Family Orientation Materials

Early Start materials produced by the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) to educate families just entering Early Start are available here. Publications explain processes and procedural safeguards in family-friendly language.

Starting Out Together

A question and answer format summarizes the research supporting early intervention for infants and toddlers with a disability. The booklet also provides information on the key points of how the Early Start system works, such as eligibility, referral and the child’s service plan.

Download: Starting Out Together

Parents’ Rights: An Early Start Guide for Families

Early Start is governed by both federal and state statutes and regulations. This booklet provides in-depth information to parents and other interested parties about procedural safeguards available to ensure services are provided in a manner appropriate to the child’s needs and the concerns of the family. Federal and state citations accompany the information to allow the reader to refer to specific language found in the law. Two-page masters are also available in all languages.

Download: Parents’ Rights: An Early Start Guide for Families

Parents’ Rights, 2-page summary

Two-page download provides summary information to parents and other interested parties about procedural safeguards available to ensure services are provided in a manner appropriate to the child’s needs and the concerns of the family.

Download: Parents’ Rights, 2-page summary

Story of Max

Brief, animated videos that show the California Early Start system through the lens of a family. Videos are available in English and Spanish, with and without captioning and audio description.

[Then the products or cards appear. There are 4 total, inclusive of the Story of Max video. The mock-up shows the page for Starting Out Together, and that looks great. If cards appear on 3.1.2, could the images on the cards be thumbnails of the covers? That wouldn’t work for 3.1.2.3… for that one, an icon something like this might work: and for Story of Max, a thumbnail of a scene from the video.
Story of Max card would then take a viewer to 3.3.3?]

Starting Out and Parents Rights are here, are they up to date?
https://ceitan-earlystart.org/resources/publications/booklets/

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