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Measuring professionals’ perceptions about collaborative consultation in early childhood intervention
Journal Title
International Journal of Inclusive Education
Year (definitive publication)
2022
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
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Abstract
We investigated the reliability and construct validity of the Professionals’ Perceptions about Collaborative Consultation in Early Childhood Intervention Scale (ProPerCECIS), a rating scale developed to measure collaborative consultation in early childhood intervention (ECI). ProPerCECIS was completed by 427 professionals
from 78 ECI teams. The full sample was randomised into sample A, 170 participants, for conducting an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) – and sample B, 257 participants, for performing confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Multiple-group analysis, with the overall sample, was conducted. The EFA final solution comprised three correlated factors, with acceptable to very good internal consistency: Intervention, Context, and Planning. The CFA supported the three-factor structure. Results supported configural invariance and partial metric invariance, but partial scalar invariance did not hold. Results supported the conceptual framework of collaborative consultation in ECI and suggest that ProPerCECIS can be a useful measure of professionals’ perceptions about collaborative consultation practices in ECI. ProPerCECIS seems to be particularly suited to assess collaborative practices within services
providing routines-based family-centred interventions. Importantly, because the factor structure for ProPerCECIS holds up for different professional groups, it might be used by transdisciplinary ECI teams.
Acknowledgements
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Keywords
Collaborative consultation,Early childhood intervention,Rating scale,Reliability,Construct validity
Fields of Science and Technology Classification
- Psychology - Social Sciences
- Educational Sciences - Social Sciences
Funding Records
Funding Reference | Funding Entity |
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SFRD/BPD/108571/2015 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
SFRD/BD/90354/2012 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
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