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Early Intervention
Supporting your professional development
This first-of-its-kind ASU Early Intervention Specialization program has been designed for aspiring and current early intervention professionals to enhance their skills in supporting our youngest learners (ages 0-3).
Your role in the early childhood field is critical to supporting toddlers and infants. What we offer:
- 9 fully online courses
- High-quality, research-based learning experiences.
- Earn professional development hours that can be used toward continuing education units and other related requirements.
- Online: Learn at your own pace or join an instructor-facilitated cohort.
Aligned to national standards
This specialization is aligned with the Division for Early Childhood Initial Practice Based Professional Preparation Standards for Early Interventionists/Early Childhood Special Educators (EI/ECSE).
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Who is this specialization for?
Anyone working with infants and toddlers
Service coordinators
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Instructions for service coordinators
Service coordinators: If you are an applicant with a bachelor’s degree in a closely related field for whom an education plan is required, here are your options to get started:
- Find out how many courses you need to meet your requirements (check with your AzEIP Professional Development Coordinator).
- Start learning right away by choosing from the list of open enrollment, self-paced courses
Early intervention practitioners
Developmental special instructionists
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Instructions for early intervention practitioners
Practitioners seeking continuing education units, and those who want to expand their skills:
- Self-paced courses can be used to fulfill CEU requirements. In Arizona, AzEIP highly encourages all Early Intervention practitioners to consider enhancing their professional development by completing all 9 courses.
- Each self-paced course takes roughly 15 hours to complete.
- Courses can be taken at your own pace, including videos, reflection opportunities, and quizzes. Self-paced courses are ideal for earning professional development hours.
- Another option is to sign up for one of the upcoming instructor-led cohorts (45 hours each)
Self-paced courses
Choose from the course menu below. Complete each course in 15 hours, at your own pace.
Instructor-led cohorts
Learn alongside a group of peers with guidance from an ASU faculty expert in early intervention. These courses are designed to be asynchronous, allowing learners to proceed at their own pace while still meeting assignment deadlines. Participants engage with each other through online discussions and activities. These 5-week courses (45 hours each) can be applied toward certification maintenance.
Choose from our course menu
All courses are available through the self-paced option.
Instructor-guided cohorts and start dates are indicated below.
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Infant mental healthWhat you’ll learn:
Explore how Infant Mental Health (IMH) principles inform early intervention strategies that support infants and caregivers through responsive, relationship-based approaches.
Register for the self-paced course.
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Child development and early learning for infants and toddlers (Cohort starts Nov. 10)What you’ll learn
Key child development theories and their impact on early intervention, including how biological, environmental and individual factors shape learning and growth.
Register for the self-paced course.
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Assessment processes in early intervention (Cohort starts Jan. 05)What you’ll learn
How to analyze assessment data using a strengths-based approach to inform eligibility, goal setting, intervention planning and progress monitoring, with attention to ethical and legal considerations.
Register for the self-paced course.
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Collaboration and teaming to promote development in early intervention
What you’ll learn
Examine transdisciplinary teaming approaches and collaborative practices that align with the DEC Recommended Practices to enhance service delivery and support for infants, toddlers, and their families. Register for the self-paced course.
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Early intervention policy: Supporting infants and toddlers with developmental delays
What you’ll learn
Explore how IDEA Part C informs early intervention practices, equipping professionals with the knowledge to navigate screening, referrals, evaluations, and IFSP development to ensure effective and equitable service delivery. Register for the self-paced course.
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Partnering with families in early intervention
What you’ll learn
How to build partnerships with families using family-centered practices to support informed decision-making, advocacy, and developmental goals. Register for the self-paced course.
Coming soon: three additional courses
Showcase your expertise
- Earn a certificate of completion
- Microcredential badges available following course assessment (optional)
Quality learning
from a top-ranked college of education
Developed by — and taught by — experts and practitioners in the field of early childhood education, childhood development and special education, this offering has been designed through a collaboration with the Arizona Early Intervention Program and Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation.
Connect with us
We are here to support:
- Administrators of early intervention programs.
- Early childhood educators looking to enhance their expertise.
- Special education teachers working with young children with disabilities.
- Early interventionists and related service providers seeking continuing education or professional growth.
- Child development specialists who support infant and toddler development.
- Parents, families and caregivers seeking to better understand early intervention practices.
ASUprofessionallearning@asu.edu
602-543-7105
