A series of one-hour networking opportunities where EI leaders can discuss EI procedures, processes, current topics, and resources important to the operation of programming for infants, toddlers, and preschool children with disabilities and their families. While the target audience and focus is new leaders who have been in their role for less than 2 years, all leaders are welcome to attend for collaboration.
Find meeting agendas, notes and resources for the most current and past statewide leadership meetings.
The new Early Intervention Leadership Guide (Updated April 2025) from the Office of Child Development and Early Learning is here! Whether you are a new leader in EI or a veteran leader, utilize this guide to review information, help answer questions, and support you in your leadership role. Please make sure to visit this page often to ensure you are using the most updated version of the EI Leadership Guide.
The Division for Early Childhood (DEC) has many resources you can access around evidence-based practices to support young children and their families. Explore “Resources Within Reason,” which is a concise set of free resources on a key early childhood/early childhood special education topic and “From Article to Action,” which is a quarterly column that describes creative ways to use one of the articles from the current issue of Young Exceptional Children.
Deeper Dive Into Data: This padlet includes important data literacy topics that are essential management tools for Infant Toddler and Preschool EI leaders. Each issue of the Deeper Dive into Data is designed in a newsletter format that includes topics that align with important activities that EI leaders should focus on throughout the year.
DaSy Center: The DaSy Center is a national technical assistance center that works with states to support IDEA Early Intervention and early childhood special education state programs in building high quality data systems and using data to improve results for young children with disabilities and their families.
IDEA Data Center: The IDEA Data Center provides technical assistance to state and local programs to build capacity for collecting, reporting, analyzing and using high-quality IDEA Part B data. Here, you will find many resources that support data-based decisions for your program.
