INNOVATIVE PRACTICES - PHILOSOPHY AS TRAINING IN INFANCY PERSONNEL PREPARATION

Some of the most important qualities of the personnel who deliver earl y intervention services appear to be those related to their orientatio ns toward families and the interdisciplinary process. Fostering these qualities at a preservice level may present unique challenges to train ing programs. The purpose of this paper is to describe a practicum mod el that directly addresses these training issues by using a written ph ilosophy as a framework for self-reflection by students.