Video 4.3: Description of 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. (running time: 3 min. 19 sec.) View TranscriptAnn: Hello, I am Ann Turnbull. The topic of trusting family-professional partnerships is very close to…
Audio 3.5: Ashley’s perspective (speech therapist) A speech therapist shares her perspective on working with children in classroom settings and collaborating with the teachers and families (running time 0 min., 47 sec.). View TranscriptAshley: I am a firm believer in the importance of a team approach to interventions with children. If I’m not working…
Audio 3.3: Barbara Hanft Barbara Hanft, a developmental consultant with degrees in occupational therapy and counseling psychology shares advice on communication. She explains the difference between talking and communicating, the importance of listening and responding with your eyes and ears, and developing empathy (running time: 2 min., 38 sec.). View TranscriptBarbara: I have three…
Audio 3.2: Vera Stroup-Rentier Vera Stroup-Rentier has worked in the field of early intervention as a teacher, family service coordinator, and program coordinator, as well as in the field of early childhood as a classroom teacher and center director. She shares advice on communication and stresses the importance of having an open mind (running time:…
Video 3.4: Conversation with examples of seeking and verifying information Andi, a Head Start teacher, and LeeMarie, a speech therapist, have a conversation about collaborating to address the learning goals of a 4-year-old child in Andi’s classroom. This is part two of a three-part conversation highlighting examples of seeking and verifying communication strategies (running…
Video 3.3: Conversation with examples of attending and active listening Andi, a Head Start teacher, and LeeMarie, a speech therapist, have a conversation about collaborating to address the learning goals of a 4-year-old child in Andi’s classroom. This is part one of a three-part conversation highlighting examples of attending and active listening communication strategies…
Video 3.2: The therapist’s viewpoint Ashley, a speech therapist shares her view on collaborating with a teacher in a community-based childcare program to address the goals of David, a 4-year-old boy with language delays (running time 1 min. 09 sec.). View TranscriptAshley: I’m a speech-language pathologist and I have a large caseload of…
Audio 2.7: Randah’s Perspective (physical therapist) A physical therapist of a two year old girl turning three, shares her perspective on the child’s transition from early intervention to a preschool classroom (running time: 0 min. 53 sec.). View TranscriptRandah: I’ve worked with Tamiya since she was 6 months old and she is one tough…
Video 1.19: Routine in a program – singing with friends Luke participates in singing a favorite song with the facilitation of his speech therapist. She encourages peer interaction and has Luke choose which verse of the song to sing (running time: 1 min. 49 sec.). View TranscriptNarrator: This video shows a speech therapist…
Video 1.14: Routine in a program – expanded block play Austin first uses a communication board posted on the wall to decide what he wants to build. Then his therapist introduces a template to assist in the building process. Later, a peer is enlisted as a helper to create a door for his garage.…