Consultation and Collaboration in Early Intervention & Early Childhood Special Education

Consultation and Collaboration in Early Intervention & Early Childhood Special Education

EC / ECSE License | This program is completed

- Online, VT - United States

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Graduate

6/26/2021-8/21/2021

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$1,695.00

This course will focus on the characteristics, processes, and roles associated with effective collaboration, teaming, consultation, facilitation, and communication within family, school, and community systems. We will specifically examine strategies for collaboration and consultation with families of children under the age 6 who have special needs and with the professionals and agencies involved in supporting the family and child.

In addition, we will examine family systems theory, diverse family structures, and the role of the family as the primary context for children’s development. The differences among families due to race, culture, language, poverty, and/or composition will be discussed so that early childhood professionals can understand and come to value each family’s unique strengths.


This course is fully online, with some synchronous virtual meetings. Click View Schedule above for dates and times.

  • This course is needed for the Early Childhood Special Ed (ECSE) Endorsement.

  • The 3 graduate credits for this course come from Northern Vermont University (Lyndon).

  • If you do not need graduate credit for this course, please register online here and then contact the Program Director, Manuela Fonseca, to receive a discount.
  • Manuela.Fonseca@vthec.org
Cassidy, Lori

Lori has been a Special Educator for over 35 years in the State of VT. She spent the first 4 years as an Intensive Needs teacher for adolescents and then as an Early Childhood Special Educator. She has worked in a variety of settings and positions from being a classroom teacher/director to being a traveling special educator. Lori received a Masters in Early Intervention from UVM. She is a VT AOE State approved Trainer and Coach for Early MTSS focusing on the Pyramid Model.