Modules

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SCEIs online modules are free and available to BCW service providers and to parents of children currently in the BCW program. Please visit the Database Registration page for the required registration process.

Training modules are presented at two levels. (See below for a description of each module). DPH policy states that all personnel who are Service Coordinators or who deliver or supervise special instruction must complete the required SCEIs modules within six months of their enrollment with the Babies Can’t Wait Program (enrollment is either employment or contracting).

To receive a certificate of completion, participants must complete all online module requirements.

NOTE:  The PRAXIS II ® test is offered for Level II professionals as an alternative to completing the required SCEIs workshop modules.

Level I modules are for those who do not hold a bachelor’s degree in an early intervention discipline. These may include: Child Care Practitioners, EI Paraprofessionals or parents of a child currently in BCW.

Level II modules are for those who hold at least a bachelor’s degree in an early intervention discipline such as: Special Education or Early Childhood Education, Psychology, Nutrition, Nursing, Social Work or Therapists (OT, PT, Speech or Audiology).  This is the required level for all other EI personnel required to complete the SCEIs modules.  This includes Service Coordinators, Early Interventionists, Early Intervention Specialists and Non-licensed Early Interventionists as Family Trainers.

MODULE DESCRIPTIONS

Administrative and Team Processes
(Level I ONLY)

Participants will learn how service providers, paraprofessionals, Service Coordinators and family members work together. Topics include effective communication and collaboration.

Evaluation and Assessment
(Level I or II)

Participants will learn about the evaluation and assessment process. Formal measures of a child’s abilities, informal procedures such as parent interviews and child observation and how to report results to parents will be addressed.

Family Engagement and Family Systems
(Level I ONLY)

This workshop offers an interactive approach to family and professional involvement in early intervention. Topics include parent and sibling concerns; family strengths, needs, and resources; differences in families; and effective communication and collaboration.

Family Systems and Team Processes
(Level II ONLY)

This module offers an interactive approach to family and professional involvement in early intervention. Topics include parent and sibling concerns; family strengths, needs, and resources; differences in families; and effective communication and collaboration.

Professionalism in Early Intervention
(Level I or II)

Topics include family privacy, ethics and federal and state laws governing early intervention.

Infant and Toddler Development
(Level I or II)

Participants will learn about the natural progress of development of infants and toddlers and causes of delayed development in areas such as speech, play, learning, motor skills and eating.

For information about Project SCEIs online modules or CEU credits, contact Project SECIs at (229) 245-4340 or listen@valdosta.edu.