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Including Parents in Evidence-based Education

Goals for Today. Describe characteristics of evidence-based education. Identify ways to involve parents in evidence-based education. Describe importance of professional judgment.. Why Evidence-based Education?. Federal education policy emphasizes scientifically based instruction.No Child Left

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Including Parents in Evidence-based Education

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    1. Including Parents in Evidence-based Education Ronnie Detrich Wing Institute

    2. Goals for Today Describe characteristics of evidence-based education. Identify ways to involve parents in evidence-based education. Describe importance of professional judgment.

    3. Why Evidence-based Education? Federal education policy emphasizes scientifically based instruction. No Child Left Behind Over 100 references to scientifically based instruction. Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act Pre-service and professional development should prepare educators to implement scientifically based instructional practices.

    4. Why Evidence-based Education? Professional organizations began validating interventions as evidence-based: Mid 1990’s Society for the Study of School Psychology American Psychological Association More recently What Works Clearinghouse (Institute for Education Science) Campbell Collaboration Coalition for Evidence-based Policy National Autism Center

    5. Why Evidence-based Education? Most professional organizations have ethical guidelines emphasizing services are based on scientific knowledge. American Psychological Association Psychologists’ work is based on the established scientific and professional knowledge of the discipline. National Association of School Psychologists … direct and indirect service methods that the profession considers to be responsible, research-based practice. The Behavior Analyst Certification Board The behavior analyst always has the responsibility to recommend scientifically supported, most effective treatment procedures.

    6. What is Evidence-based Practice? At its core the EBP movement is a consumer protection movement. It is not about science per se. It is a policy to use science for the benefit of consumers. “The ultimate goal of the ‘evidence-based movement’ is to make better use of research findings in typical service settings, to benefit consumers and society….” (Fixsen, 2008)

    7. What is Evidence-based Practice? Evidence-based practice has its roots in medicine. Movement has spread across major disciplines in human services: Psychology School Psychology Social Work Speech Pathology Occupational Therapy

    8. What Is Evidence-based Practice? EBP is a decision-making approach that places emphasis on evidence to: guide decisions about which interventions to use; evaluate the effects of an intervention. Practice-based evidence about evidence-based practices.

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