Links and Other Resources
For First Steps-related questions, please contact webreplyspefs@dese.mo.gov.
- Directory of Resources for Missourians with Disabilities - A link to the Governor's Council on Disability's resource directory, compiled by the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.
- First Steps Early Intervention Practice Manual - A 17-chapter manual providing information regarding the Missouri early intervention system infrastructure, parental rights, child find and referral, intake and evaluation/assessment, eligibility, the IFSP, and regulations.
- First Steps Screening and Diagnostic Assessment Instruments (pdf) - A 13-page document listing and describing the various types of instruments used in completing the assessment process.
- Regulations for Part C of IDEA - The state plan for Part C, including chapters on definitions, lead agencies, state requirements, reports, and policies.
- First Steps Forms - Referral/Eligibility forms, IFSP forms, release forms.
- Forms Video - A video outlining the First Steps process and forms, completed in Spring 2003.
- Presentations - A compilation of First Steps-related presentations given by the Missouri Division of Special Education.
- Terms and Acronyms - A list of First Steps-related terms and common acronyms.
- Contacts - SPOE Contact information, common communications questions, and
- Links - An ever-growing list of external links to agencies that can provide assistance to First Steps families, providers, and SPOEs.