How can you support both colleagues and families as they enhance their knowledge, develop new skills, and promote health development of young children? Coaching is the key-and the new edition of this bestselling guide is packed with even more practical tools to help early childhood professionals conduct skillful coaching at homes, schools, and communities.

Like the popular first edition, this book walks you step-by-step through the five characteristics of successful coaching practices: observation, action, reflection, feedback, and joint planning. You'll learn about the essential qualities of effective coaches and discover how to adjust your coaching techniques to meet the specific needs of early childhood educators, parents, and caregivers. And you'll get cutting-edge new content inspired by user feedback, including updated research, the latest evidence-based practices, and almost 80 pages of sample scripts and scenarios that help you support families of children with a wider variety of diagnoses. With this practical guide to proven coaching techniques, you'll be ready to help both professionals and families support the learning and development of all young children.

What's New

• More scripts and scenarios that show what coaching looks and sounds like in the real world
• A Coaching Scenario Matrix to help you find relevant examples in seconds
• New chapter on coaching for early intervention service coordinators
• More guidance on coaching throughout the IFSP process
• New examples that address common coaching challenges
• Expanded guidance on the process of coaching coaches
• Answers to key questions from the authors' popular training sessions
• Practical forms now available as fillable PDFs for download
• Updated research on the effectiveness of coaching

Practical Materials: Downloadable tools include the Coaching Plan, Framework for Reflective Questioning, Coaching Practices Rating Scale, and Coaching Log.

About the Author
Dathan Rush is the Associate Director of the Family, Infant and Preschool Program (FIPP) at Western Carolina Center and a research associate at the Orelena Hawks Puckett Institute in Morganton, North Carolina. Prior to accepting his position at FIPP, Mr. Rush was a clinical assistant professor and personnel development consultant in the Lee Mitchener Tolbert Center for Developmental Disabilities at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City. He served as Assistant Director of the Oklahoma SoonerStart Early Intervention Program at the State Department of Health from 1992 to 1999. He served as an editorial board member of the journal Infants and Young Children until 2002 and has published articles in the areas of in-service training, coaching, supporting children and families in natural learning environments, and teaming in early intervention. He is past president and former executive council member of the Oklahoma Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Mr. Rush has presented numerous workshops nationally on topics related to team building, use of a primary coach model of support, training of trainers, coaching, and provision of supports in natural environments.


Book Information
ISBN 9781681252568
Author Dathan Rush
Format Paperback
Page Count 296
Imprint Brookes Publishing Co
Publisher Brookes Publishing Co
Weight(grams) 720g
Dimensions(mm) 276mm * 215mm * 17mm