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EJ635057 EC628673
Title: Early Interventionists' Perspectives on Professional Comfort as Consultants.
Author(s): Wesley, Patricia W.; Buysse, Virginia; Skinner, Debra
Source: Journal of Early Intervention, v24 n2 p112-28 Spr 2001
Publication Date: 2001
ISSN: 1053-8151
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Evaluative (142)
Journal Announcement: CIJAPR2002
Content analysis of focus groups attended by 86 early intervention specialists revealed six factors affecting professional comfort with consultation: (1) child characteristics, (2) consultee characteristics, (3) program characteristics, (4) consultant characteristics, (5) available resources, and (6) consultant's history with the program. No shared conceptual framework for consultation was found. (Contains references.) (DB)
Descriptors: Consultants; *Consultation Programs; Content Analysis; *Disabilities; Early Childhood Education; *Early Intervention; Focus €} Groups; Specialists; *Teacher Attitudes
