NECTAC: The National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center

Our mission: To strengthen service systems to ensure that children with disabilities (birth through 5 years) and their families receive and benefit from high quality, culturally appropriate and family-centered supports and services.

NECTAC is the national early childhood technical assistance center supported by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs. NECTAC serves all 50 states and 10 jurisdictions with an array of services and supports to improve service systems and outcomes for infants, toddlers, and preschool aged children with special needs and their families. Each state's Part C and Section 619 Program Coordinators have a contact person at NECTAC and request TA on behalf of their state programs. Funded since 2001, NECTAC and its predecessor TA projects have a foundation of over thirty-five years of technical assistance excellence in early childhood services.

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Announcements

New Leadership for NECTAC!
Photo: Lynne Kahn, Ph.D
Lynne Kahn, Ph.D
Photo: Dean Fixsen, Ph.D
Dean Fixsen, Ph.D
(posted August 28, 2008) (posted August 28, 2008)
  • Registration is now open for The OSEP National Early Childhood Conference December 8-10, 2008, in Washington, DC. Note:Pre-conference meetings will be held on December 6 and 7. State Part C Coordinators, Section 619 Coordinators, and ICC Chairs will meet on December 7. Post-conference sessions will be held on December 10.
(posted August 22, 2008) (posted August 22, 2008) (posted July 29, 2008) (posted July 29, 2008) (posted July 11, 2008)

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About Our Work

Ideas - Partnerships - Results

NECTAC is a program of the FPG Child Development Institute of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, funded through contract number H326H060005 from the Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education. Opinions expressed herein do not necessarily represent the Department of Education's position or policy.

UNC: FPG Child Development Institute IDEAs that Work: U.S. Office of Special Education Programs
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