Course info

Examine how the three primary relationships (parent-child, parent-professional, and professional-professional) in Early Intervention work together to promote and enhance the positive development of children within the context of their families. Reflect on the balance of power between families and professionals and how partnership principles and interaction skills support relationships. Explore strategies to help identify family strengths and resources and identify practices that serve to empower families.

Credits: 3 Act 48 hours and/or 3 Infant Toddler Clock Hours

Intended Audience: Early Intervention staff, Early Childhood teachers, home visitors and parents

Registration: This course is available by registering on the PaTTAN online registration Training Calendar. Choose the quarter in which you would like to take the course and then click on the course title listed on the 1st day of that quarter (July 1, October 1, January 1, or April 1). Approximately 10 days prior to the end of each quarter, registration will close, and no one will be able to register for the course within that quarter. During this period, everyone will need to wait until the first day of the next quarter to register and complete the course. Users who complete the course will be awarded Act 48 credits at the end of each quarter. The credits will be dated with the last day of that quarter. It may take up to 30 days from the end of the quarter for users to see their Act 48 credits in the Professional Education Record Management System (PERMS).