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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Cochran, Deborah C.; Gallagher, Peggy A.; Stayton, Vicki D.; Dinnebeil, Laurie A.; Lifter, Karin; Chandler, Lynette K.; Christensen, Kimberly A. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2012
Results of the field validation survey of the revised initial and new advanced Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Division for Early Childhood (DEC) early childhood special education (ECSE)/early intervention (EI) personnel standards are presented. Personnel standards are used as part of educational accountability systems and in teacher…
Descriptors: Expertise, Early Intervention, Early Childhood Education, Disabilities
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Casey, Amy M.; McWilliam, R. A. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2011
Because research has shown that providing information alone does not have an impact on educators' behavior, supervisors and other individuals interested in personnel preparation are becoming interested in providing early childhood educators with continuous feedback about their classroom performance. Reviews of the literature on performance…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Program Effectiveness, Intervention, Educational Practices
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Salisbury, Christine L.; Woods, Juliann; Copeland, Christina – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2010
An exploratory case study was undertaken to investigate the perspectives and experiences of six early intervention providers as they adopted and implemented a collaborative consultation approach to home visiting in urban neighborhoods. Survey, semistructured interview, and focus group methods were used over a 2-year period to obtain data about…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Neighborhoods, Early Intervention, Focus Groups
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Macy, Marisa; Squires, Jane K.; Barton, Erin E. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2009
An approach to designing field-based practicum opportunities for preservice students is described. First, the importance of quality field experiences is presented, together with a conceptual framework. Second, foundational and philosophical perspectives in early childhood and early intervention (EI) and early childhood special education (ECSE)…
Descriptors: Practicums, Early Intervention, Field Experience Programs, Early Childhood Education
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McNaughton, David; Hamlin, Dawn; McCarthy, John; Head-Reeves, Darlene; Schreiner, Mary – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2008
The importance of parent-teacher communication has been widely recognized; however, there is only limited research on teaching effective listening skills to education professionals. In this study, a pretest-posttest control group design was used to examine the effect of instruction on the active listening skills of preservice education…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Listening Skills, Preservice Teachers, Parent Teacher Cooperation
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Clifford, Jantina R.; Macy, Marisa G.; Albi, Linda D.; Bricker, Diane D.; Rahn, Naomi L. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2005
The authors present a model of clinical supervision to guide preservice professionals embarking on a career in early intervention and early childhood special education. Established models of clinical supervision in the general education field are described, followed by a description of the clinical supervision model used by the University of…
Descriptors: Models, Clinical Supervision (of Teachers), Preservice Teachers, Early Intervention
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Bruder, Mary Beth; Dunst, Carl J. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2005
University faculty were surveyed to ascertain the degree to which students in early childhood special education, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech?language pathology, and multidisciplinary personnel preparation programs received training in five early intervention practices (family-centered, individualized family service plans,…
Descriptors: Pathology, Intervention, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy