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WestEd's PITC, in partnership with the Early Head Start National Resource Center at Zero to Three, has created a regional support network to help the Infant/Toddler Specialists at the Head Start Quality Improvement Centers and Disability Quality Improvement Centers incorporate content from the PITC Intensives into existing regional training activities. The regional support network strengthens efforts by EHS PITC graduates to take the training home to infant/toddler care teachers, home visitors, and parents from local EHS programs in every Head Start region and sub-region.

Quality Improvement Centers are presently collaborating with PITC staff to ensure that each of the four PITC modules is offered to infant/toddler care teachers and home-visitors working in EHS programs by the end of FY2003. This training either happens as part of regional or cluster training or through other regional training venues and formats. WestEd offers the following types of assistance to Quality Improvement Center staff as they work to bring PITC content to regional trainings activities:

1. Sixteen part-time consultants, one for each ACF HHS Head Start Region/sub region and three Spanish bilingual consultants, provide assistance to Infant/Toddler Specialists to help them:

  • identify PITC certified trainers within their regions; and

  • design and deliver training activities that include the PITC philosophy of care and information on serving infants and toddlers with disabilities.

    The consultants are experienced in the implementation of Head Start Performance Standards and most are certified in all four PITC modules.

    2. The regional consultants provide follow-up support to Infant/Toddler Specialists and help plan future training activities.

    3. The regional consultants document the training activities completed in each region and support continuous improvement efforts.

    4. Three consultants are available to the Quality Improvement Centers that would like to conduct PITC trainings in Spanish.

    For more information contact one of the 19 PITC Regional Consultants in your area:

    Region 1: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
    Ronna Schaffer

    Region 2A: New York, New Jersey
    Eileen Kula

    Region 2B: Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
    Edna Rivera

    Region 3: Delaware, DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
    Jennifer Helen Adams

    Region 4A: Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina
    Amy Hood

    Region 4B: Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi,
    Dena Davis

    Region 5A: Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin
    Elizabeth Olsen

    Region 5B: Illinois, Indiana, Ohio
    Lanier DeGrella

    Region 6A: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma,
    Martha Richardson South

    Region 6B: New Mexico, Texas
    Consultant TBD

    Region 7: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska
    Mary L. Afrank

    Region 8: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming
    Lori Goodwin Bowers

    Region 9: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Guam, Outer Pacific Area
    Cheryl Oku

    Region 10: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington
    Yvonne Fletcher

    Region 11: American Indian Branch
    Darlene Swartz

    Region 12: Migrant/Seasonal Programs
    David Longaker

    Bilingual PITC Consultant
    Noemi Aguilar
    Robstown, TX

    Bilingual PITC Consultant
    MaryPaz Chavez Vara
    San Diego, CA

    Bilingual PITC Consultant
    Gladys Rocafort Montes
    Miami, FL

    You may also contact WestEd's EHS Coordinator, Veronica Rodrigues.

     

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