The WV Public Health Distance Learning Management Information Networ k is a partnership between the Department of Health and Human Resources and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. An integrated distance learning and management information system is being developed. The automated system will enable West Virginia's public health work force to exchange information and to learn about their changing roles and may be utilized to provide training on working with special needs children. The Child Care Inclusion Course is a training course funded jointly by the WV Birth to Three Program and the Office of Special Education through WV Early Childhood Training Calendar and Resources. It is offered for both undergraduate and graduate credit through Marshall University.
Tuition is free.
The training is offered to early childhood practitioners. Over seventy practitioners are trained each summer. Participants include preschool special education, Head Start, early intervention, child care, and families of children with special needs. Through Multidisciplinary Training is a federal outreach project in which WV is participating. At least eighteen child care centers will participate over the three-year grant period.