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Early Intervention Study

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Methodology

Design
The proposed study will use an experimental research design and include a randomly selected pretest-posttest group with the addition of a control group. Participants will be selected for the two groups to control for child age, degree of disability and parents home language differences.

Ethics
As this research study involves young children with disabilities and their families, specific and thoughtful consideration of ethical concerns is of the utmost importance. Given the nature of the study and the inclusion of children with special needs, the request for a full review from the IRB will be submitted for approval. In addition to submission to the IRB, specific ethical considerations will be made regarding confidentiality …show more content…

Early interventions services are provided to children ages 0-2 with special needs and their families or designated caregivers. …show more content…

The PTP focuses on family-centered practices and includes parent coaching, parent-professional collaboration and reflection. The goal of the PTP is to increase parent capacity to implement developmentally appropriate intervention strategies for their child with special needs. One aspect of the PTP is the use of picture cards to represent intervention strategies, for example, a picture of a parent and a child playing a game would represent turn taking strategies or a picture of a child laying on their stomach would represent increasing “tummy time.” When using the PTP, the developmental therapist would shift the focus of the therapy session from working with the child to developing a weekly plan with the parent. The picture cards would serve as starting point for what goals the parent has for the week in relation to the Individualized Family Service Plan. Once the goals are established the therapist and parent will work collaboratively to determine how and when the family might be able to embed those goals into their daily routines and child play. At this stage the therapist acts as a coach, building on parent’s strengths and offering additional supports where needed. Using the picture cards a therapy plan is created for the week to serve as a reminder of the goals for the week. In the following therapy session, the family and therapist use the picture cards to reflect on the

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