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Dunst, Carl J. – Infants and Young Children, 2015
A model for designing and implementing evidence-­based in­-service professional development in early childhood intervention as well as the key features of the model are described. The key features include professional development specialist (PDS) description and demonstration of an intervention practice, active and authentic job-­embedded…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Early Intervention, Inservice Teacher Education, Feedback (Response)
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Dunst, Carl J.; Trivette, Carol M.; Deal, Angela G. – Professional Development in Education, 2011
The effectiveness of three types of in-service training designed to improve early intervention practitioners' abilities to use family-systems intervention practices was evaluated in the study of 473 participants. Participants attended either conference presentations or one of two types of workshops (half day/full day or multi-day), or received one…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Disabilities, Inservice Education, Conferences (Gatherings)
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Bruder, Mary Beth; Dunst, Carl J.; Wilson, Cristina; Stayton, Vicki – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2013
The preservice and in-service predictors of 1,668 Part C early intervention and Part B(619) preschool special practitioners' perceived self-efficacy beliefs are reported. The preservice variables were type of degree (discipline), years of formal postsecondary education, licensure, and participants' judgment of how well their preservice training…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Special Education Teachers, Predictor Variables
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Dunst, Carl J.; Trivette, Carol M. – Infants and Young Children, 2009
An evidence-based approach to professional development is described on the basis of the findings from a series of research syntheses and meta-analyses of adult learning methods and strategies. The approach, called PALS (Participatory Adult Learning Strategy), places major emphasis on both active learner involvement in all aspects of training…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Adult Learning, Educational Opportunities, Professional Development