Enhancing Professional Development for Educators: Adapting Project ECHO From Health Care to Education

IF 0.9 Q3 EDUCATION, SPECIAL
Canyon Hardesty, E. Moody, E. Moody, S. Kern, Wendy Warren, Mary Jo Cooley Hidecker, Susan J. Wagner, Sanjeev Arora, Sandra Root-Elledge
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Abstract

Adequately prepared educators are critical to the success of children in rural settings, but many educators receive little training on how to support students with disabilities. Professional development for educators is challenging in rural areas due to the lack of opportunities and travel requirements. Project ECHO™ was originally developed to overcome similar challenges facing physicians. The ECHO Model overcomes these challenges by creating a hub and spoke network that connects local providers with experts. These networks meet regularly over teleconferencing technology to conduct a short professional development workshop, followed by a case-study from one of the local sites. We adapted the ECHO Model for use in education and since 2014 implemented four networks: autism, assistive technology, secondary transitions, and behavioral supports. Educators found ECHO highly acceptable and reported improved skills and knowledge. ECHO for Education is effective and has the potential to improve capacity of education systems in rural settings.
加强教育工作者的专业发展:使ECHO项目从卫生保健到教育
准备充分的教育工作者对农村儿童的成功至关重要,但许多教育工作者几乎没有接受过如何支持残疾学生的培训。由于缺乏机会和旅行要求,农村地区教育工作者的专业发展具有挑战性。ECHO项目™ 最初是为了克服医生面临的类似挑战而开发的。ECHO模式通过创建一个连接本地供应商和专家的轮辐式网络来克服这些挑战。这些网络通过电话会议技术定期举行会议,举办一个简短的专业发展研讨会,然后在当地一个网站进行案例研究。我们将ECHO模型应用于教育,并自2014年以来实施了四个网络:自闭症、辅助技术、二次过渡和行为支持。教育工作者认为《欧洲人权公约》是高度可接受的,并报告说技能和知识有所提高。ECHO促进教育是有效的,有潜力提高农村地区教育系统的能力。
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Rural Special Education Quarterly
Rural Special Education Quarterly EDUCATION, SPECIAL-
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