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)

For Educators and Professional Development

• Child Care Council of KY Training Calendar​
• 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
• Early Childhood Professional Development Counselors in Kentucky from the Kentucky Partnership for Early Childhood Services
• Eastern Kentucky Child Care Coalition (EKCCC)
• Human Development Institute University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
• Kentucky Association for Early Childhood Education (KAECE)
• Kentucky Partnership for Early Childhood Services
• ​Kentucky Strengthening Families Training Resources: Kentucky Strengthening Families is currently offering Train the Trainer opportunities. Click above for information on accessing training and materials.​
• National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
• UK's Partnership for Early Childhood Services training page: Includes an Introduction to Kentucky All STARS Standards and  (ERS) Introduction to the Environment Rating Scales as well as other training available to early care and educational practitioners.​

Child Development and Special Needs

• Developmental Milestones from United Way of the Bluegrass
• Kentucky Autism Training Center: Learn the Signs. Act Early.
• Lake Cumberland Great By 8
• Governor's Office of Early Childhood Monthly Messages
• 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.