Effective Early Childhood Transitions: A Guide for Transition at Age Three — Early Start to Preschool
was developed collaboratively by the California Department of Developmental Services, Early Start Section and the California Department of Education, Special Education Division through contracts with Supporting Early Education Delivery Systems (SEEDS), Sacramento County Office of Education and the WestEd Center for Prevention and Early Intervention.
Effective Early Childhood Transitions: A Guide for Transition at Age Three — Early Start to Preschool is available online for download at no charge at http://www.dds.ca.gov/earlystart; http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/fp/ecseries.asp; http://www.wested.org/cpei; and http://www.scoe.net/seeds/.
For information about California Early Start contact the Department of Developmental Services at 800/515-BABY, visit the website at http://www.dds.ca.gov/earlystart, or email earlystart@dds.ca.gov. For education programs, visit http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/fp/ecseries.asp.
Please cite this document as California Department of Developmental Services, Early Start Section and California Department of Education, Special Education Division. Effective Early Childhood Transitions: A Guide for Transition at Age Three — Early Start to Preschool. Sacramento: WestEd Center for Prevention and Early Intervention, 2013.
© 2013 by the California Department of Developmental Services, Early Start Section and California Department of Education, Special Education Division. All rights reserved.
Issued under Early Start’s Comprehensive System of Personnel Development.
The information in this document is a training and technical assistance guide to regulations and recommended practices for transition at age three. Throughout the guide, recommended practices and examples are encouraged, but not required. However, cited statutes and regulations are mandatory requirements. State regulations will be updated as necessary to align with the new federal regulations. When a discrepancy exists between state and federal laws or regulations, federal statute and regulation override state statute and regulation.
Federal and state regulations and statutes do change periodically. This publication will be updated as necessary. Please check back occasionally to ensure that you are using the current version of this guide (http://www.dds.ca.gov/earlystart; http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/fp/ecseries.asp; http://www.wested.org/ cpei; and http://www.scoe.net/seeds/).
Version 3, published February 2015