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ERIC Number: ED619219
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: EISSN-
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Special Educators as Intervention Specialists: Dynamic Systems and the Complexity of Intensifying Intervention for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
Farmer, Thomas W.; Sutherland, Kevin S.; Talbott, Elizabeth; Brooks, Debbie S.; Norwalk, Kate; Huneke, Michelle
Grantee Submission, Journal of Emotional Behavioral Disorders v24 n3 p173-186 2016
We present a dynamic systems perspective for the intensification of interventions for students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). With this framework, we suggest behavior involves the contributions of multiple factors and reflects the interplay between the characteristics of the student and the ecologies in which he or she is embedded. Building from a discussion of the application of dynamic systems theory to ecological intervention, we propose four types of data are needed to guide intervention intensification: universal/probabilistic knowledge and strategies, implementation science practice elements, person-oriented developmental analysis, and person-in-context interactional analyses. We discuss practice implications and propose two types of specialists: "intervention specialists" who provide direct services and have expertise adapting interventions across the academic, behavioral, and social domains and "intervention specialist coordinators" who direct intervention intensification activities across service sectors and design and monitor long-term intervention plans focused on developmentally relevant outcomes. Finally, we consider implications for research and professional development. [This article was published in "Journal of Emotional Behavioral Disorders" (EJ1110029).]
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IES Funded: Yes