The ECiDC core curriculum focuses on advanced training in four competency areas needed to meet the needs of infants and young children with high, intensive, interdisciplinary, and individualized learning needs:

(a) Population-Specific Pedagogy
(b) Research and Scholarship
(c) Teaching and Education
(d) Community Engagement and Service

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All scholars participate in webinars, intensive summer institutes on research methodology and application, pre-conference seminars on faculty development at the Division for Early Childhood annual meetings, and online modules on emerging evidence-based practices for the target population of infants and young children.

Year 1 - 2
Population-Specific Pedagogy

Etiology and Characteristics of Infants and Young Children with IDD

Family-Centered Practice and Culture

Interdisciplinary Collaborations

Systematic, Evidence-Based, and Data-Based Interventions for Infants and Young Children with High Need Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and their Families

Inclusive Learning Environments

Year 2-3
Research and Scholarship

Research Analysis, Synthesis and Application to Practice

Advanced Research Methods

Implementation Science

Writing for Publication

Writing Grants

Year 2 - 3
Teaching and Education

Evidence-Based IHE Personnel Preparation Programs

Adult Learning Principles

Mentorship and Supervision

Instructional Technology

Year 3 - 4
Community Engagement and Service

State and National Impact

Policy Analysis

System Change

Faculty Induction