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Promoting Professional Development For Physical Therapists In Early Intervention, Tricia A. Catalino, Lisa A. Chiarello, Toby Long, Priscilla Weaver
Promoting Professional Development For Physical Therapists In Early Intervention, Tricia A. Catalino, Lisa A. Chiarello, Toby Long, Priscilla Weaver
College of Health & Human Services (TUN) Publications and Research
Early intervention (EI) service providers are expected to form cohesive teams to build the capacity of a family to promote their child’s development. Given the differences in personnel preparation across disciplines of service providers, the Early Childhood Personnel Center (ECPC) is creating integrated and comprehensive professional development models for those who provide services for young children with disabilities and their families. To help guide this process it is important to identify inter-disciplinary competencies as well as the unique knowledge and skills that each discipline contributes to the development and implementation of effective intervention plans. This paper describes personnel preparation of …