Early Intervention Information

Background

• CORE: Guided Conversations with Parents on Raising Young Children with Disabilities
• Families Are the Foundation Booklet
• WI First Step Program/ WI FACETS

Services and Supports

• Key Elements of Family-Centered Services
• What Natural Environments Means to Me
• List of Possible Natural Environments - (HTML version)

Transitions

• Parent Timeline
• Transition Planning Conference - (HTML version)
• Transition Practices Evaluation Worksheet - (HTML version)
• English version of "Steps to Success: Communicating with Your Child's School"
• Spanish version of "Steps to Success: Communicating with Your Child's School"

Your rights as parents

• Request for Mediation Form
• Request for Hearing Form

Leadership Opportunities

• Parents As Leaders (PALs)
• A five-part, intensive leadership training for parents and other caregivers of children ages birth to 6. Limited to 25 participants. The group meets five times during the school year (September, November, February, March, and May) at a retreat on Green Lake. Parents learn about public policies, programs and initiatives affecting children with disabilities and their families.
• For more information and registration, see: PALs brochure
• PALs Biennial Reports

Health Resources

• Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Program
• Family Village
• WI First Step
• ABC for Health: A public interest law firm connecting Wisconsin families to health care

Financial Resources

• The following list includes Wisconsin health care and insurance programs for which families with children enrolled in Birth to 3 may qualify
• Wisconsin Medicaid Programs
• The Katie Beckett Program - Medical Assistance
• Health Check
• Healthy Start Insurance
• WIC Nutrition Program
• Family Support Program
• BadgerCare
• Parental Cost Share for Birth to 3 Programming Brochure
• Family Village
• ABC for Health: A public interest law firm connecting Wisconsin families to health care

Child Care Resources

• Think Big, Start Small--Together Children Grow
  Quality Child Care for children with Special Needs
• Wisconsin Child Care Resource & Referral

Condition-specific Resources

For children who are deaf or hard of hearing

• Guide-By-Your-Side-Program
• A Good Start: Suggestions for Visual Conversations with Deaf and
  Hard of Hearing Babies and Toddlers
• Wisconsin Educational Services Program - Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• Wisconsin DHFS Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• The Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (CDHH)
• American Society for Deaf Children

For Children with assistive technology needs

• Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative (WATI)

For infants born prematurely

• Resources for Parents of Premature Babies

Other Resources

• Parent Consultant Directory
  An opportunity for families with children with special needs to play a pivotal role in the pre-professional development of college students and the professional development of current practitioners by sharing their Family Stories.
1. Parent Consultant Directory Q&A and Story Preparation - (HTML version)
2. Parent Consultant Directory Forms: - (HTML version)
• Introductory Letter
• Consent Form - (HTML version)
• Biographical Information Form
3. Faculty/Coordinator Guidelines for Using arent Consultants
4. Honorarium Disbursement Forms (to be added)
• NICHCY, the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities

Funded by Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Birth to 3 Program

Last updated on Tuesday, March 20th, 2012