The Early Childhood Personnel Center (ECPC) was funded by the Office of Special Education Programs at the U.S. Department of Education to provide technical assistance to State Systems of Early Childhood Intervention and Institutions of Higher Education on issues related to personnel development. One initiative of the ECPC has been to collaborate with professional organizations to identify core cross-disciplinary competencies for all personnel serving infants and young children aged birth through 5 years with disabilities and their families. Seven national organizations representing disciplines providing services in early childhood intervention have been participating in this initiative: the American Occupational Therapy Association; the American Physical Therapy Association; the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association; the Council for Exceptional Children and the Division for Early Childhood; the National Association for the Education of Young Children; and Zero to Three. Alignments of personnel standards, practice guidelines, and competencies yielded 4 areas of competence that are common across service providers serving infants and young children with disabilities and their families. These are: Collaboration and Coordination; Family-Centered Practice; Evidence-Based Practice; and Professionalism.

幼儿人事中心（ECPC）由美国教育部特殊教育计划办公室资助，旨在就人员发展相关问题向州级幼儿干预系统和高等教育机构提供技术援助。ECPC的一项举措是与专业组织合作，为所有服务于5岁以下残疾的婴幼儿的人员及其家人确定核心的跨学科能力。代表提供早期儿童干预服务的学科的七个国家组织已经参加了这项倡议：美国职业治疗协会；美国物理疗法协会；美国言语听觉协会；特殊儿童理事会和幼儿部；全国幼儿教育协会；和零到三。人员结盟标准，实践准则和能力产生了4个领域的能力，这是服务于残疾婴幼儿及其家庭的服务提供商所共有的。它们是：协作与协调；以家庭为中心的实践；循证实践；和专业精神。