{"id":58,"date":"2016-09-20T15:15:44","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T15:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/research\/?p=58"},"modified":"2016-09-26T16:27:40","modified_gmt":"2016-09-26T16:27:40","slug":"58","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/research\/2016\/09\/20\/58\/","title":{"rendered":"SPOTLIGHT: Babies Can’t Wait with Dr. Jade Coston"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bcw_logo4\"Babies Can\u2019t Wait (BCW), Georgia\u2019s early intervention program serving families with children ages birth to 3 years, focuses on optimizing the potential of at-risk infants and toddlers with developmental delays due to a diagnosed or chronic medical condition.\u00a0 Since 1987 and at no charge to families, Babies Can\u2019t Wait provides children with early evaluation and screening, offering supports and resources to family members and caregivers to expand children\u2019s learning and development through daily opportunities within a natural environment.\u00a0 Early intervention is especially critical to assist children in navigating within home and community settings.\u00a0\u00a0 Regardless of income, Babies Can\u2019t Wait serves children with diagnosed physical or mental conditions, such as blindness, Down Syndrome or Spina Bifida, resulting in developmental delay.<\/p>\n

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Located statewide, services are delivered by agencies and individuals from both public and private sectors.\u00a0 Skilled Credentialed Early Interventionists (SCEIs) is a collaborative of personnel\u00a0dedicated to the training needs and development of early intervention providers and located at Valdosta State University.\u00a0 Project SCEI offers service providers, both professional and paraprofessional, online and face-to-face training modules designed to enhance appropriate skill sets and knowledge, competencies crucial to working with young children with disabilities.\u00a0\u00a0 Training modules are featured in two distinct levels:\u00a0 Level I is designed and required for those providers who do not hold a bachelor\u2019s degree, such as Early Intervention (EI) Assistants; Level II, also required, focuses on the needs of professional providers who have a minimum of a bachelor\u2019s degree in an early intervention discipline.\u00a0 Training content centers on a variety of skills, including evaluation and assessment, family engagement, professionalism, and child development.<\/p>\n

An Assistant Professor in Communication Sciences and Disorders at Valdosta State University, Dr. Jade Coston, assisted by Dr. Julie Lee, Dr. Corine Myers-
\nJennings, and Lorna Mullins, leads the Babies Can\u2019t Wait grant team.\u00a0 As an undergrad, studying speech language pathology at VSU, Dr. Coston developed an interest in early intervention, worked as a provider, and eventually became faculty at the university.\u00a0 Integral to the Babies Can\u2019t Wait\u00a0program, Dr. Coston created service development modules and provisions for the state, in addition to shaping operating systems and the vetting of provider applications.\u00a0 She also participates in the professional development committee, focusing on system policies and their revisions.\u00a0 Dr. Coston is committed to her work in supporting Babies Can\u2019t Wait personnel needs, hosting SCEI\u2019s Web site, and in-house training through BlazeView.\u00a0 Indicating that the support level to the state of Georgia is substantial, Dr. Coston emphasizes that service in a natural environment, outside of clinic or medical settings, better supports a family and their child, as caregivers use the family resources.\u00a0 Further, she feels it is essential that the caregiver integrate or embed themselves into the child\u2019s world, becoming part of the daily routine.<\/p>\n

Families with at-risk children typically find out about the non-profit Babies Can\u2019t Wait program through the delivering hospital, pediatrician, or a self-referral; a prescription is not needed. In calling 1.800.229.2038, a parent is guided through the screening process and then referred to a local provider.\u00a0 Families are billed through their insurance company, services are never denied, and the regional Babies Can\u2019t Wait agency will assist if needed.<\/p>\n

Both Dr. Coston and Lorna Mullins feel strongly that getting the word out to families is vital in the early intervention process and that the profession is exceptionally rewarding for students.<\/p>\n

For more\u00a0information, see the SCEIs website\u00a0at \u00a0http:\/\/sceis.valdosta.edu\/<\/a>\u00a0and an article co-authored by Dr. Jade Coston on early intervention practices*, found at\u00a0http:\/\/yec.sagepub.com.library.valdosta.edu:2048\/content\/18\/2\/3.2.full.pdf+html<\/p>\n

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*You must have access to the Odum Library to view the article.<\/p>\n

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Babies Can\u2019t Wait (BCW), Georgia\u2019s early intervention program serving families with children ages birth to 3 years, focuses on optimizing the potential of at-risk infants and toddlers with developmental delays due to a diagnosed or chronic medical condition.\u00a0 Since 1987 and at no charge to families, Babies Can\u2019t Wait provides children with early evaluation and 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