Specifications include, but are not limited to: Demonstrate the integration and inclusion of elements and activities across the following: • health, education and human services sectors; • early childhood settings of all types; • roles of professionals, all levels of professional expertise, experience, and qualification; and • the full age span of children served in early childhood through early school age (birth – age 12) with connections to other afterschool services for school age children. Elements and activities must incorporate and align with child standards such as Vermont Early Learning Standards (VELS), health and safety standards in Vermont child care licensing and statutes, the Vermont Guiding Principles, social-emotional behavior intervention models such as the Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) model and the Strengthening Families Framework.
