Background information and guidance on the six key coaching practices that form the foundation of Routines-Based Early Intervention (RBEI) coaching
RBEI Coach Training Portal
Coaching is a collaborative learning process that is intentionally designed to promote sustainable growth in the necessary attitudes, skills and knowledge of the coachee to effectively implement best practices for the development of young children and their families.1
The RBEI Coach Training Portal is intended to supplement the Nebraska Routines-Based Early Intervention (RBEI) Coach training. RBEI coaching is related to professional development (i.e., a means of transferring desired skills and behaviors) while also assuring fidelity to evidence-based practices.
The resources in the RBEI Coach Training Portal are intended to promote the professional development, training, and coaching of EI professionals.
What is the role of the RBEI coach?
- To use defined coaching practices to support the coachee in applying knowledge and skills to the coachee’s regular work setting.
Who may serve as an RBEI coach?
- A local planning region team (PRT) internal coach supporting an early intervention (EI) professional, such as a services coordinator (SC) or EI provider (ECSE, SLP, OT, PT, Psych, etc.) to implement the Routines-Based Interview (RBI) or Getting Ready (GR) Approach, or write functional IFSP outcomes.
- A state level coach supporting a PRT internal coach to encourage their use of evidence-based coaching practices with EI professionals.
- A state or internal coach supporting EI professionals to achieve approval for, or ensure fidelity to, the RBI or GR.
What does RBEI coaching include?
- The individualized use of six evidence-based coaching practices: relationship building, goal setting and joint action planning, observation, modeling, reflection, and feedback.
- These coaching practices are used within a predictable structure or Coaching Agenda. Data from coach, coachee and family informs the content of the coaching interactions.2
Resources and information on this site were developed for the Coaching in Early Intervention (CEI) project with the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families & Schools at the University of Nebraska Lincoln. CEI was funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs through grant number H326M200017.
For additional resources on early childhood coaching in Nebraska, visit the Coach Development Network.
1 An Introduction to The Nebraska Early Childhood Coaching Guidebook: Competencies for Professional Practice
2 Used in Coaching in Early Intervention, US Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Grant#H326M200017.