Hi, my name is Brian Frisina, DCYF ESIT Tribal Program Consultant. Each week, I will provide a key term to help support us all in getting to know our Tribal Nations partners better.
This week’s term is: Tribal Nations.
Tribes as Nations
The governmental status of tribal nations is at the heart of nearly every issue that touches Indian Country. Self-government is essential if tribal communities are to continue to protect their unique cultures and identities. Tribes have the inherent power to govern all matters involving their members, as well as a range of issues in Indian Country.
The essence of tribal sovereignty is the ability to govern and to protect and enhance the health, safety and welfare of tribal citizens within tribal territory. Tribal governments maintain the power to determine their own governance structures and enforce laws through police departments and tribal courts. The governments exercise these inherent rights through the development of their distinct forms of government, determining citizenship; establishing civil and criminal laws for their nations; taxing, licensing, regulating and maintaining and exercising the power to exclude wrongdoers from tribal lands.
In addition, tribal governments are responsible for a broad range of governmental activities on tribal lands, including education, law enforcement, judicial systems, health care, environmental protection, natural resource management and the development and maintenance of basic infrastructure such as housing, roads, bridges, sewers, public buildings, telecommunications, broadband and electrical services and solid waste treatment and disposal.
Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution states that "Congress shall have the power to regulate Commerce with foreign nations and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes, (Nations)
Tribal Nations and the United States: An Introduction, National Congress of American Indians (NCAI). www.ncai.org,© 2001-2020 National Congress of American Indians.
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The DCYF ESIT Team is excited to announce the launch of the ESIT Family Newsletter!
This bi-weekly newsletter will contain ESIT announcements, tips and news.
Topics may include:
- Upcoming webinars for parents and providers
- Important updates on early intervention services
- Fun activities to do with your child
- Spotlighted stories from providers, parents and caregivers
The first newsletter is scheduled to launch in late summer!
Questions? Email Vanessa Allen, DCYF ESIT Family Engagement Coordinator at vanessa.allen@dcyf.wa.gov.
The PIE Cohort 3 Selection Committee selected individuals on August 5, 2020. We will notify the applicants this week.
In addition, the committee recommended we extend the recruitment window for one more week to target the Southwest Region of the state (Region 6). We hope to have each region of the state represented.
PIE is a 12-month leadership program for parents and caregivers of children who have received early intervention services through ESIT. We will help you build your skills and allow you to become better leaders, advocates, public speakers, and active members in your state.
If you or someone you know is interested in this opportunity and lives in the Southwest Region of the state, please submit an application by August 14, 2020. We will notify selected individuals the week of August 17, 2020.
For more information, email Vanessa Allen, DCYF ESIT Family Engagement Coordinator at Vanessa.allen@dcyf.wa.gov.
El Comité de Selección de la Cohorte 3 de PIE seleccionó individuos el 5 de agosto de 2020. Notificaremos a los solicitantes esta semana.
El comité recomendó que extendiéramos la ventana de reclutamiento por una semana más para apuntar a la Región Suroeste del estado (Región 6). Esperamos que cada región del estado esté representada.
PIE es un programa deformación de 12 meses para padres/cuidadores de niños que han recibido servicios de intervención temprana a través de ESIT. Le ayudaremos a desarrollar sus habilidades y le permitiremos convertirse en mejores líderes, defensores, oradores públicos y miembros activos en su estado.
Si usted o alguien que conoce está interesado en esta oportunidad y vive en la región suroeste del estado, envíe una solicitud antes del 14 de Agosto de 2020. Notificaremos a las personas seleccionadas la semana del 17 de Agosto de 2020.
Para obtener más información sobre cómo presentar una solicitud, comuníquese con Vanessa Allen, Coordinadora en participación familiar de ESIT a Vanessa.allen@dcyf.wa.gov.
The ESIT Data Management System (DMS) Training Environment is currently down and not operational. This training environment is used as a part of required FRC Introductory Training in combination with online modules 9-15. Without the training environment, new FRCs must;
- Complete modules 9-15 and use a blank IFSP document in place of the DMS Training Environment.
- Shadow a registered FRC or other agency staff with a data entry role as they create a child record and enter information needed to issue an initial IFSP or IFSP review.
- Email FRCTraining@esd112.org to let us know that you have finished your work and the name of the FRC or agency staff that mentored you with the IFSP.
This is temporary as we prepare a more effective training solution.
Please contact FRCTraining@esd112.org if you have any questions.
All Washington early intervention providers are asked to complete a quarterly survey regarding their training on and use of the new ESIT COS Decision Tree. As a state early intervention system, our aspirational target is that by July 2021 100% of providers will use the decision tree with 80% of their families when selecting a descriptor statement. This will increase the quality of our COS data and provide an avenue for meaningful engagement in the process for the families we serve.
Here is the Decision Tree Survey.
The survey takes about five minutes to complete the first time and less each time thereafter.
Please complete the survey each quarter. By receiving your response each quarter, we will learn the following:
- How close we are moving toward the aspirational target (see above) over the course of the next year
- Challenges or barriers you encounter as you integrate the decision tree into your practice
- Successes and benefits of using the decision tree and training materials
- Potential edits to the decision tree or training materials
We appreciate your time and input in reaching this target together!
An updated version of the Telepractice Resources for Early Intervention Providers can be found on the ESIT COVID-19 page, on the right-hand side bar, under Resources.
Washington Association for Infant Mental Health (WA-AIMH) is offering a number of professional development opportunities during the next few months. Partial scholarships are available (25-75%) for the following courses:
- Foundations of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health,
- The Growing Brain, and
- The Ages and Stages Questionnaire.
The scholarship application is a series of brief questions on the training registration form. WA-AIMH has a mix of funding and hopes to provide scholarships to everyone who requests one!
For more information, visit the WA-AIMH website.
The Office of the Superintendent for Public Instruction (OSPI) Special Education has released Special Education Guidance for Reopening Washington Schools 2020. This guidance is not intended to duplicate the content of the Reopening Washington Schools 2020 District Planning Guide, which included special education participation.
The goal for this document is to serve as a companion resource, to provide guidance, best practices, resources and unique considerations for supporting students with disabilities, their families and all educators throughout the school reopening process. For additional technical assistance on the provision of special education services throughout the school reopening process, refer to Questions and Answers: Provision of Services to Students with Disabilities during COVID-19 in Summer and Fall 2020.
During these unprecedented times, OSPI remains focused on providing needed services to students and addressing barriers to access so all students receive quality educational services. OSPI has set up a survey to gather feedback on this guidance document, Survey—Special Education Guidance for Reopening Washington Schools 2020.
In partnership,
Glenna Gallo, Assistant Superintendent for Special Education
There are two new resources for families on the WA Hands & Voices website. We wish to thank our extended family at Colorado Hands & Voices for the research on much of this information.
The Hands & Voices Family Leadership in Language and Learning (FL3) Center is excited to share the newest guidebook on Developmental Milestones. This information was developed and compiled by the FL3 Scientific Language and Literacy Advisory Board over the last year. The goal is to provide information for parents and caregivers raising children who are D/HH and D/HH Plus on how to:
- Understand the importance of developmental milestone checklists.
- Utilize these types checklists, created for typical development, in context of your own child's development.
- Employ these checklists for beginning and deepening conversations with your Early Intervention providers.
As well, included is a sampling of accessible, web-based checklists and resources which were chosen and vetted by the FL3 Language and Literacy Advisory Board, to do just that, with a special focus on language, literacy and social emotional development for children birth to three years of age. Find this under the Language/Literacy/Social and Emotional Development heading, as well as many other resources in the Hands & Voices FL3 Center Resource Toolbox.
If you have any questions about these events or wish to collaborate for families in our state, please contact Christine Griffin at gybs@wahandsandvoices.org
CHOOSE ONE OF TWO WORKSHOPS, FREE CEU CREDITS AVAILABLE
- Workshop 1: August 12 & 13, 8 - 11:30 a.m.
- Workshop 2: August 18 & 20, 8 - 11:30 a.m.
WHAT IS PROMOTING FIRST RELATIONSHIPS® IN PEDIATRICS?WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Registered Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Nurse-Midwives, Licensed Practical Nurses, Medical Doctors, Social Workers
A workshop for professionals in health care settings who provide care for women and newborns affected by Opioid Use Disorder (OUD). In this workshop you will learn how to better nurture and support the parent-child relationship during patient encounters. The program combines the new science of early brain development with established attachment-based practices to give health care providers the knowledge, skills and confidence to support women and newborns affected by OUD.
HOW CAN PROMOTING FIRST RELATIONSHIPS® SUPPORT YOUR WORK WITH MOTHERS AND NEWBORN INFANTS?
- See and better understand the attachment behaviors that are already occurring within your patient through a combination of lecture, videos and case studies
- Quickly and easily apply what you have learned with the assistance of the accompanying manual and patient handouts
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Experience a renewed sense of meaning and joy in your work when using the relationship based framework and skills you will learn in this workshop
To register, email: pcrp@uw.edu
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