VIRGINIA
Infant & Toddler Specialist
Network
Early Care Providers
Activities, resources, and advice from experts that are helpful for early care providers.
Training & Professional Development
Local, regional, and Statewide professional development for infant/toddler caregivers
Behavior Consultants
Coaching, mentoring, parent education and training resources to promote infant and toddler mental wellness.
Families
Resources and advice from experts that help to keep your baby and toddler safe and healthy.
Meet our Teams
Striving to achieve excellence in early care by increasing the knowledge level and skills of those who care for infants and toddlers.
About VA ITSN
The Virginia Infant & Toddler Specialist Network (VA ITSN) strives to achieve excellence in early care by increasing the knowledge level and skills of those who care for infants and toddlers, whether in family day homes or in center-based programs. It also serves to link existing community resources that support healthy, safe and nurturing care for children, birth-36 months. Twenty highly qualified infant and toddler specialists work in nine regional offices across the state, that subcontract with Child Development Resources. Ten highly qualified infant and toddler behavior consultants work across our nine-state regions. The specialists and consultants provide professional development opportunities designed to strengthen the capacity of early care and education programs to deliver high-quality services.
Request for VA ITSN Services
The Virginia Infant & Toddler Specialist Network services include individualized coaching, training, mentoring, and feedback as well as resources and materials related to increasing the quality of care provided to infants and toddlers.
Upcoming Events
Responsive Caregiving for Infants and Toddlers: Watch, Ask, Adapt
Responsive Caregiving for Infants and Toddlers: Watch, Ask, Adapt
This training will explore how nurturing relationships with responsive caregivers who understand and are attuned to each baby’s unique needs, cues, and interests provide the ideal emotional and physical environment to support learning and a positive sense of self-wort...
Directors Institute: Babies, Tots and Play
Directors Institute: Babies, Tots and Play
This exciting professional development institute will help early care administrators and family day home owners support providers in creating playful and encouraging educational environments while also developing positive interactions and relationships, which are critic...
Celebrating Playful Babies & Tots 2023
Celebrating Playful Babies & Tots 2023
These exciting professional development institutes will focus on the importance of play and how caregivers can increase positive interactions by incorporating play and joyful learning into daily routines and activities for infants and toddlers.
1-2-3 READ!
1-2-3 READ!
1-2-3 READ! early literacy training is an interactive, practical two-day training designed for teachers, caregivers, and directors who work with infants and toddlers, birth to 36 months, in a group setting.
Helpful Links
Resources
Additional Professional Development Resources
Updated COVID-19 Guidance for Child Care Programs
As current COVID-19 infections decline and vaccinations and natural immunity increase within the general population, Virginia is on a path toward normalcy. >>>
Infant and Toddler Endorsement Application Packet
The Virginia Department of Education offers the Infant and Toddler Endorsement Program to meet the need for a highly qualified early childhood workforce. >>>
Statewide Conference Scholarship
VA ITSN scholarship opportunities for infant and toddler child care providers who are receiving Network Services to attend statewide conferences including VAAEYC and Virginia Head Start (up to $300). >>>
office hours
M-F: 8:30am - 4:30pm
Address
210 Packets Court
Williamsburg, VA 23185
PHONE & EMAIL
757.378.3177
info@va-itsnetwork.org
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The Virginia Infant and Toddler Specialist Network is supported by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $5,350,000 with 100% funded by ACF/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by ACF/HHS, or the U.S. Government.