USEFUL LINKS

• Governor’s Office of Early Childhood
• Commissioner of Education: Dr. Wayne D. Lewis Jr.
• Kentucky Department of Education
  Preschool/Primary
• Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services
• ​Early Care and Education Training Records Information System (ECE-TRIS)
• ​Kentucky Early Childhood Data System (KEDS): Note that, especially during Covid, the best way to reach KEDS is by email at hdi-ectech@l.uky.edu.

For Educators and Professional Development

• Traineeship Program for Special Education: The KY Traineeship in Special Education provides tuition support for individuals teaching in special education classrooms in public schools in Kentucky, attending universities approved for funding, and seeking post-baccalaureate Special Education certification for the position they currently fill.
• Division of Early Childhood Learning Decks: Learning Decks are professional development webinars for those who work with, or on behalf of, young children with special needs.​
• Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center's Practice Improvement Tools: Using the DEC Recommended Practices
• Early Childhood Recommended Practices Modules
• Professional Development Programs from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services
• Eastern Kentucky Child Care Coalition (EKCCC)
• Human Development Institute University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
• Kentucky Association for Early Childhood Education (KAECE)​
• National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)​

Child Development and Special Needs

• Kentucky Autism Training Center: Learn the Signs. Act Early.
• Lake Cumberland Great By 8​
• Cerebral Palsy Symptoms and Cerebral Palsy Guidance
  
  

Other Links

• Hot Chocolate Talk: Provides families with research-based tools to help start the difficult, yet critically important conversation about child sexual abuse prevention (from The Committee for Children)
• ​Boardmaker: Learning and support for the software we provided participants in our Autism training of trainers.