Region 10 Help Me Grow Interagency Early Intervention Committee (IEIC)
Meetings:
Quarterly meetings are held (minimum frequency)
1st Q: Summer July-September
2nd Q: Fall October-December
3rd Q: Winter January-March
4th Q: Spring April-June
Maintain documents:
Local Primary Agency will maintain IEIC documents. Examples of documents include Operating Procedures, Work Plan, meeting minutes, fiscal host, membership rosters, meeting sign-in sheets, and other documents as identified.
Website posting:
Minutes, agendas, etc., need to be on a website. The Centers of Excellence for Young Children with Disabilities Project website is currently being created (Phase 1 will not be available until October 2011) and has the capacity to include information for each Regional IEIC, which would ensure consistency. Meeting minutes, decisions and regional Committee work could be placed on the website to make information available to other stakeholders and interested parties. It can be linked to HELP ME GROW. There could be an interactive map and a link from HELP ME GROW to the Regional IEIC’s. MN Parents Know website needs to be made more “user friendly” for use with HELP ME GROW.
Membership
Mandated Sector Membership Representation:
Health –Sue Benson- Olmsted County, Debbie Purfeerst- Rice, Kathy Brehmer- Wabasha, Maralou Brose- Steele County
Education –Mark Krug- Owatonna, Jody Barlow- Goodhue Cty., Becky Tennis Hanson- Mower, Colleen Johnson-ZED, Mona Skare- Freeborn, Judy Vold- Winona, Emily Andersen -Rochester, Tracy Brunkow – HVED, .
County Human Services – Rene Arendt- Goodhue, Julie Beckel- Freeborn, Janice Green- Mower
County Board – TBD
School Board – TBD
Early Childhood Family Education Programs – Judy Covert-Faribault.,
Head Start –Robyn Klemm- Tri Valley Migrant Head Start, Melissa Monroe- SEMCAC, Judy Hazel- SEMCAC
Parents Of Young Children With Disabilities Under Age 12 – Allan Klug- Owatonna
Child Care Resource & Referral – Holly Jantzen; Barb Wilson
School Readiness Programs – Judy Covert-Faribault
Current Service Providers – Teya Dahle- Fernbrook Family Center Clinical Social Worker- MH provider (Steele, Rice, Dodge, Olmsted, Goodhue), Debbie Monahan- The Arc Southeastern MN, Melanie Schmidt Rice County HMG
Additional representatives from:
Private agencies
Public agencies
School nurses
Other members to be identified by the new Region 10 Help Me Grow IEIC.
Ex Officio:
MDE designee, Joan Lee- MDH,
COE staff- Naomi Olson, Jill Harves,
Christian Wernau-RLIF (rep. of fiscal host and LPA)
Recruitment/ selection of members:
Determined by the Region 10 Help Me Grow IEIC.
Chair and co-chair:
Chair – Mark Krug
Co-Chair –
Note Taker – Debbie Purfeerst
Meeting Facilitator:
The chair/co-chair-elect will be responsible to facilitate the Region 10 Help Me Grow IEIC meetings.
Other officers:
ICC Representatives (2)
Minnesota Help Me Grow
While all young children grow and change at their own rate, some children experience delays in their development. Special health conditions may affect children’s development, too. Accessing early intervention services as early as possible will ensure the best developmental outcomes for these children.
Minnesota’s early intervention system - Help Me Grow - includes two programs for eligible children. Help Me Grow: Infant and Toddler Intervention are special services and supports for children birth through age two and their families. Help Me Grow: Preschool Special Educationis for eligible children ages three to five years. Minnesota children eligible for Help Me Grow can receive services in their home, child care setting or school. Help Me Grow services are free to eligible families regardless of income or immigrant status.
Early childhood specialists will work with eligible children and families to plan the services and supports they need. These may include:
- Special instruction and other services, such as speech, physical and occupational therapy;
- Ways that a family can support their child’s development at home; and
- Connections to community services and programs.
A resource guide for speech-language pathologists and educators working with linguistically diverse young children and their families
The purpose of Talk with M-Revised is to provide professionals with easy access to updated resources that will help them serve young culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students and their families more effectively. Much has changed since the original resource was published in 2002. Advances in technology have changed how people access and share resources, more information related to CLD children has become available and new requirements (i.e., early childhood outcomes – ECOs) have been instituted. In addition, professionals throughout the state who have used the first Talk with Me have provided feedback regarding what information has been and would be most useful to them in their practice.
As a result, Talk with Me-Revised has been designed to be a dynamic, online resource that is “user friendly” and practical. Accessible through the Minnesota Department of Education’s Website, it will allow users not only to view and download information but to link to other recommended resources on the Web as well. More information that is relevant to Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) teachers and general early childhood teachers has been added. New topics addressed in Talk with Me-Revised include ECSE evaluations, early childhood screening, professional development opportunities, selective mutism, cultural competence, biliteracy, ongoing progress monitoring and decision making regarding language immersion programs and children with identified special education needs.