Videos
Are you looking for a video to enhance your own or your staff’s professional development? To help you find the videos that we have developed and posted on this site, here is a list of the video clips with a link for where you can find them. If you use these clips in professional development for your staff, we ask that you cite the VA EI Professional Development Center as your source.
We are so very grateful to the families and service providers who have shared their stories and talents with us! We are always searching for families and service providers who may be willing to let us capture their experiences. Email Cori Hill as cfhill@vcu.edu or Dana Childress at dcchildress@vcu.edu if we can tag along on your next early intervention visit!
Benefits of Early Intervention
The Benefits of Early Intervention – Erin & Arlo | Related Resource Page
Erin describes how early intervention has helped her son, Arlo, thrive.
The Benefits of Early Intervention – Kurt Kondrick | Related Resource Page
Kurt describes how well his daughter Chloe has adjusted with a solid foundation from early intervention.
Early Intervention Saved His Life | Related Resource Page
Carol describes how she believes that early intervention saved her son’s social-emotional life.
Liam's Story, A Mother's Voice | Related Resource Page
Jamie, Liam's mother, reads a letter she wrote to the VA General Assembly about how important early intervention has been in her family's life. In the video, you will meet Jamie and Liam and see how, through collaboration between his family and his early intervention providers, Liam is able to communicate, use a computer, and move about at home, on trips to a museum and out to get ice cream with his family.
Collaboration with Pediatricians
Strategies to Support Collaboration
What are the Benefits of Early Intervention
A Pediatrician Talks About Transition
Collaboration with Pediatricians - Success Stories
Discussing Developmental Concerns with Families
How Pediatric Practices Support Early Intervention
The Importance of Referring to Early Intervention
Great Ideas For Your Toolbox - Intervention Tips & Strategies
Using Parents’ Cell Phone Video Cameras to Capture Intervention Strategies in Action | Related Resource Page
Belkis, a PT with the I&TC of Fairfax , describes how she uses parents’ cell phone video cameras to capture recordings of intervention strategies so that families have a video of how to use the strategy when she is not in the home.
IFSP Development
Benefits of Training in Developing Family-Centered IFSP Outcomes | Related Resource Page
Autumn, a local system manager, talks about her experience and the benefits to her local system that she noted following regional training in outcome development.
Jennifer Describing the IFSP and Outcomes | Related Resource Page
Hear how Jennifer, a developmental services provider from the I&TC of Virginia Beach, describes the IFSP and outcomes.
Inclusive Practices
Inclusion in Action: Patty's Play Group | Related Resource Page
Alexandria, VA This video features an inclusive play group in Northern VA that is designed so that toddlers with and without disabilities and their families have fun together.
Inclusion Means Everyone! | Related Resource Page
This 3 min video describes inclusion as a basic human right. Speakers focus on the importance of all children, from infancy on through adulthood, being fully included in all aspects of family and community life. This video was developed by VA's Integrated Training Collaborative at the Partnership for People with Disabilities at VCU as a project of the VA SpecialQuest Birth-5 Project.
Kaleidoscope Service Coordination Training
Benefits of the Kaleidoscope: New Perspectives in Service Coordination Training | Related Resource Page
Marissa, a service coordinator, discusses her perspectives on and the benefits of attending the Kaleidoscope service coordination trainings.
Kaleidoscope: New Perspectives in Service Coordination – Barbara talks about KI and KII | Related Resource Page
Barbara, a service coordinator, shares her thoughts about her experiences with attending both Levels I and II of the Kaleidoscope service coordination training.
Service Coordination
The Importance of Service Coordination – Charlie House | Related Resource Page
Hear how one father describes the support his family received from their service coordinator and the importance of this support to his family.
Early Intervention Saved His Life | Related Resource Page
Carol describes how she believes that early intervention saved her son’s social-emotional life.
How Service Coordinators Support Service Providers | Related Resource Page
Laura, a developmental services provider from the I&TC of Norfolk, describes the important role service coordinators play in supporting service providers on the IFSP team.
