• Follows all IDEA and professional discipline policies, advocacy guidelines, ethics codes, and practice standards for early childhood intervention.
• Demonstrates ethical decision-making and professional behavior.
• Demonstrates knowledge of one’s own discipline-specific practice standards and guidelines.
• Demonstrates awareness of other disciplines’ practice standards and guidelines for early childhood intervention.
• Learns from, with, and about all team members within an interprofessional collaborative practice framework.
• Uses self-reflection and professional development to stay in evidenced-based disciplinary and interdisciplinary practices.
• Uses collaborative consultation practices when working with service providers and families.
• Mentors teach and provide performance feedback and reflective supervision to other service providers.
• Demonstrates disciplinary and interdisciplinary leadership skills at the service delivery, program administration, and systems level of early childhood intervention.
• Advocates at the local, state, and national levels for high-quality, timely, and effective early childhood intervention services to improve outcomes for children and families.

Case studies illustrate the cross-disciplinary competencies and are for use by Higher Education faculty and Professional development staff.
Case Study: Maria - Professionalism