Pre-K

WIDA Early Years focuses on supporting young multilingual children, ages 2.5 to 5.5 years.

• WIDA Early Years Store Discount
• Can Do Descriptors
• Can Do Booklet
• The Connection: New Mexico Early Learning Guidelines and the WIDA Early English Language Development Standards
• ABCs of Family Engagement

Improving Systems, Practices, and Outcomes
The ECTA Center supports state Part C and Section 619 programs in developing high-quality early intervention and preschool special education service systems, increasing local implementation of evidence-based practices, and enhancing outcomes for young children with disabilities and their families.

We are a national technical assistance center focused on building state and local system capacity to improve outcomes for children with disabilities and their families. ECTA Center is funded by a cooperative agreement with the Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP).

We are a consortium of national experts from across multiple organizations:

• FPG Child Development Institute of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• SRI International
• University of Denver
• University of South Florida
• National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE)
• Parent to Parent of Georgia
• PACER Center
• Walsh-Taylor, Inc.
• Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children