She enjoys working with infants and their families to support feeding and development. Jennifer is excited to continue to utilize her experience with infants and families in a home setting after her recent move to Phoenix, Arizona.
Jennifer enjoys spending time with her husband and three young children. Mimi has over 40 years of pediatric experience after receiving her degree from the University of Central Arkansas. She has advanced training and skills in the area of vision and feeding and has completed the 8 week NDT certification course.
While during her career Mimi has worked in a variety of clinical and school based settings, her real passion is working directly with children families in their homes. Laura M. Laura has been working with children of various ages and in many settings for over 30 years.
She has been with AZEIP since and finds great joy helping families guide their children towards reaching developmental milestones. Laura has a genuine caring nature that will surely make you, your family, and your children feel uplifted and supported. Julia A. Julia Ascoly has been working as a speech therapist since Julia has worked in a variety of therapy settings including: public schools, special education preschools and in a magnet school specializing in Applied Behavioral Analysis ABA therapy.
Julia has worked in Early Intervention since and has received Master Teams training. When not visiting families, she can be found riding her mountain bike or skiing the San Francisco peaks. Artemis S.. PT Licensed Physical Therapist. Artemis, Physical Therapist, has been working with young children with motor delays and disabilities for 21 years.
Artemis has specialized over the past 10 years working with infants and toddlers. She has a passion for assisting families to understand how to help their baby or young child thrive through play, positioning and movement. Jennifer G. Jennifer has been a speech-language pathologist since and has worked in many settings, but she feels early intervention is where she truly belongs. She loves getting to know young children and their families in their own homes, and she works hard to make sure kids have lots of fun while learning to be confident, effective communicators.
Nancy D. S Service Coordinator. Nancy has lived and worked in the Prescott community for many years. She has raised three boys and now loves spending time with her grandchildren. Ramie M. Ed Service Coordinator. Ramie has lived in the Prescott area for the past 23 years.
In the community, she has worked in field of early childhood education primarily as an ECE advocate and trainer. She strives in helping to share the importance of early experiences on brain development and improving child outcomes through supporting families and caregivers of young children.
Ramie has worked in the Arizona Early Intervention program since August , during that time she has assisted families with connecting to special support services for their child and family. Lisa V. Lisa continues to develop her skills as Developmental Specialist by attending on-going education.
Monica L. Monica is passionate about working with families and children, she has experience working with young children with special needs through previous work and volunteer hours.
In her spare time she enjoys swimming, hiking and spending time with friends and family. She also holds an Arizona Elementary Education K-8 teaching certification. Renee A. Renee is fluent in English and Spanish. She has been supporting families with Sunrise Therapy for four wonderful years now. She traveled to many countries and states, have taught and coached a variety of ages and levels, yet happiest here with what she is doing now.
CT has been working as a feeding and speech therapist for AzEIP for two years and adores working with the littles. She enjoys working with families and helping their children obtain their first gestures, sounds, and words. Melissa S. Melissa has been serving children and families in the population in classroom and home settings for over 20 years. Her main focus is working with families and children with special needs in the Arizona Early Intervention Program. Phyllis C. Phyllis is a registered Occupational Therapist working in early intervention for many years.
Special areas include self regulation, neuromotor development as well as adaptability. Shannon has been working in early intervention in Arizona as a speech-language pathologist since She truly embraces the team coaching model, and nothing is more rewarding to her than empowering and educating families with the strategies to help their children communicate their first words or explore new foods.
There is no better job than building language skills through play with children. Erika Medina is a Bilingual Service Coordinator. Erika has worked with children years old for the past eleven years. Erika was the director of a before and after school program for the Phoenix Elementary School district 1 from Working with children at this Title 1 district led her to pursue and complete her Bachelors of Science in Elementary Education with an emphasis in Early Childhood development.
Erika left teaching to work on a one to one basis in the home with children and families with the Southwest Human Development Healthy Families program servicing expectant mothers and children years old.
Wanting to broaden her knowledge in the field, Erika started her graduate program at Arizona State University in and graduated with her Masters of Arts in Family and Human Development in Erika started working in Early intervention May of and continues to share her knowledge with Region 7 Teams 1 and 2.
In her free time, Erika enjoys spending time with her dog Teddy, visiting Disneyland, and cooking recipes she finds on Pinterest. Noelle started in early intervention as a service coordinator in , but since having her daughter in , she has switched to being dual role as a service coordinator and developmental specialist. She enjoys providing strategies to families and using her real life experiences to help support families in meeting their IFSP outcomes.
She has worked exclusively with children and their families for the past 43 years. Dorcas has extensive experience and skills in working with medically fragile children. She enjoys supporting families to help their children achieve new skills and celebrate those accomplishments together.
Jill is a licensed physical therapist who has over 45 years of experience working as a physical therapist in many settings, with the last 20 years working with children birth to eighteen years.
She has dedicated the last seven years working exclusively with children years of age. Jill is certified as a provider for neurodevelopmental treatment for pediatrics. She has a passion to work with children in the early stages of development helping them to achieve their goals and outcomes. I have been working with Arizona Early Intervention for almost 10 years and have been with Sunrise Therapy for over 2 years.
Before Azeip I worked as a developmental Preschool Teacher. I enjoy working with Early Intervention very much. When I am not working I enjoy spending time with my husband and children. She has been a developmental specialist since She enjoys coaching parents on ways to help their children grow and develop.
Teaching parents how to play with their children and showing them age-appropriate activities to increase cognitive skills, communication and social skills is her specialty. In her free time, you can find her working with the youth in her community, teaching laughter yoga classes, spending time traveling and hanging out with her nieces and nephews. Teri has loved working with infants and toddlers for almost 13 years.
She enjoys teaching families different ways to play with their child as they interact together and celebrates with them when their child develops a new skill. Prior to early intervention, she taught middle school for 9 years, but decided to stay at home to raise her 5 children.
Her youngest daughter was born with down syndrome. Clinical practice must take place in the same age ranges covered by the license. For example, if the license covers two of the three age ranges e. If the license covers all three age ranges, the program must provide clinical experiences in at least two of the three age ranges e.
Site-based professionals are selected for their expertise and experience with infants, toddlers, and young children and for providing the services for which the candidate is preparing. Site-based professionals demonstrate mentoring and coaching skills in supporting the learning of candidates.
In addition, the site-based professionals effectively communicate with and engage the candidate in self-reflection on the interactions and practices utilized with children, families, and other providers. Please use the following reference when citing the standards:. In addition, they emphasize the distinctive skills and knowledge required for specialization in working with young children with delays and disabilities and their families. Standards Home Page. Learn More. Personnel Preparation Committee.
Standard 2: Partnering with Families Candidates use their knowledge of family-centered practices and family systems theory to develop and maintain reciprocal partnerships with families.
Standard 3: Collaboration and Teaming Candidates apply models, skills, and processes of teaming when collaborating and communicating with families and professionals, using culturally and linguistically responsive and affirming practices. Standard 4: Assessment Processes Candidates know and understand the purposes of assessment in relation to ethical and legal considerations. Standard 5: Application of Curriculum Frameworks in the Planning and Facilitation of Meaningful Learning Experiences Candidates collaborate with families and professionals to use an evidence-based, developmentally appropriate, and culturally responsive early childhood curriculum addressing developmental and content domains.
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