Get ready to learn strategies for improving your listening skills and using these skills with the families you support! First, you’ll discover how our brains respond when we’re engaged in conversation. You’ll then get best practices for effective listening, including creating the right environment, engaging curiosity, supporting—rather than shifting—the conversation, and embracing silence. We’ll finish up by talking about the importance of listening to the families we work with and how listening can help us understand and embrace the diverse nature of each and every family we support.
This one hour course is comprised of 3 modules related to cultural competence, procedural safeguards and transition. It will take you approximately 30 minutes for the culture competence module, 15 minutes for the procedural safeguards module, and 15 minutes for the transition module.
Learn how to complete the 4-month monitoring process for a child believed to no longer be eligible for Early Intervention. Review background information and policies and guidelines your program may choose to adopt, and examples of what should be included in documents for families. All documents are easily editable and can be adjusted to fit your program’s needs.
Review the Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) announcement regarding young children and their families who are experiencing homelessness in Pennsylvania, as well as resources that can help alleviate some of the barriers that families experiencing homelessness face.
Discover how to take on the role of PTR-F facilitator to meet each family’s unique needs by learning about a clear 5-step process for guiding families as they promote their child’s positive behavior.
This training course was created and is owned by The Pyramid Model Consortium: Supporting Early Childhood Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports.
Learn how to establish, build, and maintain positive relationships which support the inclusion of all children in early childhood classrooms. Focus on working in partnership with other adults, and on exploring and demonstrating how the principles of partnership work together to support children, families, and one another.
The Family 5Q refers to five questions parents consider as they structure their interactions with their child to support engagement and learning during routines and activities throughout their day. These questions are part of FGRBI and are used to develop an action plan with families/caregivers for embedding intervention.
This course is part of the Infant/Toddler Service Delivery Learning Path. After the SS-OO-PP-RR course is completed, learners will be enrolled in this course. More information about accessing this course can be found in the Learning Path Navigation Guide.
SS-OO-PP-RR provides a framework for integrating the principles and practices of Family Guided Routines Based Intervention (FGRBI) during home visiting with family members and other caregivers.
This course is part of the Infant/Toddler Service Delivery Learning Path. After the FGRBI course is completed, learners will be enrolled in this course. More information about accessing this course can be found in the Learning Path Navigation Guide.
Learn about a framework that helps us examine where our assumptions come from and how this influences our thinking. Learners will be encouraged to reflect on how they can use this framework to make decisions and improve communication with the children and families they support.
Get the most current and up-to-date information regarding how to write a quality note that documents the services and supports you provide to children and families in Early Intervention.
Early Intervention Technical Assistance (EITA) works on behalf of the Office of Child Development & Early Learning (OCDEL).
