Part C Professional Development Opportunities

• Audience: All SC’s, and any EI Providers who are responsible for conducting child assessment for their district or ESU.
• Duration: 2 days
• Facilitated by: State Trainers
• Funding: NDE/DHHS

The purpose of the boot camp is to provide participants from multiple PRTs with annual opportunities to practice the skill of Routines-Based interviewing with actual families, while receiving feedback and coaching from an approved RBI provider/services coordinator. To become “RBI Approved”, participants must attend the training and attain 85% or better on the RBI Implementation Checklist completed by an RBI approved provider or services coordinator. RBI Approval is required for all EI providers and services coordinators engaged in child and family assessment. The training also includes practice writing routines based, functional and measurable Child and Family IFSP Outcomes from the RBIs they conduct. 

*RBI Boot Camps can be requested by an individual region.  The requesting PRT would then be responsible for funding the training, including trainers, materials, venue, etc.

• Audience: All SC’s and EI Providers conducting providing IFSP Services.
• Duration: 1 ½ day
• Facilitated by: State Trainers
• Funding: NDE/DHHS

Routines-Based Home Visit Training using the Getting Ready Approach. The purpose of the Getting Ready (GR) Approach training is to provide EI Providers and Services Coordinators from multiple PRTs with annual opportunities to use IFSP outcomes derived from the Routines Based Interview (RBI) to guide implementation of EI services. The GR Approach targets development of parent- professional partnerships in home visits to: 

1) strengthen relationships between families and professionals, 2) build parent competencies to support their child’s development. Using these partnerships with families, providers facilitate parent-child interactions within routines identified as part of IFSP outcomes, while Services Coordinators are responsible for collecting data about IFSP outcome progress and services, as well as connecting families with needed supports and resources.  

To become GR approved, participants must attend the training and attain 80% or better on the home visit implementation checklist scored by a state coach for 2 home visits. Therefore, participants should only attend if they will be serving families with IFSPs, in the home for the next 6 months. Routines Based Home Visit training is intended for all EI providers and services coordinators in the region, AFTER the RBI and functional outcomes improvement strategies are well established.

*Routines-Based Home Visit Trainings can be requested by an individual region.  The requesting PRT would then be responsible for funding the training, including trainers, materials, venue, etc.

• Audience: All EI teams in the PRT (All SC’s, EI providers, and administrators)
• Duration: 4 hours
• Facilitated by: RBEI TA
• Funding: PRT grant funds may be used to support this activity

The purpose of the facilitated workshop is to give EI teams time together to reflect on the way they “typically provide services” and how they would “ideally like to provide services”. The RBEI TA facilitates the discussion and shares evidence-based practices that are most impacted by using Routines Based Early Intervention. Individual team action plans are developed at the end of the workshop and are shared with the PRT chair/leadership team. The results of the self-assessment provide the PRT with a region-wide EI team perspective of current practices, and provides data to influence next steps for professional development activities and ultimately impact EI service delivery. 

• Audience: All EI teams in the PRT (All SC’s, EI providers, and administrators)
• Duration: 3 hours
• Facilitated by: EDN Co-Leads
• Funding: NDE/DHHS

The purpose of the training is to review the requirements for the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Act, Part C Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities (IDEA-2004) and the Nebraska Department of Education and Health and Human Services Administrative Codes 92 NAC 52 and 480 NAC 1 to assure that the rules and regulations are understood and followed. The training includes practical case scenario discussions and Q/A opportunities.

• Audience: All EI teams in the PRT (All SC’s, EI providers, and administrators)
• Duration: 2 hours
• Facilitated by: RBEI TA 
• Funding:  NDE/DHHS

This 2-hour technical assistance activity is provided by the RBEI TA via virtual (Zoom) or in person. All SC’s and EI providers in a PRT who participated in an RBI Boot Camp received initial training and practice in writing functional child and family IFSP outcomes, and should participate in the IFSP Outcome Technical Assistance.  Because the quality of IFSPs are directly influenced by the RBI, this training is best provided AFTER most or all of the SC’s and EI providers are approved and the PRT is fully implementing the RBI as their child and family assessment. Prior to the training, EI teams identify 6 to 12 child and family outcomes which are scored by the EI team, as well as the RBEI TA, using the Quality Outcome Checklist. A comparison of the scores and feedback on the outcomes are provided during the training. Any themes will be identified and the region will create an action plan with next steps to writing quality IFSP outcomes.

• Audience: All EI teams in the PRT (All SC’s, EI providers, and administrators)
• Duration: TBD by PRT leadership team and RBEI TA
• Facilitated by: RBEI TA
• Funding: PRT grant funds may be used to support this activity

The purpose of the training is to assist PRTs working toward accurate collection of annual RBI fidelity checks for their approved EI providers and SC’s. On-going fidelity checks ensure that approved EI providers and SC’s continue to implement the RBI practices and quality IFSP outcomes to fidelity. Training activities may include an overview of selected RBI components, Q/A, practice using the RBI implementation checklists using video clips, practice providing feedback to teammates, and a review of writing IFSP outcomes from RBI priorities. The RBI Refresher Training is tailored to the specific needs of a PRT using current data from the region’s RBI fidelity checks, IFSP outcomes, etc..

• Audience: All EI teams in the PRT (All SC’s, EI providers, and administrators)
• Duration: 3 hours 
• Facilitated by: RBEI TA
• Funding: PRT grant funds may be used to support this activity

This training was designed as a follow up to the full Getting Ready Approach training. The content includes an overview of the Getting Ready Home Visit Guides for both EI providers and SC’s to promote teaming and enhancement of required aspects of each Guide. Participants will work together in groups to address common implementation challenges using the Getting Ready strategies. Time for action planning is provided, based on what was learned. 

• Audience: SC’s and EI providers
• Duration: 3 hours
• Facilitated by: RBEI TA and State Trainer
• Funding: PRT grant funds may be used to support this activity

This training was designed as a follow up to the full Getting Ready Approach training. It contains content appropriate for both SC’s and EI providers to attend as a group. EI teams who want to sharpen their skills in terms of relationship building, setting up the home visit for collaboration with the family, and partnering for co-establishing the focus of the time together, while digging into the purpose of the Opening, will find this refresher useful to set up the Main Agenda. Follow up activities will provide opportunity for generalization within home visits. 

• Audience: EI providers who have had the “Getting Ready GUIDE Opening” Refresher
• Duration: 3 hours
• Facilitated by: RBEI TA
• Funding: PRT grant funds may be used to support this activity

This training is designed as a follow up for EI providers to the full Getting Ready Approach training and in particular, the GUIDE Opening.  A successfully facilitated GUIDE Main Agenda-Lets Try It relies heavily on an effective Opening.  Therefore, completion of the Opening training is a prerequisite.  The evidence is clear: positive parent-child interactions are at the heart of child learning. The Let’s Try It, used effectively, provides a pathway for the EI provider and the family to work together to: 1) set up; 2) practice; and 3) reflect on a routine or learning opportunity. The guided practice supports the family to interact with their child in a way that meets IFSP outcomes and promotes between-visit child learning. 

• Audience: Any EI provider who is responsible for entering GOLD data
• Duration: 3 hours
• Facilitated by: State trainer
• Funding: NDE/DHHS

The purpose of the training is for participants to learn how to link data gathered during Routines Based Early Intervention to inform GOLD entry and exit criteria. Activities will include practice scoring GOLD using RBI notes, RBI video clips, IFSP outcomes, home visit video clips, the SHoRE, and any other ongoing assessment data. Time is given throughout the training for participant discussion. 

• Audience: All EI teams in the PRT (All SC’s, EI providers, and administrators)
• Duration: 4 hours
• Facilitated by: RBEI TA provider together with a state trainer
• Funding: NDE/DHHS

The purpose of the training is to help participants collaborate with families to utilize information from Routines Based Interviews, Quality Home Visits, and Ongoing Assessment to develop functional and family-centered initial, periodic, and annual IFSPS. The focus includes a review of the process of turning RBI priorities into measurable outcomes, and also covers other components of the outcome structure such as "child and family strengths and resources" and "what will be done by whom". 

• Audience: EI team members who are or will become internal coaches for their local PRT
• Duration: 1 ½ day
• Facilitated by: State Trainers
• Funding: NDE/DHH

The purpose of the training is to prepare EI providers and SC’s to coach other professionals in their local PRT to implement RBI and/or Getting Ready (GR) practices. Participants will learn about and practice using the six evidence-based coaching practices to support fidelity to RBI and GR implementation. Participants must have already achieved RBI and GR approval. The RBEI Coach Training replaces the previously required RBI Scoring Reliability training and the Getting Ready coaching training.