Journal article
Preparing Therapists as Effective Practitioners in Early Intervention
Infants and young children, v 22(1), pp 21-31
01 Jan 2009
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Abstract
Occupational and physical therapists and speech language pathologists provide services for almost half of the children enrolled in early intervention programs nationally. Each professional association has adopted documents defining practice in early intervention that advocate for family-centered practices and interventions embedded in family activities and routines. However, educational programs preparing each of these disciplines offer little information in preprofessional programs about early intervention, and therapists working in early intervention self-report low levels of competence. Many practicing therapists are required to complete continuing education requirements to maintain their licenses or certification, but less thana third of state Part C programs have adopted early intervention credentials or have annual professional development requirements. This combination of limited preprofessional preparation with minimal postgraduate professional development results in an early intervention therapy workforce with less than adequate preparation and necessitates a new look at therapists' preparation by their professional associations, educational programs, and State Part C agencies.
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- Title
- Preparing Therapists as Effective Practitioners in Early Intervention
- Creators
- Philippa H. Campbell - Thomas Jefferson UniversityLisa Chiarello - Drexel UniversityM. Jeanne Wilcox - MLFTC: Educational Leadership and Innovation, Division ofSuzanne Milbourne - Thomas Jefferson University
- Publication Details
- Infants and young children, v 22(1), pp 21-31
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Number of pages
- 11
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Physical Therapy (and Rehabilitation Sciences)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000262012600004
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-67650163498
- Other Identifier
- 991019168309204721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Education, Special
- Psychology, Developmental
- Rehabilitation