Practitioner Family-Centered Practices for Working with Families |
Several brief vignettes with Early Interventionists, families, children interacting in the home setting as examples of family-centered practices |
3:32 |
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CONNECT Video 4.2: The Family’s Viewpoint |
The Family’s Viewpoint: Aaron, the father of little Aaron, a 4-year old boy in a preschool classroom, shares his story and goals for his family’s future. |
1:37 |
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CONNECT Video 4.3: Description of the Family-Professional Partnership Framework |
Description of the Family-Professional Partnership Framework: Dr. Ann Turnbull, Distinguished Professor, Co-Founder, and Co-Director of the Beach Center on Disability, describes the family professional partnership framework to illustrate partnership-oriented practices. |
3:19 |
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CONNECT Video 4.1: Perspectives of Dr. Beth Harry |
Beth Harry, Professor, and Chair of Special Education at the University of Miami discusses the importance of earning the trust of parents from diverse backgrounds by demonstrating respect for their perspectives. Dr. Harry has described the transforming impact of her daughter with special needs on her personal and professional life. She is a nationally recognized leader in research related to cultural diversity within the field of special education, especially on the topic of family-professional partnerships. |
2:56 |
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Embrace Possibilities |
The video shares information from the perspectives of families, early care and education, and early intervention service providers on how to identify a possible delay in development or a disability in an infant or toddler. Families share how information, support, and resources were provided to them, and what was most helpful. |
15:51 |
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Francisco and the Diego Family |
The Diego family story allows participants to consider the family's cultural values and beliefs, experiences, and successes; and to think about how this relates to their work with young children with disabilities and their families in their communities. |
10:37 |
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