Micro-Credential: Early Intervention Consultant

Micro-Credential: Early Intervention Consultant

What Is an Early Intervention Consultant?

• Early intervention has the power to change a child’s developmental trajectory, but it requires a unique skill set to support children from birth to three and their families effectively. Our Early Intervention Micro-Credential Program is designed for pediatric occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, physical therapists, and other early childhood professionals who want to deepen their expertise, strengthen their practice, and gain recognition for advanced training.
• Earn your Early Intervention Consultant (EIC) now! This comprehensive, 16+ hour program provides evidence-based, practical strategies across the full scope of early intervention. Expert instructors provide a series of targeted webinars, so you walk away with a minimum of 1.6 AOTA-approved CEUs to showcase your advanced training. Complete the Capstone Project to put your knowledge into action and receive your certification!

Program Objectives

• 1. Identify evidence-based assessment tools and strategies used in early intervention and describe how they inform IFSP development.
  2. List key approaches to promoting social-emotional, communication, motor, sensory, and play-based development in children birth to three.
  3. Identify strategies for coaching and supporting parents and caregivers as active partners in the early intervention process.
  4. State best practices for facilitating smooth transitions from early intervention to preschool and other educational settings.
  5. List the benefits of early intervention strategies on health, development, and long-term outcomes during the first 1,000 days of life.

Target Audience

• Pediatric Occupational Therapists/Assistants
• Speech-Language Pathologists
• Physical Therapists/Assistants
• Early Childhood Educators and Interventionists
• Professionals supporting children birth to three with developmental delays or disabilities

Watch this video for an overview of this micro-credentialing program!

Note: While many professionals may benefit from the course content, we can only guarantee acceptance of continuing education credit as described in the following CEU section.

Learning Assessment: Objective quiz following each required webinar and satisfactory completion of a Knowledge Application Project. See Assessment of Learning Outcomes on Continuing Education Policies & Procedures. 

Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Obtain 16+ contact hours of continuing education while earning your micro-credential and save $211 off the cost of purchasing courses individually:

• Required webinars: offered for 1.6 AOTA CEUs (16 hours)
• Elective webinars: offered for 0.15–0.2 AOTA CEUs (1.5–2.0 hours) or AOTA CEUs (1.5–2 hours) depending on course selection
• CEU certificates are immediately downloadable for each webinar.

Sensational Brain LLC is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.

Sensational Brain LLC is also an educational provider for CE Broker.

Additional Resources

• Information on refunds and returns
• Continuing education policies and procedures, course completion requirements, special needs request, complaint policy, and more
• Questions? Email celeste@sensationalbrain.com.

Throughout the process, your proctor Lori Benson Adams, MEd, will support, encourage, and guide you! We’ll email your micro-credential certificate when you’re done.

How Does It Work?

Become an EIC by completing these three modules:

1. Online Webinars: Participants independently view a series of webinars on a range of topics, delving into the area of early intervention. With your purchase, you receive immediate access to 12 view-on-demand webinars: 9 core content courses and 3 electives (you choose only 1). Complete these webinars independently and dive into the area of early intervention. For course titles and information on discounts available for previously completed webinars, download the Syllabus and Discount Application.
2.  Private Facebook Group: Actively participate in this group for questions, answers, and resource sharing. Note: Participation is highly recommended, but optional. If you prefer not to use Facebook, please notify the instructor, so she can provide an alternate means of communicating shared information shared.
3. Capstone Project: Using knowledge and skills obtained from completed coursework, participants design a project that can be used immediately. Projects should be meaningful considering the participant’s background, experience, setting, and specific needs. Contact Lori if you need feedback before you start. Sample project ideas:

• Assessing and establishing goals for a specific child
• Developing a goal-tracking form
• Designing a brief presentation for staff development purposes at your organization
• Designing literature about early intervention services you provide for pediatricians, psychiatrists, and other professionals
• Designing a parent presentation

Throughout the process, your proctor Lori Benson Adams, MEd, will support, encourage, and guide you! We’ll email your micro-credential certificate when you’re done.

Watch this video for an overview of this micro-credentialing program!

Required Coursework: 16 hours / 1.6 AOTA CEUs

1. Assessment and IFSP Development in Early Intervention (0.15)
2. A Developmental Approach to Social-Emotional Growth (0.20)
3. Embedding Communication and Language into Everyday Activities for Young Children (0.20)
4. Supporting Parents and Caregivers in Early Childhood (0.15)
5. Transition Tips from EI to Special Needs Preschool (0.10)
6. Foundations to Play-Based Therapies for Young Children with Special Needs (0.20)
7. Meeting Milestones: Motor and Sensory Development and Interventions from Birth to Three (0.20)
8. Sensational Babies: Meeting Sensory Needs in Early Intervention (0.20)
9. First 1,000 Days of Life: The Impact of Early Intervention Strategies to Improve Health and Wellness Across the Lifespan (0.20)

Electives (Choose One)

1. Sensory Integration Therapy for Early Intervention (0.20)
2. Oral Motor Skill Development for Feeding (0.20)
3. The Role of OT in Toilet Training (0.15)