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Sarah Fabrizi; Ann L. Tilman; Ellen Donald; Noelle Balsamo; Annemarie Connor – Journal of Early Intervention, 2024
Therapeutic playgroups have potential to benefit families and children enrolled in early intervention. A pretest-posttest, mixed methods, sequential explanatory design was utilized to explore the effectiveness and feasibility of an 8-week SEE Me (Social Emotional Education) therapeutic playgroup delivered by a collaborative team of providers using…
Descriptors: Play Therapy, Parent Child Relationship, Program Effectiveness, Social Emotional Learning
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Rachel Stein; Elizabeth Steed – Contemporary School Psychology, 2024
The value of early intervention is well demonstrated; however, less is known about the processes that initial evaluation teams use to evaluate and determine young children's eligibility for early intervention (EI) and preschool special education. The present study surveyed multidisciplinary early childhood providers (N = 1445) who conduct initial…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Eligibility, Preschool Education, Special Education
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Reaves, Samantha; Bohnenkamp, Jill; Mayworm, Ashley; Sullivan, Margaret; Connors, Elizabeth; Lever, Nancy; Kelly, Michael S.; Bruns, Eric J.; Hoover, Sharon – School Mental Health, 2022
Schools are the most common venue in which children and youth receive mental health services. To organize delivery of mental health care to such a large number of children, use of school teams is often recommended. Yet, there is limited empirical literature about the composition of school mental health teams or teams' relations to service…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Teamwork, Schools, Health Promotion
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Sheri Bayley; Sarah D. Wiegand; Jenna Strain Lutz – Young Exceptional Children, 2024
Parents may experience a range of emotions when hearing that their child may be on the autism spectrum, including shock or denial (Martins et al., 2021). While hearing the word "autism" can be challenging for families, early identification of autism (also referred to as autism spectrum disorder [ASD]) allows families more time to process…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Family Needs, Cultural Relevance, Parent Attitudes
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DeSpain, Stephanie N.; Hedin, Laura – Young Exceptional Children, 2022
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part C (IDEA, 2004) is a federal program that assists states with delivering early intervention services (EIS) for infants and toddlers with developmental delay up until their third birthday and their families (Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center [ECTA], 2019). Through IDEA Part C, EIS are…
Descriptors: Individualized Family Service Plans, Early Intervention, Professional Personnel, Family (Sociological Unit)
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Brooke Ingersoll; Sarah N. Douglas; Matthew T. Brodhead; Angela Barber; Louise A. Kaczmarek – Journal of Early Intervention, 2024
Over the past decade, a newer class of interventions has emerged specifically designed for young children with or at high likelihood of autism, which are called Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Interventions (NDBIs). NDBIs are particularly well-suited as a discipline agnostic, primary intervention for young children with autism and other…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Young Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Competence
Fielder, Johnny D. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
It is not known how parents of preschool children birth to three years of age with severe disabilities describe their experience with the special education team and communication with team members when included in teamwork using a model consistent with interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP). The purpose of this qualitative descriptive…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Teamwork, Interprofessional Relationship, Cooperation
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Davenport, Carrie A.; Weir, Joan – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2022
Parents, teachers, and administrators report concerns and challenges related to the transition from early intervention (EI) to preschool for children who are deaf/hard-of-hearing. The goal of the current article is to assist teachers, administrators, and specialists involved in the transition of a young child who is deaf/hard-of-hearing from EI…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Transitional Programs, Preschool Education, Deafness
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Smyth, Catherine A.; Ferrell, Kay Alicyn; Clark, Alena; Erskine, Jamie; Spicer, Carol L.; Morgese, Zoe L.; Puchalski, Carol Benson; Zaghlawan, Hasan; Dewald, Hong Phangia; Dewald, Aaron John; Pickler, Laura – Journal of Early Intervention, 2023
Young children with visual impairment and their families often require specialized assistance through early intervention to develop adaptive routines, cues, and environmental settings during mealtimes and other daily tasks. There is little empirical data in the area of mealtime routines available to support families of young children with visual…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Infants, Toddlers, Early Intervention
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Johanna Higgins; Dana C. Childress – Young Exceptional Children, 2024
Effective collaboration among team members is a fundamental responsibility for all Early Intervention (EI) professionals. EI can be described as a particular type of service and support for infants and toddlers with delays/disabilities under three and their families provided through Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Professional Personnel, Infants, Toddlers
Park, Kyunghwa Kay – ProQuest LLC, 2022
For early intervention services, DEC (2014) recommends the Primary Service Provider (PSP) model, in which one provider serves as primary liaison between the family and other team members. The model focuses on the role of families and caregivers in child development, interventions aligned with natural learning environment practices, and…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Program Implementation, Models, Delivery Systems
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Nickbakht, Mansoureh; Meyer, Carly; Scarinci, Nerina; Beswick, Rachael – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2021
This study aimed to explore and compare families' and professionals' perspectives on the implementation of family-centered care (FCC) (Moeller, Carr, Seaver, Stredler-Brown, & Holzinger, 2013) during the period between diagnosis of hearing loss (HL) and enrollment in early intervention (EI). A convergent mixed-methods study incorporating…
Descriptors: Family Attitudes, Clinical Diagnosis, Hearing Impairments, Early Intervention
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Verlenden, Jorge; Naser, Shereen; Brown, Jeffrey – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2021
Behavioral and social-emotional challenges experienced in childhood are risk factors for negative educational and health outcomes. Universal social-emotional screening in schools has been identified as an effective approach to identifying children at risk for mental health and behavioral challenges and is congruent with tiered frameworks for…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Behavior Problems, Emotional Problems, At Risk Persons
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Czyz, Anna Katarzyna – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2018
The development of a child, especially a child with a disability, is conditional upon the initiation of rehabilitation measures immediately after the problem has been identified. The quality of the reaction is conditioned by the functioning of the therapeutic team. The main purpose of the research was the diagnosis of early support system for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Development, Early Intervention, Teamwork
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Andrea Laser; Serra Acar; Karen Brown; Katherine B. Green; Lindsey A. Chapman; Chelsea T. Morris; Lauren Hart Rollins; Annie George-Puskar; Monica Gonzalez; Alesia Mickle Moldavan; Kathy R. Doody; Katrina Fulcher-Rood; Pamela Schuetze; Kaitlin Jackson; Bradley Mills; Lindsay R. Dennis; Tai Cole; Kelly Farquharson; Marisa Macy – Journal of Special Education Preparation, 2024
The personnel preparation of early intervention/early childhood special educator (EI/ECSE) candidates is a pivotal stage in supporting the development of professionals who can effectively work with young children with and at-risk of developmental disabilities, their families, and other service providers. This process encompasses a multifaceted…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, At Risk Students, Early Childhood Education, Special Education Teachers
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