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Resources for Parents of Young Children

Multnomah Education Service District/Multnomah Early Childhood Program—for information on early intervention/early childhood special education (EI/ECSE) services for children, birth to school age who experience developmental delays or disabilities. http://www.mesd.k12.or.us/se/sped/EC/EIECSE.shtml

Disability Compass—a comprehensive web-based information and referral site for Oregonians with disabilities and their families, including a respite care providers registry and a community calendar.  http://www.disabilitycompass.org/

Identifying Quality Child Care—“Look, Listen and Ask”—Identifying High-Quality in Child Care:  Look, Listen, and Ask from the Child Care Aware© publication Choosing High-Quality Child Care for a Child With Special Needs is a child care checklist which can be used by parents in identifying quality characteristics of child care providers and settings.  This publication was re-printed with permission from Child Care Aware©, a program of the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies.  For more information about Child Care Aware© or additional resources for locating high-quality child care, go to http://www.childcareaware.org or call Toll Free 1.800.424.2246 or TTY 1.866.278.9428.
ChildCareChecklist.pdf                               
ChildCareChecklist_SP.pdf

Tax Exemption for Parents of Children with Disabilities—document produced by the Oregon Department of Education on information concerning the Oregon tax exemption for parents of children with disabilities, for calendar year ending December 31, 2009. http://www.ode.state.or.us/data/schoolanddistrict/funding/sped/taxexemption2009.pdf

 “On the Go”— Washington Learning Systems website, has posted free and reproducible parent-child literacy materials, entitled “On the Go,” developed through a grant supported by Grant H324M020084 from the US Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (Angela Notari-Syverson, PhD and colleagues).  The materials include 14 activities designed to be used outside the home (in the car, while walking, during bus rides, etc)—to encourage early language and literacy development from birth through preschool.  They are promoted as appropriate for children with disabilities as well as typically developing children.  To download materials, go to http://www.walearning.com for the home page and click on the DOWNLOAD “Free Parent Tools.”  PDF’s are available in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese.  The ‘Birth to 3 yrs’ page can be found by accessing http://www.walearning.com/parent-tools/infants/.  The ‘Preschool’page can be found by accessing http://www.walearning.com/parent-tools/preschool/

 

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