481 Graduate communities completed all 4 years of SpecialQuest

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Hilton/EHS Training Program (1998 2007)

• 481 Graduate communities completed all 4 years of
  SpecialQuest
• 10 Regional Office 1 Central Office team
• 89 completion rate

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Hilton/EHS Training Program

• Logic Model Strands
• Including Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities
• Families as Partners and Leaders
• Integrated Service Delivery Systems
• Implementation and Sustainability
• SpecialQuest Graduate Activities

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Including Infants Toddlers with
Disabilities
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Including Infants Toddlers with
Disabilities
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Including Infants Toddlers with
Disabilities
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Families as Partners Leaders
7
Supporting Families
8
Promoting Integrated Services
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Promoting Integrated Services
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SpecialQuest BirthFive (2007 2010)

• Logic Model Strands
• Enhance cross-systems professional development
  capacity by using the SpecialQuest approach,
  materials, and resources for early childhood
  inclusion in 10 states.
• Support SpecialQuest Graduates nationwide to
  expand and sustain inclusive practices.
• Expand and sustain the SpecialQuest approach at
  the local, state, and national levels.

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SpecialQuest Birth-Five State Leadership Teams

• National Leadership Team
• Action Plan Themes
• Supporting cross-sector professional development
  activities related to enhancing quality inclusive
  services for children birthfive and their
  families.
• Using the SpecialQuest approach and materials to
  promote inclusive policies and practices.
• Public awareness related to inclusive practices.

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SpecialQuest Birth-Five State Leadership Teams

• Baseline State Perceptions of Inclusive Practices
• Ratings from 10 States

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SpecialQuest Birth-Five State Leadership Teams

• Community Perceptions of Inclusive Practices
  Ratings (n 20)

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SpecialQuest BirthFive Ambassadors

• Sustainability - Contacting Graduate Programs
• (467 out 481 programs reached!)
• Themes
• Impact continues around recruitment and
  enrollment of children with disabilities,
  including significant disabilities
• Collaboration among Early Head Start and Early
  Intervention remains strong in SpecialQuest
  graduate communities
• Few teams from Phase I (1998 2002) still
  formally meeting due to staff turn-over, but
  often the main vision of SpecialQuest remains
• Graduates are using the SpecialQuest Multimedia
  Training Library to orient new team members and
  provide in-service training to support inclusive
  practices