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ERIC Number: EJ580391
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-8756-0534
Family-Focused Rural Early Intervention Personnel Preparation: Family Stories and Student Development.
Butera, Gretchen
Journal of Research in Rural Education, v14 n2 p85-94 Fall 1998
Rural graduate students in early intervention used case-study and ethnographic methods to record family-focused field experiences, thereby developing an understanding of family perspectives and personal theories about early intervention in rural settings. These personnel preparation processes help students engage in a lifelong process of establishing their own professional identities. Contains 27 references. (Author/TD)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Disabilities, Early Intervention, Ethnography, Experiential Learning, Family Involvement, Field Experience Programs, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Home Visits, Perspective Taking, Professional Education, Rural Education, Special Education, Student Development, Student Journals
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Identity Formation
Note: Theme issue title: "Special Education in Rural Communities."