Coming soon: a new early childhood center in Clackamas!

Coming soon: a new early childhood center in Clackamas!

Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education (EI/ECSE)2024-02-27T15:00:08-08:00
Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education (EI/ECSE)

Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education (EI/ECSE)

Clackamas ESD delivers Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education (EI/ECSE) support to young children who exhibit delays or disabilities that affect learning. We coordinate services, and provide specialized consultation and instruction at no cost to families. We work hard to fully include children with disabilities in their communities and prepare children to enter kindergarten ready to learn, providing our services in local preschools, child care centers and homes.

Services

Services we provide include home visiting, consultation in early learning settings such as community preschools, specialized preschool classes, parenting education, and related services. This program is free for eligible families.

Referral

Anyone can refer a child for a screening or evaluation. Please complete one of the referral forms below or contact us via the Intake/Referral contact information at the bottom of this page. Or, you can drop by one of our upcoming free screening events in your community.

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Free Screening Tool

Oregon Screening Project is a free and confidential developmental screening for children ages 0-6 may be completed online. Also available in Spanish.

Resources

The Parent Portal is used by parents to electronically review and sign paperwork. Once a Parent Portal account is set up, providers/data administrators can route paperwork to parents.

The Parent Portal is mobile-friendly so can be used on computers, smart phones, and tablets. System requirements are listed for parents when they accept the terms of the Parent Portal.

Early Learning Hubs are working in their communities to streamline systems that are easier to navigate for families, increase access to and enrollment in quality childcare and preschool, and the improve the quality of early learning programs overall. Early Learning Hubs focus their efforts all children in Clackamas County, with a focus on children and families who have been historically undeserved and under-represented.

Visit the Early Learning Hub of Clackamas County website for community programs, community resources, and much more!

FACT Oregon is the state’s federally-designated parent training and information center on issues related to special education. As a family leadership organization, everything FACT Oregon offers is created by parents for parents in order to help you dream big for your child’s future!

NWDSA has been a parent-driven family support network since 1997. NWDSA’s mission is to create and nurture a loving and inclusive community celebrating every person with a disability including Down syndrome.

Clackamas ESD's Child Care Resource and Referral primarily works to provide professional development and training for child care providers. However, if you are a parent seeking child care information, please visit see the Parent Resources section of our Child Care Resource and Referral web page.

Program Contacts

Intake & Referrals

Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education (EI/ECSE) Intake & Referrals
Phone: 503-675-4097 Fax: 503-652-4452
Cindy Norton
Community Engagement & Referral Assistant Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Ed (EI/ECSE)
Phone: 503-675-4212 Fax: 503-652-4452

Records Requests

EI/ECSE Records Request (Canby, Gladstone, Lake Oswego, Molalla River, Oregon City, West Linn-Wilsonville)
Phone: 503-675-4041 Fax: 503-652-4452
EI/ECSE Records Request (Colton, Estacada, Oregon Trail, North Clackamas)
Phone: 503-675-4226 Fax: 503-652-4452

Administrative Assistants

Kristin Bean
Administrative Assistant, Early Childhood (Ages 3-5) Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Ed (EI/ECSE)
Phone: 503-675-4128 Fax: 503-652-4452
Katy Bern
Administrative Assistant to the Director Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Ed (EI/ECSE)
Phone: 503-675-4234
Darby Bowers
Administrative Assistant, Early Intervention (Ages 0-3) Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Ed (EI/ECSE)
Phone: 503-675-4095 Fax: 503-652-4452

Program Supervisors

Cathy Sharpe
Supervisor, Early Childhood Special Ed Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Ed (EI/ECSE)
Phone: 503-675-4025 Fax: 503-652-4452

Program Coordinators

Kimberly Long
Coordinator, Early Intervention Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Ed (EI/ECSE)
Phone: 503-675-4119 Fax: 503-652-4452
Jon Morris
Coordinator, Early Childhood Special Ed Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Ed (EI/ECSE)
Phone: 503-675-4176 Fax: 503-652-4452
Jennifer Stepken
Coordinator, Early Childhood Special Ed Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Ed (EI/ECSE)
Phone: 503-675-4109 Fax: 503-652-4452

Program Director

Sara Snow
Director of Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education Programs Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Ed (EI/ECSE)
Phone: 503-675-4184 Fax: 503-652-4452

Early Learning News

Mar 6,2024

Clackamas Early Learning Center set to open in late summer 2024

March 6th, 2024|

This fall, Clackamas Education Service District will open a new facility devoted to the needs of Clackamas County's youngest learners and their families. The Clackamas Early Learning Center is on schedule to open in August. Through an extensive renovation, we’re turning a former health services clinic into a new facility [...]

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