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Comparison of State Certification and Professional Association Personnel Standards in Early Childhood Special Education
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Stayton, Vicki D.; Smith, Barbara J.; Dietrich, Sylvia L.; Bruder, Mary Beth – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2012
An item-by-item comparison of states' certification standards and/or competencies for Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) with those of national professional association standards (i.e., Council for Exceptional Children [CEC] Common Core, Division for Early Childhood [DEC] of CEC ECSE, and the National Association for the Education of Young…
Descriptors: State Standards, National Standards, Young Children, Professional Associations
Predictors of Confidence and Competence among Early Childhood Interventionists
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Bruder, Mary Beth; Dunst, Carl J.; Wilson, Cristina; Stayton, Vicki – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2013
The preservice and in-service predictors of 1,668 Part C early intervention and Part B(619) preschool special practitioners' perceived self-efficacy beliefs are reported. The preservice variables were type of degree (discipline), years of formal postsecondary education, licensure, and participants' judgment of how well their preservice training…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Special Education Teachers, Predictor Variables
A National Survey of Personnel Standards under P.L. 99-457. Information Bulletin #36.
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Bruder, Mary Beth; And Others – 1990
This study gathered information on the certification, licensure, and/or credentialing processes of professional disciplines involved in service delivery to infants, toddlers, and preschool children with special needs, as legislated by Parts H and Part B of Public Law 99-457. The 10 disciplines targeted in the national survey were special…
Descriptors: Audiology, Certification, Change Strategies, Competency Based Teacher Education
Early Intervention Personnel Preparation for the New Millennium: Early Childhood Special Education.
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Stayton, Vicki; Bruder, Mary Beth – Infants and Young Children, 1999
Discusses original recommendations on the preparation of early interventionists and reviews numerous societal, policy/legislative, and service delivery changes that have occurred over the past 10 years in early-childhood special education. Progress in the development of licensure/certification guidelines is highlighted, and the need for further…
Descriptors: Certification, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Analysis of State Applications for Year 4: Planning for the Personnel Components of Part H of IDEA.
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Bruder, Mary Beth; McCollum, Jeanette – NEC*TAS Notes, 1991
This analysis reports on the plans for special education personnel development by those states submitting fourth year applications under Part H of Public Law 99-457, the Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments (1986). The eight states--Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Maryland, Montana, North Carolina, and Texas--used a variety of approaches…
Descriptors: Certification, Civil Rights Legislation, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities
Preservice Training of Pediatric Residents and Early Interventionists: The Early Intervention Specialist Project. Final Report.
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Bruder, Mary Beth – 2000
This final report discusses the activities and outcomes of the Early Intervention Specialist Program, a preservice personnel preparation project designed to develop, implement, and evaluate a new interdisciplinary certificate/credential process for early interventionists providing services within Connecticut's early intervention system. The…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Certification, Course Content, Disabilities