching in Early Intervention
Infant & Toddler Connection of the Highlands
This handout was developed to help families understand coaching and what to expect on early intervention visits.
Daycare Provider/Teacher Interview Questionnaire
ITC of Fairfax-Falls Church
This resource was developed to be used by EI practitioners when first meeting a child care provider or preschool teacher. Information is provided about early intervention and questions are included to gather information from the provider/teacher about the child’s activities in the child care setting. The resource is also available in Spanish (see page 2).
Early Intervention & Child Care Providers – Brochure
Infant & Toddler Connection of Staunton-Waynesboro
This brochure includes a description of EI and a letter to the child care provider from the EI service provider which describes how they will work together.
Early Intervention: How All the Pieces Fit Together
Tidewater Regional Coaching Group
This handout was developed by service coordinators and service providers who participate in the Tidewater Regional Coaching Group as a resource to help families understand early intervention. This handout could be shared with families at the intake or on a first intervention visit.
Explaining Early Intervention to Families & Community Partners
Infant & Toddler Connection of Virginia
These resources are designed to help practitioners explain early intervention to families and community partners who are new to the system.
- What is Early Intervention in Virginia? (external website)
Virginia’s Integrated Training Collaborative
This video features Virginia service providers, families, and administrators as they describe early intervention. Video clips and photos are also featured to help viewers understand what early intervention looks like and why it works.
- Explaining Early Intervention: Virginia’s Statement
Infant & Toddler Connection of Virginia
This handout includes a statement that practitioners can use to explain early intervention (EI) as well as additional ideas and resources to help others understand the purpose of EI and what to expect.
- Letter to Community Partners
Infant & Toddler Connection of Virginia
This letter, from the VA Part C Administrator, can be used to introduce community partners to the above video and provide suggestions for how they might use the video with the families they support.
The Arc of Virginia Early Intervention Resources
These advocacy and information resources were developed by the Arc of VA for use with families of young children receiving early intervention. The Arc also hosts webinars relevant to early intervention. For more info, visit www.thearcofva.org
- Help Us Ensure Virginia’s Infants & Toddlers are Receiving the Early Intervention Services They Need
- Understanding Your Private Health Insurance: Fact Sheet for Early Intervention Supports & Services
Service Coordinator Initial Visit Information
Infant & Toddler Connection of Prince William
This form is designed to help service coordinators gather information from families during the initial/intake visit.
Transfer Form
This form was developed by CoCoA Steering Committee members in collaboration with other LSMs and service coordinators. It is an optional form that is designed to help with transitioning children from one local EI system to another within Virginia.
VA Early Intervention Lingo - List of Acronyms PDF | DOC (English) PDF | DOC (Spanish)
Check out this list of acronyms used in the VA early intervention system. This list could be useful to new EI staff, referral sources, families, and other collaborative partners. Download the Word version to add local acronyms to the list for your program. This list was developed in response to suggestions from service coordinators – thanks for the great idea!
What to Expect During an Early Intervention Visit – One-Page Handout for Families
What to Expect During an Early Intervention Visit – One-Page Handout for Families (Spanish)
What to Expect During an Early Intervention Visit (with Coaching Terms) – One-Page Handout for Families
Infant & Toddler Connection of Virginia
These handouts were designed to be shared with families to provide information about what they can expect when collaborating with service providers during EI visits.