XCPD-697 Administration and Leadership in Early Intervention

Meeting the diverse needs of children with disabilities and their families requires leaders with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to design, implement, and sustain major system reform and ensure improvements in service delivery systems. Administration and Leadership in Early Intervention focuses on the knowledge, skills and attitudes of leaders who successfully promote contemporary practices for individuals with disabilities and their families. Topics include the strategies and tools necessary to facilitate systems change, transformational leadership practices, collaborative decision-making, value clarification, the unauthorized leadership framework, and the functional characteristics of a system of care approach to service delivery.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, successful students will be able to:

• Describe the characteristics of leadership
• Articulate leadership's core values and what has influenced them
• Define the system of care approach to service delivery
• Understand strategies to overcome challenges and demonstrate leadership