Step-by-Step Enrollment Information
*This link will take you through all the steps you must take in order to enroll as a practitioner in the WV Birth to Three system.
Information for Enrolled Practitioners
*Just enrolled in the WV Birth to Three system? This link will guide you through everything you need to know to get started.
WVBTT Policy Updates
Technical Assistance Bulletins -
Technical Assistance Bulletins provide information on policy and procedures. Here you will find the original TA Bulletin, the Issue Date, and the Effective Date of the initial policy or procedure. If any revisions have been made to an original established policy or procedure, it is identified under "TA Bulletin Revision Date" and the date will be noted in RED or BOLDED.
Statewide emails contain announcements, reminders or clarification on topics/issues concerning WV Birth to Three. If your email address is current in the WVBTT Service Directory and you are still not able to receive statewide emails, please contact dhwvbtt@wv.gov.
Standard Documentation/Forms
Here you will find the standard documents and forms that are necessary to complete your tasks as a direct service provider or service coordinator with WV Birth to Three. Information can be found in one of the four categories:
- Consents & Notices
- Operational Forms
- Regional Administrative Unit (RAU) Forms
- Evaluation/Assessment Forms
Practitioner Service Directory
The West Virginia Practitioner Service Directory provides information on your availability, educational background, experience and contact information. Interim and Ongoing Service Coordinators use this information to assist families in selecting their multi-disciplinary teams.
Service providers are responsible for maintaining their information in the service directory. You must log in to the West Virginia Practitioner Service Directory and review/update information at least every 90 days. If you fail to update, a notice on your Matrix page will inform viewers that your "availability may no longer be valid."
Enrollment & Billing Information
Professional Development and Training
Technical Assistance Support & Mentoring
Technical Assistance Specialists -
Regional Map 
Regional Administrative Units - Regional Map
Mentoring
The WV Birth to Three Early Connections Mentoring System has mentors
who are available to answer questions and provide newly enrolled providers with
coaching and direction through the WV Birth to Three system.
WV BTT 5 Reasons to Work with a Mentor
WV BTT Mentee Application
Questions from the Field
Family-Centered Practices
The ECTA Center: Improving Systems, Practices, and Outcomes has published a series of documents based on a national workgroup's consensus on the key principles and practices for providing early intervention services in natural environments.
The National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC) has published a series of documents based on a national workgroup's consensus on the key principles and practices for providing early intervention services in natural environments.
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WV Seven Key Principles: Looks Like/Doesn't Look Like
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Agreed Upon Practices for Providing Early Intervention Services in Natural
Environments
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A Routines Based Approach: What Early Intervention Can and Should Look Like
- YouTube Video
Come Grow With Us
WV Birth to Three’s statewide initiative to support quality early intervention services for children and families. What happens in the first years of life matters for a lifetime. For that reason, the U.S. Department of Education has required every state’s early intervention program to develop, implement and evaluate a six year State Systems Improvement Plan (SSIP) to insure that all children in early intervention are making developmental progress.
Child and Family Outcomes
**West Virginia's Making a Difference Initiative is a comprehensive process to measure outcomes for families and children who receive early intervention services through WV Birth to Three under Part C of IDEA.