"The Big Picture"

• Questions Parents and Providers Ask
• Putting the Guiding Principles into Practice
• DEC Position on Inclusion

The Lawfs

• HFS 90
• Federal IDEA Natural Environments Provisions
• OSEP Letter on Natural Environments
• Federal IDEA Law

For and About Families

• Getting to Know Your Child
• Make Families the Deciding Factor
• What Natural Environments Means to Me
• Early Intervention for Latino Families Project

Additional Resources

• Sample Forms
  - Routines-Based Assessment
  - Identifying Natural Contexts/ Routines - Chart - (HTML description)
  - Planning for Interventions - (HTML version)
• Policies
  -DHFS Bulletin - Natural Environments and Locations of EI Services
  - DPI Bulletin - Least Restrictive Environment
• Videos
• Other
  - Family - Guided Activity- Based Approaches
  - Family- Guided Routines - Tips
  - Developing Routines by Outcome
  - Identifying Family Routines - Conversation Starters
  - Identifying Child Care Routines
  - Observing Careprovider Routines
  - Resources on Natural Environments
  - List of Possible Natural Environments - (HTML version)
  - Natural Environments in Urban Communities
  - Project TaCTICS
  - Coaching in Natural Environments
  - The Wisconsin Preschool Options Project
  is a DPI funded project that provides training to assist local school districts in developing a range of options in Least Restrictive Environments (LRE) for young children with disabilities.