Natural Environments
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Video Library - Desired Results Access Project
Visit this site and click on the Practice Clips tab to view many short videos of infants, toddlers, and their families engaging in everyday activities in natural environments.
Practice Videos - Desired Results for Children and Families
This site includes observation practice videos showing infants and toddlers in center-based programs. These videos are categorized according to interactions, exploration, and routines. Instructions are provided for how use these videos and associated tools for to build observation skills.
This video introduces you to the Natural Environment requirement to the delivery of early intervention services. Natural environments means settings that are natural or normal for the child's peers who have no disabilities. This would include family and community settings which feature typical routines and play. (Michigan Alliance, runtime 5:21)
This video discusses and shows the many benefits for supporting Early Intervention services for children in their child care setting. EI providers, child care providers and families share their experiences of how this partnership benefits everyone involved.Visit Illinois EITP Videos to find supplemental materials to be used with this video. (Illinois Early Intervention Training Program, runtime 10:51)