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Infant and
Toddler Connection of Planning District 14
The Infant &
Toddler Connection of Virginia
provides early intervention supports
and services to infants and toddlers
from birth through age two who are not
developing as expected or who have a
medical condition that can delay
normal development. Early intervention
supports and services focus on
increasing the child's participation
in family and community activities
that are important to the family. In
addition, supports and services focus
on helping parents and other
caregivers know how to find ways to
help the child learn during everyday
activities. These supports and
services are available for all
eligible children and their families
regardless of the family's ability to
pay.
Parents teach
their children everyday – they are the
ones who make the most difference in
their child's development. The Infant
& Toddler Connection of Virginia is
committed to providing families with
the information and support they need
in order to access early intervention
supports and services and to make
decisions for their child and family
about how early intervention service
providers will be involved in their
family's life.
Click here to go to ITC of PD14
website
Institute for Teaching through
Technology & Innovative Practices
The
Institute for Teaching through Technology & Innovative Practices of
Longwood University began in 1999 through an appropriation by the
Virginia General Assembly. The Institute is an Outreach of Longwood
University. Longwood is the fiscal agent for the SVRTC. The initial
focus of ITTIP was to provide services for three school divisions:
Halifax, Pittsylvania, and the city of Danville. Today, ITTIP is a
regional and state-wide organization in creating and evaluating
educational technology applications and resources, including research,
development and outreach via training and technical assistance in
Virginia K-12 school divisions, higher education, and state
agencies. The ITTIP works directly with teachers in demonstrating
research-based best practices in technology integrated teaching and
learning environment. ITTIP's work has been featured numerous times in
sate and national newspapers, congressional presentations, Virginia
General Assembly hearings, and state and national conferences.
http://www.ittip.us
ITTIP woks in collaboration with the Southside Virginia Regional
Technology Consortium (SVRTC), a consortium of 22 school divisions until
December 2005. In 2006, Longwood added three new school divisions.
SVRTC school divisions are: Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham,
Charlotte, Colonial Heights, Charlotte, Colonial Heights, Cumberland,
Danville, Dinwiddie, Franklin, Greensville, Halifax, Henry, Hopewell,
Lunenburg, Martinsville, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Patrick, Petersburg,
Pittsylvania, Prince Edward, Prince George, Southampton, and Sussex.
SVRTC was established in 1995 when Dinwiddie County couldn't buy
Internet access for its schools. The Institute for Teaching Technology
and Innovative Practices coordinates and houses the SVRTC.
www.svrtc.org
For
information about the ITTIP and SVRTC, please email Dr.
Manorama Talaiver (mano@bestedpractices.org)
Longwood Center for Communication,
Literacy and Learning (LCCLC)
The mission of
the faculty, staff, and students at the Longwood Center is to
provide professional services to children, adults and families in
Southside Virginia. This includes:
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Speech-Language-Screenings and
Evaluations (articulation, language,
voice, stuttering) for children and
adults
Treatment for Speech and Language
Disorders (articulation, language,
voice, stuttering) for children and
adults
Treatment of Swallowing
Disorders for children and adults
Communication
strategies and speech reading for
persons with hearing loss
Accent Modification
Educational Evaluations
Targeted Tutoring
Parent Education
Programs
Click here to go to the LCCLL webpage
Renaissance Group
The Renaissance Group is a
national consortium of colleges and universities with a major commitment
to the preparation of educational professionals; one in every ten
teachers is educated in Renaissance institutions. The Renaissance Group
espouses a set of operating principles to guide its pursuit of quality
and best practices in teacher education. These guiding principles affirm
the importance of the education of teachers as an all-campus
responsibility, a campus culture that values and models quality
teaching, the creation of partnerships with practicing professionals,
the extensive use of field experiences in diverse settings, the
adherence to high standards and accountability, a focus on student
learning, the effective use of technology, and the development of
teachers as creative and innovative leaders. Through its active
commitment to these principles, The Renaissance Group strives to be a
proactive force for the improvement and reform of education, locally,
regionally and nationally. These operating principles form a strong
foundation for the achievement of The Renaissance Group's vision,
mission, and strategic goals.
Virginia Comprehensive Health
Education Training and Resource Center
The VCHETRC has received funding (state and
federal) since 1998 to provide in-service training throughout the
Commonwealth for teachers, instructional specialists, administrators,
nurses, counselors, resource officers, social workers, parents,
community-based educators, and other school personnel. Training
sessions cover a variety of critical health issues, effective
instructional methodology, and sample assessments. Content and skills
learned in these sessions may be useful for educators in multiple
classroom settings.
Resources provided through the
VCHETRC web site
include a searchable database, Virginia Standards of Learning for Health
and Physical Education, Hotline phone numbers, lesson plans for health
and physical education teachers, and lists of training modules with a
resource list for each module.
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