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Safety Tips for Intervention Visits

Car Safety:

It's About More than Locking Your Car!

Your Instincts Tell You To Get Out of the Home...What Do You Do?

The Integrated Training Collaborative (ITC) coordinates Virginia's Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (CSPD) which is the professional development system for early interventionists who provide supports and services to eligible children and families under Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). 

Keeping yourself safe while out in the community and during intervention visits should be a top priority! Two of the most important things you can do to stay safe are to be aware of your surroundings and follow your instincts. There are many other specific strategies you can use as well. Read on to learn about resources related to keeping you safe everyday!

• Safety Tips for Home Visitors: Planning for a Safe Home Visit

• Personal Safety for Visiting Professionals

• Home Visits: Tips and Resources for Making Safe and Effective Home Visits

• Personal Safety for Home Visitors (Online Module)

Kaleidoscope: New Perspectives in Service Coordination, Levels I and II are required professional development trainings for all new service coordinators (although all are invited!) Trainings are held twice per year in cadres (KI and KII occurring in same location, one month apart) so that service coordinators have the opportunity to learn with each other for both Kaleidoscope sessions. Spring Kaleidoscope sessions take place in the Valley region during March (KI)/April (KII). Fall Kaleidoscope sessions are scheduled in the Richmond region during September (KI)/ October (KII).

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KI-September 25 and 26, 2014

KII-October 29 and 30, 2014

Both KI and KII in fall 2014 will be held in the Richmond area. Check back frequently for more details regarding specific locations and registration.

Talks on Tuesdays (ToTs) are one-hour webinars designed to provide free online training opportunities related to important topics in early intervention. Topics chosen for the Talks on Tuesdays webinar series are based on feedback from EI practitioners about what they need to know more about! ToTs are held on the first Tuesday of the month from 12:00-1:00PM.

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Check out this archived Talks on Tuesday webinar about meth labs, their impact on children and families, red flags to look for, and how to keep yourself safe:

Children in Meth Labs: Home Visitor Safety

Be sure to bookmark our new url for the VA Early Intervention Professional Development Center:

www.veipd.org/main

Don't worry, you won't get lost! If you visit the old address, you will be taken to this new url too.

We're doing some work on the website to make it even better:

• The old Supports & Services topic page has a slightly new title: Implementing Supports & Services. 
• Many of the topic pages now also host links to Talks on Tuesdays webinars on corresponding topics for easier access.
• Many pages are being reorganized with new headings to make finding resources easier.

Stay tuned for more updates!