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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Coaching" is also coming to Early Intervention programs, too.  My daughter who is a PT was required to go to a 2 day workshop on the concept.  She works in a private center based with classrooms and instead of giving a child with an IEP in preschool the PT, OT or Speech directly you are noe supposed to go into the classroom and " coach" with no direct hands on.  It is crazy when many staff are not that we'll educated in general at all.  The other idea is that a therapist could be a generalist and cover beyond one's discipline.  She is at a DC site, but you may want to check EI programs in VA and MD.

DD did say that working as a private therapist in a person's home in EI that certainly one does use a combo of hands on and coaching a parent or caretaker I. What to do.  However in a school setting with untrained  - not eve special Ed teachers Itbis watering down services.[/quote]

This is the norm in many other states EI program. It's cheaper. Probably much less effective too. [/quote]

Coaching (when done properly) is much more effective than providing hands-on, direct therapy services (which is not what EI is supposed to be) as it allows for better carryover and more opportunities to practice skills.  M'Lisa Shelden and Dathan Rush are the coaching gurus of early intervention.  Here's one article by them about coaching.

http://www.coachinginearlychildhood.org/cmisperceptions.php

Robin McWilliam is another good researcher to read up on. [/quote]

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