IDA-2 News
IDA C0-Author Named President of CT-AIMH
CT-AIMH is a member of the Infant Mental Health Alliance with Infant Mental Health Associations in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Western Australia.
IDA2 Featured on NPR
The IDA-2 co-author Susan Vater led the MLDA design and development and the IDA-2 is the featured developmental assessment process and measure used in the MLDA. IDA-2 is also used in a range of agencies and services including B-3 Early Intervention/ Part C in many states, Early Head Start, home visiting programs, primary health care centers...
IDA2 at the 2017 Zero To Three San Diego Conference
The presentation, ‘Integrating infant and toddler mental health into developmental assessment’ focused on the growing attention on increasing numbers of children identified with mental health and behavioral concerns and why integrating psychosocial and child development skills is more essential than ever to strengths- based, family- centered, developmental assessment.
IDA Live Web Training for Alaska Birth to Three Providers
Participants had the opportunity to practice scoring the Provence Profile, ask questions, and exchange information and insights. Our thanks to all who participated and contributed to our joint learning exchange and experience. We are pleased to add the State of Alaska to our learning community...
IDA in Saint Petersburg Russia!
Our colleagues at the Raoul Wallenberg University in Saint Peterburg, Russia will now assess young children in their Developmental Assessment Clinic with the IDA-2.
IDA Institute Supports Donation to Flint, Michigan
The IDA Institute worked with the Raoul Wallenberg Children's Foundation to organize the donation of ten full Infant and Toddler Developmental Assessment (IDA) kits to the Flint Michigan Birth to Three special education program.
IDA at the Help Me Grow National Forum in Greenville, South Carolina
States with Help Me Grow networks are considering implementation of MLDA (including the IDA) as a key component of child and family services. States already implementing MLDA are Washington, Florida, Connecticut...
IDA training on-site in Pine Ridge, South Dakota
Pine Ridge Special Education program staff members are now using the IDA as they visit families to review and monitor the children's developmental progress and family supports.
IDA Webinar in North Carolina
Congratulations to early intervention staff at North Carolina’s Greenville Developmental Services Agency for completion of the IDA Webinar. We had a wonderful day with our North Carolina colleagues sharing information and learning the IDA.
The IDA at National Zero to Three
Zero to Three, the pioneering organization in the field of child development has now decided to begin promoting the IDA as a best-practice model of early childhood assessment.