Implementing Early Intervention: From Research to Effective Practice - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0898622476 ISBN 13: 9780898622478

Publisher: The Guilford Press, 1993

Synopsis

The passage of Public Law 99-457 mandates the creation of early intervention service delivery systems for infants, toddlers, and young children. In addition, the recent passage of Part H stresses interagency linkages, holistic services, and a shift to family-centered early intervention. While there is a clear need for reform in children's services, translating the mandates into effective practices poses a major challenge for practitioners and program directors alike. Addressing the need for a single, accessible text that presents the best practices for service deliveries to fulfill all the requirements of recently enacted Public Laws, this book offers an up-to-date resource of the most current theory and practice.

The book opens with an examination of the concept of early intervention from a theoretical standpoint. It includes an extensive overview of the evolution of early intervention and an in-depth discussion of the issues surrounding definitions, especially in terms of how they impact early intervention dollars. Practical information regarding eligibility and utilization of services and effective methods for screening are provided.

Chapters then apply theory to practice, interpreting state and federal policies with an emphasis on Part H. Techniques are presented to help families assess their concerns and priorities, and guidelines are outlined for setting up intervention programs. In one chapter, these guidelines are tailored specifically to the needs of infants and toddlers, and instruments are reviewed for the practitioner. Throughout, early intervention experts answer fundamental questions about building program models, provide the research basis for full inclusion, and offer strategies for creating optimum working environments.

Chapters covering budgetary concerns, analyze the financial ramifications of Part H and examine cost information, a critical component in the creation of intervention programs. A methodology for forecasting costs is presented, and sources for potential funding are reviewed, highlighting those that are available but under utilized. Finally, the book summarizes policy issues relevant to Part H, and analyzes its implications from both a state and national perspective, including discussion on the impact of diversity. Throughout, each chapter reviews the research, major issues, and offers guidelines for translating research into best practices.

Providing the context for services, detailed information about specific and frequently conducted services, and suggestions for future state and federal policy, IMPLEMENTING EARLY INTERVENTION is a necessary reference for all professionals operating under the mandate of Public Law 99-457 and Part H. As such, it is must reading for anyone who sets up or works in early intervention settings.

About this title

About the Author:

Donna Bryant, Ph.D., is the Director of Family and Child Care Research Program at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center at the University of North Carolina. The Center is a fully inclusive model of family-focused, educational child care that serves 62 children from infancy to age 5. Other ongoing projects include a study of Head Start to public school transitions, a community-based demonstration of home- and center-based intervention for infants from disadvantaged families, and an evalution of North Carolina'a new initiatives to enhance child care and family services.

Mimi A. Graham, Ed.D., is Associate Professor in Research at Florida State University's Center for Prevention and Early Intervention Policy, where she conducts policy research on at-risk infants and toddlers and their families. A designer of instructional training modules, she has conducted "Train the Trainer" workshops statewide on early intervention issues. She began her career as a Head Start Director in rural Virginia and served as principal of the Mailman Center for Child Development/Debbie School at the University of Miami Medical School. She was Education Director of the Robert Wood Johnson Miami site of the National Collaborative Infant Health and Development Program and is currently Project Director of a Florida replication of that study through the Centers for Disease Control.

Review:

"An impressive review of the field of early intervention....It summarizes well the state of the art as it is evolving. The book should be read for years to come." --Eleanor Stokes Szanton, Ph.D.

"Implementing Early Intervention is by far the most comprehensive and useful book on early intervention to be published in recent years. Bryant and Graham have done a masterful job compiling a series of well written and practical chapters on a range of early intervention topics. I am especially impressed with the individual authors' translation of theory and research into practice. Implementing Early Intervention is must reading for researchers, program builders, and practitioners, as well as professionals involved in training early intervention personnel." --Carl J. Dunst, Ph.D.

"At last! A truly comprehensive book on early intervention. A must for every program planner, researcher, practitioner, and student." --Craig T. Ramey, Ph.D.

"Bryant and Graham have crafted a comprehensive and scholarly text on early intervention for infants and young children with disabilities and their families. The range of topics addressed in this book covers most issues pertinent to the field today. They have assembled an impressive array of leading experts who contribute chapters related to eligibility and assessment, family-centered and effective intervention practices, administration, and public policy. Of particular interest are two chapters on the costs and financing of early intervention, topics that are often not covered in most edited texts. This book is clearly an important contribution to the literature on early intervention and would serve as a valuable resource for practitioners, administrators, higher education faculty, and policy makers." --Sam Odom, Ph.D., Peabody College of Vanderbilt University

"The book covers essential topics in the area of early intervention." --Angela Love, Pittsburg State University (course: Preschool Exceptional Child, Grad.)

"This comprehensive, fact-filled, up-to-date, edited volume is clearly written, well organized, and could bring pediatric psychologist and their trainees up to pace on early intervention policy and practice. It could serve well as a text for a graduate course in applied developmental psychology of infancy and early childhood or as the basic readings for a continuing education seminar for practicing pediatric psychologists and clinical child psychologists." --Jeanette Reuter in Journal of Pediatric Psychology

"Overall, the book fills a gap in the early intervention literature and should be greatly beneficial to professional working in the area of early intervention." --David E. McIntosh, Contemporary Psychology

"...a good introduction to the field of early intervention." --Carole Christofk Upshur, University of Massachusetts at Boston

About this edition

• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0898622476
• ISBN 13: 9780898622478
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 358
• Editor: Bryant Donna M., Graham Mimi A.