Midterm Flashcards
What ages is EI?
Birth - 5
What is EI?
educational approach for children who have or are at risk of a developmental delay/disability
What is the focus of EI?
prevention/remediation
What are the 5 areas that EI works on?
Sensory, Cognitive, Motor, Speech/lang., and feeding
How much is EI?
its free
Where is EI?
Least restrictive environment (home, school, hospital, daycare)
What kind of approach is EI?
Team approach
is family part of the EI team?
yes
What does IDEA stand for?
Individuals with disabilities education act
What does FAPE stand for?
Free appropriate public education
What ages is IDEA part C?
birth - 3
What ages is IDEA part B?
3-5
What qualifies someone for IDEA?
must have a 25% delay in one area (speech or motor) OR if a specialist determines that they have a need OR if they have known condition that could be a risk (DS, CP)
What is informed clinical decision?
a specialist determines there is a delay even though it doesn’t come up on the assessments
Transdisciplinary
Maximizes collaboration between team members
Role of fam is emphasized
More blended files from other team members
Ongoing collaboration and education throughout service delivery
Role of a primary service provider is to deliver direct, cross disciplinary services with the family
Interdisciplinary
Greater collaboration than multidisciplinary
Possible collaboration on assessment, goal setting and resource sharing
(island with bridges)
Multidisciplinary
Each discipline operates independently
Minimal collaboration among members
Central professional coordinate the different services, typically a service coordinator
What is a PSP?
a primary service provider
What is the purpose of the PSP?
To deliver direct, cross-disciplinary services with the family. Identify team members and facilitates services
Name some related services
- speech therapy
- special education
- behavioral therapy
- occupational therapy
- physical therapy
- vision
- counseling services
- psychological services
Is assessment ongoing?
yes, Ongoing process to determine child’s unique needs, family’s priorities, family’s concerns and resources
assessment of early communication often involves..
informal measures
Informal assessment of expressive lang includes..
speech intelligibility (% of intelligible words), phontactic characteristics (repertoire of sounds and syllables), structure of gesture and speech combos (lang sample), intentions (freq of requesting info), vocab (measure ttr, lexical density)