Aligning Professional Development With Service Coordinator Knowledge and Skills

IF 1.1 4区医学 Q3 EDUCATION, SPECIAL

Infants & Young Children Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI:10.1097/IYC.0000000000000257

Dana C. Childress, Seb M. Prohn, Corinne F. Hill, Lisa M. Terry

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Abstract

Service coordinators under Part C of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, 2004) help families navigate the early intervention (EI) system and ensure regular communication among team members so services are aligned with family priorities and recommended EI practices. To meet the demands of service coordination, personnel entering the EI field who will serve as service coordinators must receive high-quality professional development to orient them to their unique roles and responsibilities. The purpose of this program evaluation was to examine the effectiveness of one state's service coordination training program and its alignment with the Knowledge and Skills for Service Coordinators (KSSC), a resource document in the Division for Early Childhood and IDEA Infant Toddler Coordinators Association (DEC & ITCA) Joint Position Statement: Service Coordination in Early Intervention (2020). Survey results suggested that the training program was associated with increased knowledge and skills for service coordinator participants in many of the KSSC areas. Participants also reported using what they learned in their work with families. The rubric used to evaluate this training program could be a resource for state-level professional development providers to evaluate alignment of current and future training for service coordinators with the KSSC.

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根据服务协调员的知识和技能调整专业发展

根据《残障人士教育法案》（IDEA，2004 年）C 部分的规定，服务协调员要帮助家庭驾驭早期干预（EI）系统，并确保团队成员之间的定期沟通，从而使服务与家庭的优先事项和推荐的 EI 实践保持一致。为了满足服务协调的要求，进入早期干预领域担任服务协调员的人员必须接受高质量的专业培训，使他们了解自己独特的角色和责任。本计划评估的目的是检查一个州的服务协调培训计划的有效性及其与服务协调员知识和技能（KSSC）的一致性，KSSC 是儿童早期教育司和 IDEA 婴儿和幼儿协调员协会（DEC & ITCA）联合立场声明中的一份资源文件：早期干预中的服务协调（2020 年）。调查结果表明，培训计划提高了服务协调员在许多 KSSC 领域的知识和技能。学员们还报告说，他们在与家庭的合作中运用了所学到的知识。用于评估该培训计划的评分标准可作为州级专业发展提供者的资源，以评估当前和未来的服务协调员培训是否与 KSSC 保持一致。

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Infants & Young Children Multiple-

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1.90

自引率

9.10%

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期刊介绍： Infants & Young Children is an interdisciplinary journal focusing on vulnerable children from birth to five years of age and their families. Of special interest are articles involving innovative interventions, summaries of important research developments and their implications for practice, updates for high priority topic areas, balanced presentations of controversial issues, and articles that address issues involving policy, professional training, new conceptual models, and related matters. Although data are often presented primarily to illustrate points, some types of data-based articles may be appropriate.