EI Tele-Assessment Video Chats & Strategies: You’ve Got This!

Posted on May 13, 2020 by in *Recent, All, Assessment, Engaging Families, Practical Strategies, Tele-Intervention
Here’s the question: Whoever, in a million years, thought we’d be doing developmental assessments using video conferencing?? Really, when you think about that, it’s equally unnerving and amazing. Unnerving because it can seem like a completely new way of gathering information about a child’s development without even being physically present with the child. Amazing because…

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7 Technology Tips for Tele-Intervention

Posted on April 29, 2020 by in *Recent, All, Engaging Families, Intervention Visits, Practical Strategies, Tele-Intervention, What Would You Do?
Technology is great when it works, right? It’s such an embedded part of most of our lives when we are not in the throws of a global pandemic that many of us hardly think about it. Now, though, when early interventionists are chin deep in trying to navigate tele-intervention, figuring out how to connect through…

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Introducing Teleflections©: We Are All in This Together

Posted on April 23, 2020 by in *Recent, All, Intervention Visits, Practical Strategies, Professional Development, Tele-Intervention
We are all in this together. Early interventionists are exploring and learning new telehealth options. For many, this may mean learning new technology platforms, navigating limited wifi access, and simultaneously focusing on providing exceptional service delivery through telehealth. Teleflections©, a new resource, provide reflections from early interventionists who share their own experiences including their successes…

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10 Strategies for Engaging Parents (not Children?) during Tele-Intervention

Posted on April 14, 2020 by in *Recent, All, Coaching Practices, Engaging Families, Intervention Visits, Practical Strategies, Professional Development, Tele-Intervention
Let’s get right to the point. You are not trying to engage an infant or toddler on video for 45-60 minutes during your virtual visit. Re-read that last sentence and let it sink in. Take a deep breath in and breathe out any expectation you may have had about playing with the baby you see…

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