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The Early Intervention Workbook: Essential Practices for Quality Services - Softcover

Pletcher, Lynda; Younggren, Naomi

 
9781598572247: The Early Intervention Workbook: Essential Practices for Quality Services
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1598572245 ISBN 13: 9781598572247
Verlag: BROOKES PUB, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

Discover the 7 key principles and associated practices for effective early intervention services—and start putting them into action today! This easy-to-use, fillable workbook reveals not only what every EI professional should be doing in their practice, but also how to do it, with practical tips, activities, and strategies they can use to improve their work with children and families right away.

Based on specific recommendations from a workgroup of today's top researchers, this comprehensive resource walks readers through every key step of the early intervention journey with children birth to 3, from the crucial first meeting with a family to the child's transition out of intervention. Perfect for group training sessions or independent study, it's a great workbook to fill in, learn from, and then keep close at hand as a quick and easy reminder of best practices.

WHY IT'S A MUST-HAVE:

  • Identifies and focuses on the best of today's most successful evidence-based intervention approaches
  • Helps professionals deliver high-quality services in natural environments
  • Hard-to-find guidance on actual implementation of best practices
  • Walks readers explicitly through every step of effective early intervention
  • Interactive workbook format makes it easy to learn and reinforce recommended practices
  • Empowers professionals to make positive change happen, on a personal and systemic level

PRACTICAL MATERIALS: Sample scripts that model skillful interactions, helpful quick-reference checklists, engaging "Give It a Go" activities, realistic vignettes, and an in-depth family case study that lets readers practice identifying effective and ineffective practices.

Practical guidance on the entire early intervention process!

  • Referral
  • Initial visits with the family
  • Evaluation & assessment
  • IFSP development
  • IFSP implementation
  • Supporting a smooth transition from early intervention


A featured book in our

Effective Early Intervention Kit!

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor


Lynda Cook Pletcher is a Technical Assistance Specialist with The Early Childhood Technical Assistance (ECTA) center formerly NECTAC Funded by the US Department of Education where she has worked for 10 years. Her work has included providing technical assistance to states’ 0-5 early childhood special education systems, leading state strategic planning, addressing service delivery approaches for Part C agencies, review and revision of federal and state policies, change and implementation of evidence based practices at the provider level. Lynda’s previous experiences, spaning 35 years in the field of early childhood and early childhood special education have included teaching in Head Start and child care centers, teaching in the public school systems (kindergarten and 3rd grade), early intervention home visitor, grant administration, training coordinator, agency director, teaching at the university level and a state director of IDEA Part C Program. She has been a frequent national presenter on a wide range of topics pertinent to early childhood and the systems to support evidence based practices.

Lynda has served on many local and state level advisory boards and state initiatives and was a federal appointee to the Federal Interagency Coordinating Council for IDEA Part C. She is currently a member of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) and in the past a member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children. (NAEYC).



Dr. Naomi Younggren is currently the Part C/Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (CSPD) Coordinator for the Department of Defense Army Educational and Developmental Intervention Services (EDIS) Early Intervention Programs. She is also an independent consultant focusing on early intervention and preschool processes and best practices and has served as a consultant with the Early Childhood Technical Assistant Center (ECTA). She is a developer on the Universal Online Part C Early Intervention Curriculum workgroup, a longstanding member of the Division for Early Childhood, a member of the RAM Group Early Intervention Consultants, an adjunct early childhood faculty member with Central Texas College – Europe Campus and has recently joined the Lead Inclusion team. Naomi's 30 years of experience in early childhood special education include being a direct provider working with children with disabilities and their families in early intervention and preschool programs, providing technical assistance, developing early intervention guidance and training materials, and serving in a program development and leadership capacity.


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Verlag
BROOKES PUB
Erscheinungsdatum
2013
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1598572245
ISBN 13 
9781598572247
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
232
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