USEFUL LINKS

​Last updated 8/13/24.

• Governor’s Office of Early Childhood
• ​KDE Preschool Program Coordinator Site
• Commissioner of Education: Robbie Fletcher
• Kentucky Department of Education
  Preschool/Primary
• Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services
• ​Kentucky Center for Statistics
• ​Early Care and Education Training Records Information System (ECE-TRIS)​

Professional Development for Educators

• Workshops from KET Education: free, ECE-TRIS and PD-credit approved workshops for early care and educational professionals aimed at increasing early childhood educator effectiveness and family engagement.
• 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​
• 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)​
• ​Kentucky Reading Association

Child Development and Special Needs

• Kentucky's Revised Early Childhood Standards
• Let's Learn Kentucky (from KET)​
• The National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations Family Engagement Resources 
• Kentucky Special Parent Involvement Network (KY-SPIN)
• ​Kentucky Autism Training Center: Learn the Signs. Act Early.
• Lake Cumberland Great By 8​
• Cerebral Palsy Symptoms and Cerebral Palsy Guidance​
• Visually Impaired Preschool Services: Why should I call VIPS? and Red Flags for Vision Loss
  
  

​Pyramid Model (NEW)

• National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations (Implementation, Family Engagement, Backpack Connections, etc.)​
• NCPMI's Resource Library (Includes resources for the classroom at at home, many in a variety of languages.)
• Practical Strategies for Implementing the Pyramid Model (Strategies, Scripted Stories, Book Nook, tools, videos, etc.
• Unpacking the Pyramid Coffee Chats
• ​Unpacking the Pyramid Chapter Checklists (requires a free registration)
• ​The Discovery Source
• ​Head Start Center for Inclusion
• ​Barton Lab at Vanderbilt University: Resources for Practitioners
• Sherlock Center on Disabilities: Adapted Literature and Lessons

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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)​