Oct. 14, 2011, Arlington, Va. – To help special educators and early interventionists in their monumental task of implementing the updated regulations, the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), its Division for Early Childhood (DEC) and the IDEA Infant Toddler Coordinators Association (ITCA) have released a side-by-side comparison of the 2011 final Part C regulations, published on Sept. 28, to Part C regulations from 1999.
The early childhood special education community received welcome news last month that the U.S. Department of Education had finalized regulations for IDEA’s Infant and Toddlers with Disabilities Program, known as Part C. IDEA Part C serves more than 340,000 infants, toddlers and their families each year.
“With limited time available for implementation and the huge amount of information in the new regulations, this side-by-side comparison document is a great way to help the field sort through the regulations in a timely and easy-to-understand fashion,” said Marilyn Friend, president of CEC. “Most of all, we hope that the document will help provide clarity within the field on implementation of the law.”
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