by kids1stadvocac | Nov 18, 2025 | State
Cal Matters When my daughter’s development stalled and then regressed, her bright personality dimmed. Doctors said to wait. But as a clinician I suspected she needed urgent help — the kind that Early Start, California’s early intervention program, provides....
by kids1stadvocac | Sep 23, 2025 | State
WUNC A UNC-Chapel Hill program partnering with a dozen community colleges across the state has lost a federal grant to help train future preschool teachers to better serve students with disabilities. It’s part of the U.S. Department of Education’s...
by kids1stadvocac | Sep 9, 2025 | Federal
With federal backing by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), experts in developmental science and medical social science at Northwestern University have announced the creation of a new NIH Toolbox designed to provide a nationally standardized way to measure...
by kids1stadvocac | Aug 26, 2025 | State
Portland Press Herald As more districts prepare to take over services for 3- to 5-year-olds with disabilities, a pilot program shows positive results and steep challenges ahead. Under federal law, states are required to ensure all children can successfully participate...
by kids1stadvocac | Aug 5, 2025 | Federal
Hechinger Report When Selina Likely became director of the Edwards Creative Learning Center six years ago, she knew there was one longstanding practice that she wanted to change. For as long as she had taught at the thriving child care center, it had turned away many...
