Self-Assessment of Skills - Professional Development Guide

Note the areas of your Self-Assessment where you need more information or skill building then target your learning to the indicated portions of the training module.

I need more information on Legal Issues.

7 functions of service coordinators – Unit 1
Procedural Safeguards – Unit 2-Phase 1
Eligibility – Unit 2-Phase 1
Evaluation and Assessment – Unit 2-Phase 1
Early Intervention Core Services – Unit 2-Phase 1
IFSP-45 day timeline – Unit 2-Phase 1
Timelines – Unit 2-Phase 2
IFSP Revisions – Unit 2-Phase 2
Transitions – Legal Requirements – Unit 2-Phase 4
Components of the IFSP – Unit 3

I need more information on Service Coordination.

Role of the Service Coordinator – Unit 1 , 2 & 3
Overview of Birth to 3 services – Unit 1
Collaboration with other agencies – Unit 2-Phase 2; Unit 2-Phase 4

I need more information on Family Systems Theory.

Ecological perspective – Unit 2-Phase 1
Family Hierarchy of Needs – Unit 2-Phase 3
Families with multiple challenges – Unit 2-Phase 3

I need more information on Team Functioning.

Facilitating the Early Intervention Team meeting – Unit 2-Phase 1
Facilitating the IFSP Team meeting – Unit 2-Phase 1
Collaboration with outside agencies – Unit 2-Phase 2

I need to improve personal skills.

Family-centered skills – Unit 2-Phase 1
Working with families with diverse backgrounds – Unit 2-Phase 1
Knowing how to work with families in crisis – Unit 2-Phase 3
Knowing how to set personal boundaries – Unit 2-Phase 3

I need to improve Service Coordination skills.

Identifying family strengths, resources, concerns, priorities – Unit 2-Phase 1
Conducting Routines-Based Interviews – Unit 3
Connecting families with appropriate resources – Unit 2-Phase 2, Unit 2-Phase 3, Unit 2-Phase 4
Writing functional outcomes – Unit 3
Record keeping and timelines – Unit 2-Phase 1, Unit 2-Phase 2, Unit 2-Phase 4
Organizing the job – Unit 2-Phase 2
Knowledge of IFSP development – Unit 3
Knowledge of Transitions – Unit 2-Phase 4