This session will share the experiences from both a parent and clinician’s perspective of facility-based parent-child groups. We will showcase how we started this program, how it is progressing and what we did to ensure parent engagement all the way. Both trials and tribulations will be covered, with emphasis on what we learned during [...]
Early Intervention (EI) services promote the development of skills and enhance the quality of life of infants and toddlers who have been identified as having a disability or developmental delay, enhance capacity of families to care for their child with special needs, reduce future educational costs, and promote independent living. Telehealth is an emerging delivery model demonstrating [...]
With the increasing diversity of our population, disconnects are likely between providers and the children/families they serve. Cultural and linguistic competency increases access to and acceptability of care, improves quality of care, and reduces disparities in outcomes for racially and ethnically diverse populations. Given the family-centered nature of early intervention, it is essential that [...]
A key component of Early Intervention is the collaborative development of the Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP). The IFSP includes both child and family outcomes which guide the types of services and supports that will be provided to the eligible child and their family. The purposes of this module are: To understand what IFSP family outcomes [...]
Young children grow and develop in the context of their family. Early intervention programs address this by providing intervention services in natural environment and incorporating family routines into intervention implementation. A naturalistic teaching method to early intervention, Routines-based Intervention, is one naturalistic approach that can be used alone or in combination with other intervention [...]
The success of early intervention services is dependent on the use of evidence-based practices and data-based decision making. Data can be used at various levels – individual child, county program, and state program – to inform stakeholders whether or not a particular strategy or approach is effective. This module will describe various types of [...]
Under Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, 2004), the Early Intervention Program (EIP) provides supports and services for infants and toddlers with developmental delays and/or disabilities and their families. The Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children (DEC) recommends practices that promote the active participation of families [...]
An important element of early intervention programs across the country is the emphasis on the family unit. Parents and/or caregivers are active players throughout the early intervention process – evaluation, sessions, meetings, and transitioning to preschool. This module is intended to provide early intervention professionals with feasible strategies that can be used to increase [...]