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Professionals' Reported Practices to Involve Families in Initial Evaluations for Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education: A Mixed Methods Study
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Rachel Stein; Elizabeth Steed; Renee Charlifue-Smith – Infants and Young Children, 2025
It is well recognized and codified into law that families are an important part of early childhood evaluations; how families are included in evaluations in practice is less clear. To learn about family involvement, a nationally distributed survey focused on early childhood professionals' (n = 1,118) use of family-centered practices before, during,…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Early Childhood Teachers, Preschool Education, Early Intervention
A Framework for the Design of Inclusive Community-Based Early Childhood Intervention Programs
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Michael J. Guralnick – Infants and Young Children, 2023
In this article, a framework for the creation of a fully inclusive and comprehensive early childhood intervention system is described. Although aspirational at this time, the potential for developmental science, intervention science, and implementation science to be integrated to maximize the effectiveness of early intervention systems is…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Community Programs
Surveying Early Intervention Providers to Identify Opportunities for Workforce Support to Strengthen Family-Centered Care
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Shayl F. Griffith; Loreen S. Magariño; Frances D. Martínez Pedraza; Stacy L. Frazier; Michelle D. Berkovits; Daniel M. Bagner – Infants and Young Children, 2023
Traditional provider-to-child models of early intervention (EI) service provision have been increasingly replaced by service guidelines that promote a broader family-centered approach to support improvement in the child's primary area of delay. These guidelines include working directly with caregivers and addressing needs of the family that might…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Infants, Young Children, Evidence Based Practice
Building Better Bridges: Perceptions of Transition from Early Intervention Programs to Preschool from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Parents, Early Interventionists, and Preschool Special Educators
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Chang, Ya-Chih; Hunt, Nancy; Dodds, Robin – Infants and Young Children, 2023
Infants and toddlers with disabilities (ages birth to 2 years) and their families receive services under IDEA Part C, and children and youth with disabilities (ages 3-21 years) receive special education and related services under IDEA Part B. IDEA mandates the provision of opportunities for parent involvement in early intervention (Part C),…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Infants, Toddlers, Early Intervention