Steps for Implementing a State-Level Professional Development Plan for Secondary Transition

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-62
Author(s):  
Valerie L. Mazzotti ◽  
Dawn A. Rowe ◽  
Monica Simonsen ◽  
Bonnie Boaz ◽  
Cynthia VanAvery
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Local Level ◽  
State Level ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Secondary Transition ◽  
Evidence Based Practices ◽  
State Education Agencies ◽  
State Education ◽  
Education Agencies ◽  
Quality Professional Development

To scale up and sustain the use of evidence-based practices, it is imperative that state education agencies systematically implement professional development that represents best practice. By delivering quality professional development to local districts, it is more likely that transition personnel will implement transition programs and practices with fidelity to sustain implementation over time. To do this, it is important for state education agencies to develop a state-level stakeholder team to determine professional development needs across districts and develop a plan to systematically deliver professional development. This article describes seven steps for using data-based decision-making to develop and implement quality professional development at the local level to ensure districts across a state effectively and sustainably implement secondary transition evidence-based practices.

Evidence-Based Practices in Secondary Transition

2009 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
David W. Test ◽  
Catherine H. Fowler ◽  
Sharon M. Richter ◽  
James White ◽  
Valerie Mazzotti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Evidence Based ◽  
Secondary Transition ◽  
Evidence Based Practices

Disseminating Evidence-Based Practices in Secondary Transition

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 197-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
April Mustian ◽  
Valerie L. Mazzotti ◽  
David W. Test
Keyword(s):  
Evidence Based ◽  
Secondary Transition ◽  
Evidence Based Practices

Implementation Science, Professional Development, and Autism Spectrum Disorders

2013 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel L. Odom ◽  
Ann W. Cox ◽  
Matthew E. Brock
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Implementation Science ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Evidence Based Practices ◽  
Science Professional Development ◽  
Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Development Center

The increased prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) has intensified the need for high-quality special education services designed for children and youth with ASD and their families. Implementation science provides guidance for moving innovation, such as utilizing evidence-based practices for students with ASD, into regular practice in schools. The National Professional Development Center on ASD (NPDC) incorporated the principles of implementation science, the scientific knowledge about evidence-based practices, and the measurement of program quality into an intervention approach for students with ASD. This article presents the NPDC model as an example of using implementation science to build systems of professional development that increase the quality of services and promote teachers’ use of evidence-based practices.

Knowledge of Evidence-Based Practices and Frequency of Selection Among School-Based Professionals of Students With Autism

2020 ◽  
pp. 002246692095868
Author(s):  
Kristi L. Morin ◽  
Ann Sam ◽  
Brianne Tomaszewski ◽  
Victoria Waters ◽  
Samuel L. Odom
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Evidence Based Practices ◽  
Learning Modules ◽  
School Based ◽  
Students With Autism ◽  
Selection Of

Autism Focused Intervention Resources and Modules (AFIRM) are a set of self-paced, online learning modules designed to disseminate information about the 27 evidence-based practices identified through a large-scale review of focused intervention practices for individuals with autism. In this study, we used descriptive statistics and an analysis of variance to analyze more than 67,000 pre-tests completed by over 22,000 school-based AFIRM users to determine whether there are differences by occupation in the (a) selection of evidence-based practices, (b) knowledge of evidence-based practices, and (c) average number of evidence-based practices selected. Results reveal statistically significant differences between groups and have implications for providers and administrators responsible for designing and delivering professional development for school-based professionals working with students with autism.

scholarly journals Opening the black box of data-based school monitoring: Data infrastructures, flows and practices in state education agencies

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 205395171985331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sigrid Hartong ◽  
Annina Förschler
Keyword(s):  
Black Box ◽  
School Governance ◽  
Digital Data ◽  
Critical Data ◽  
State Education Agencies ◽  
State Education ◽  
The Us ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Data Infrastructures ◽  
Education Agencies

Contributing to a rising number of Critical Data Studies which seek to understand and critically reflect on the increasing datafication and digitalisation of governance, this paper focuses on the field of school monitoring, in particular on digital data infrastructures, flows and practices in state education agencies. Our goal is to examine selected features of the enactment of datafication and, hence, to open up what has widely remained a black box for most education researchers. Our findings are based on interviews conducted in three state education agencies in two different national contexts (the US and Germany), thus addressing the question of how the datafication and digitalisation of school governance has not only manifested within but also across educational contexts and systems. As our findings illustrate, the implementation of data-based school monitoring and leadership in state education agencies appears as a complex entanglement of very different logics, practices and problems, producing both new capabilities and powers. Nonetheless, by identifying different types of ‘doing data discrepancies’ reported by our interviewees, we suggest an analytical heuristic to better understand at least some features of the multifaceted enactment of data-based, increasingly digitalised governance, within and beyond the field of education.

The Cascading Coaching Model for Supporting Service Providers, Caregivers, and Children

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hedda Meadan ◽  
Moon Y. Chung ◽  
Michelle M. Sands ◽  
Melinda R. Snodgrass
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Change Agents ◽  
Functional Relation ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Evidence Based Practices ◽  
Coaching Model ◽  
Young Children With Disabilities

Teaching caregivers to support their young children’s language development is recommended as an effective early language intervention, and caregiver-implemented interventions are recognized as evidence-based. However, as the natural change agents for training and coaching caregivers, early intervention (EI) service providers are in need of professional development to effectively coach caregivers to use interventions with their child. The purpose of this study was to examine the Coaching Caregivers Professional Development program (CoCare PD) in which researchers train and coach EI service providers via telepractice in caregiver coaching, a set of skills useful in nurturing partnerships with families to support caregivers’ use of evidence-based practices with their young children with disabilities. A single-case research study across four EI service providers was conducted and findings support a functional relation between training and coaching EI service providers via telepractice and providers’ use of coaching practices with families on their caseload.

scholarly journals Utilisation of evidence-based practices by ASD early intervention service providers

Autism ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica M Paynter ◽  
Sarah Ferguson ◽  
Kathryn Fordyce ◽  
Annette Joosten ◽  
Sofia Paku ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Early Intervention ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Evidence Based Practices ◽  
Attitudinal Factors ◽  
Intervention Service

A number of autism intervention practices have been demonstrated to be effective. However, the use of unsupported practices persists in community early intervention settings. Recent research has suggested that personal, professional and workplace factors may influence intervention choices. The aim of this research was to investigate knowledge and use of strategies, organisational culture, individual attitudes, sources of information and considerations informing intervention choices by early intervention providers. An online survey was completed by 72 early intervention providers from four organisations across Australia. Providers reported high levels of trust and access of information from internal professional development, therapists and external professional development. A range of considerations including child factors, family values and research were rated as important in informing intervention choices. Participants reported greater knowledge and use of evidence-based and emerging practices than unsupported. Levels of use were linked to levels of knowledge, as well as some organisational and attitudinal factors. Areas for future research and implications are discussed.

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