ADHD in Preschool: Placing All Young Children on a Path to Success
This webinar provides information on early identification and interventions for ADHD in preschool with a focus on how parents and teachers can work together to help young children at risk for ADHD succeed.
Publication Date: March 2023
Publisher: Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
Arizona Department of Education AT Short Term Loan Library
Arizona Department of Education, Exceptional Student Services works in partnership with Northern Arizona University Institute for Human Development Arizona Technology Access Program to make available at no cost, a wide variety of assistive technology devices, equipment, software and professional development materials to school personnel to improve access to assistive technology.
Publisher: Arizona Department of Education
Assistive Technology Short Term Loan Library
A wide variety of assistive technology devices, equipment, software, and professional development materials are available free of charge to Arizona school personnel.
Publisher: Arizona Department of Education
Challenging Behavior Tips for Families
Check out these helpful tips for how families can promote their child’s positive behavior during common routines that can sometimes be challenging. Disabilities coordinators can download and share the handouts with educators to use during home visits and family nights, or directly with families.
Publication Date: Updated July 2023
Publisher: HeadStart.gov
Crosswalk of the CEC Initial Practice-Based Professional Preparation Standards for Early Interventionists/Early Childhood Special Educators (2020) and the Professional Standards and Competencies for Early Childhood Educators (2020)
The crosswalk is a useful tool to guide ECE programs that want to integrate some content specific to young children with developmental delays and disabilities into the curriculum, and similarly, for EI/ECSE programs to integrate general early childhood content. The relationships represented in the table are based on a structured review process cross referencing both sets of standards.
Publication Date: 2020
Publisher: Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children
DEC Recommended Practices
The practices were developed to provide guidance to practitioners and families about the most effective ways to improve the learning outcomes and promote the development of young children, birth through five years of age, who have or are at-risk for developmental delays or disabilities. This document bridges the gap between research and practice by highlighting those practices that have been shown to result in better outcomes for young children with disabilities, their families, and the
personnel who serve them.
Publication Date: April 2014
Publisher: Division for Early Childhood, Council for Exceptional Children
Early Childhood Environments: Designing Effective Classrooms
This module, a Division for Early Childhood recommended resource, offers information on how to set up effective early childhood classroom environments for young children. It also provides details about the interrelated physical, social, and temporal components of those environments, as well as adaptations to help teachers meet the needs of children with disabilities.
Publisher: The Iris Center, Vanderbilt University
Early Childhood Special Education Child Find
This webpage provides resources for Child Find, a component of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. It requires Public Education Agencies to locate, identify, and evaluate all children with disabilities, aged birth through 21, located within their boundaries of responsibility who need early intervention or special education services.
Publisher: Arizona Department of Education
Myths and Facts Surrounding Assistive Technology Devices and Services
This document is designed to increase understanding of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act’s (IDEA’s) assistive technology (AT) requirements, dispel common misconceptions regarding AT, provide examples of the use of AT devices and services for children with disabilities and to highlight the different requirements under Part C and Part B of IDEA.
Publication Date: January 2024
Publisher: U.S. Department of Education
Providing Early Childhood Special Education Services in Community-Based Settings
Six school districts implementing inclusive community-based ECSE services are profiled throughout this paper. Highlights identify how these school districts and others are making inclusion possible using different models and shares key lessons learned to inform communities seeking to make this critical shift.
Authors: Mina Hong, Emily Powers, Rebecca Klein, And Natalie Breuner
Publication Date: March 2024
Publisher: Start Early
The Preschool Child Find Process Flow Chart
This flow chart provides school districts the preschool child find process for children 2 years 9 months to 5 years old to identify children with possible disabilities.
Publication Date: December 2020
Publisher: Arizona Department of Education
Visual Supports
This high-quality collection of visuals and supports can be printed and used immediately to support young children's development and learning. Each visual support includes a guide that explains what the support is, why it might be used, and how to increase the participation, engagement, and learning of children in your learning environment.
Publication Date: Updated May 2025
Publisher: HeadStart.gov
WWC Evidence Review Protocol for Early Childhood Education Interventions for Children with Disabilities, Version 2.0
This review focuses on interventions that have a primary focus on outcomes associated with the school readiness of children with disabilities, including outcomes in the areas of cognition, communication competencies, literacy, mathematics achievement, social-emotional development and behavior, functional abilities, and motor development.
Publisher: What Works Clearinghouse