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The Resources section of this site contains information focusing primarily on Pre-K ESE and early childhood topics. The section is divided into four parts: Directories and Data, Documents (Technical Assistance Papers, Information Documents each of the priority areas other areas around early childhood, Reference cites on each of the priority areas, Information on the VPK program), Web Links (This area provides web links that relate to each of the six TATS priority areas including: Curriculum and Instruction, Evaluation and Assessment, Family Involvement, Inclusion, Program Effectiveness/Quality, and Transition), and Summaries of statewide TATS sponsored meetings. Additional information can be found on each communities of practice page.

The two sections in this area (Directories and Data) contain information about other early childhood programs or agencies in Florida and state and national data around pre-k ESE.

Directories:
This section contains contact information on the various early childhood partners around the state providing support and services to the Pre-K exceptional education student (ESE) system. These include:
• Florida Early Childhood Partners
• Early Learning Coalition Inclusion Specialists
• Early Steps Contacts
• FDLRS Resources System and Child Find Contacts
• Head Start Preschool Programs, including American Indian and Migrant Program
• Pre-K ESE District Contact Persons
• TATS Staff
• VPK Regional Facilitators
• Florida School for the Deaf and Blind State Map for the Parent Infant Program Statewide Map
• Pre-K ESE Program Contacts

Data:
Technical information reports providing data as it relates to Pre-K ESE in the state of Florida.
• State Data on Educational Settings for Pre-K children with disabilities

--> Go to the Directories and Data page.

This area provides documents and references that relate to current information about Pre-K ESE.

Included here are:
• FLDOE Technical Assistance Papers
• Topical Information Documents
• Information on VPK

--> Go to the Documents page.

TATS eUpdates are a service of the Technical Assistance & Training System Communities of Practice. The TATS eUpdates are intended to provide current information related to best practices or trends in the education of young children with special needs in the areas of Transition, Program Effectiveness, Inclusion, Curriculum & Instruction, Evaluation & Assessment, and Family Involvement.

--> Go to the eUpdates page.

This area provides web links that relate to each of the six TATS priority areas and general early childhood information. They offer information for families and professionals interested in additional information and resources in a specific area.

These include:
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Evaluation and Assessment
• Family Involvement
• Inclusion
• Program Effectiveness/Quality
• Transition

--> Go to the Links page.

This area provides a summary of TATS sponsored meetings that have taken place across the state. Included are meeting minutes, lists of participants and presenters, and copies of relevant handouts and power point presentations.

--> Go to the Meeting Summaries page.

This area provides current references from books and journals that relate to Pre-K ESE. The references are specific to each of the TATS priority areas.

--> Go to the References page.

This area provides Technical Assistance Papers (TAP) from the Florida Department of Education.

--> Go to the TAP page.

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