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NOTE: The collection of resources below is the result of a point-in-time search (May 2017) and does not imply endorsement of any specific practice, policy, or approach therein.
Generic Resources and Articles
- Resources and Articles Supporting Distance Services in Early Intervention (compiled by Joicey Hurth, Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center, 2012)
- Includes resources featured in the 2013 IDEA Leadership Conference session on Telehealth: An Emerging Service Delivery Model for IDEA Part C Services; online resources on telehealth and tele-intervention; professional associations and national resources; telehealth-related articles; and technology information and resources use for virtual early intervention services.
- Overview of States’ Use of Telehealth for the Delivery of Early Intervention (IDEA Part C) Services (Cason, Behl, & Ringwalt, International Journal of Telerehabilitation, 2012)
- Article providing an overview of states using tele-intervention for Part C services.
- Measuring Costs and Outcomes of Tele-Intervention When Serving Families of Children Who Are Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing (Blaiser, Behl, Callow-Heusser, & White, International Journal of Telerehabilitation, 2013)
- Article providing a cost comparison of services for children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
- Connecting to Communicate: Using Telepractice to Improve Outcomes for Children and Adults with Hearing Loss (Houston, American Speech-Language Hearing Association, 2012)
- ASHA resources for telepractice with children and adults with hearing impairments.
State-Specific Resources and Articles
- Colorado: The Adoption & Implementation of Telehealth by a Statewide Part C Early Intervention Program (presentation by the Colorado Office of Early Childhood at the Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference, 2016)
- Presentation on Colorado’s process of implementing telehealth in early intervention. Includes contact information on the last slide.
- Colorado: Results Matter Video Library—Using Technology for Authentic Assessment (Colorado Department of Education)
- A collection of videos describing how professionals can use video for assessment of children and families.
- Colorado: Telehealth Training for Early Intervention Providers (Early Intervention Colorado, Colorado Office of Early Childhood)
- Online training for professionals in Colorado who wish to provide early intervention services via telehealth.
- Colorado: Telehealth Forms (Early Intervention Colorado, Colorado Office of Early Childhood)
- (Bottom of the page) A collection of forms for professionals in Colorado to use when providing telehealth early intervention services to children and families.
- North Dakota: Tele-intervention in an Early Intervention Home Visitation Program: A Pilot Study (Askvig, Peterson, Liccini, & Bossert, Minot State University, 2015)
- Scholarly paper describing a pilot telehealth program implemented in North Dakota, funded in part by a grant from the US Department of Health and Human Services.
- Oregon: Physical and Occupational Therapy under IDEA in Oregon: Early Intervention, Early Childhood and School Age Special Education (distributed by Regional and Statewide Services for Students with Orthopedic Impairments, 2016)
- Professional manual for occupational and physical therapists providing services in educational settings in Oregon. Chapter 4 outlines standards pertaining to ‘telepractice’ or ‘telehealth.’
- Utah: A Practical Guide to the Use of Tele-Intervention in Providing Early Intervention Services to Infants and Toddlers Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management, Utah State University, 2017)
- Online guide for professionals on using telehealth to deliver early intervention services to children who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families.