Mollie Romano

The purpose of this project is to examine the efficacy of Florida Embedded Practices and Intervention with Caregivers (FL-EPIC) on improving outcomes for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their caregivers. FL-EPIC is a fully developed, caregiver-implemented intervention for infants and toddlers receiving Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part C services implemented within community-based early intervention (EI) programs. This evaluation is timely because Florida has...

The purpose of this project is to evaluate a professional development program centered on internal coaching (i.e., peer coaching) on the use of Family Guided Routines Based Intervention (FGRBI) by early intervention providers. FGRBI is used in providing services for Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) throughout the state of Iowa. Early intervention providers train and support the child's caregiver (e.g., parent) in implementing evidence-based practices with thei...