What model does ECI follow?

What model does ECI follow?

• A. Coaching model
• B. Medical model
• C. Administrative model
• D. Therapeutic model

Answer: (A)

ECI follows a coaching model. In this approach, services are family-centered and delivered as collaborative coaching, with the professional supporting caregivers to apply developmentally supportive strategies during daily routines, observe progress, and adjust together. This emphasizes building the family’s capacity and embedding learning in the child’s everyday contexts, rather than delivering clinician-led therapy in isolation. The medical model centers on diagnosis and clinician-directed treatment, often in a clinic; the administrative model focuses on program operations; and a stand-alone therapeutic model implies direct therapy without the same emphasis on coaching and empowering families.

ECI follows a coaching model. In this approach, services are family-centered and delivered as collaborative coaching, with the professional supporting caregivers to apply developmentally supportive strategies during daily routines, observe progress, and adjust together. This emphasizes building the family’s capacity and embedding learning in the child’s everyday contexts, rather than delivering clinician-led therapy in isolation. The medical model centers on diagnosis and clinician-directed treatment, often in a clinic; the administrative model focuses on program operations; and a stand-alone therapeutic model implies direct therapy without the same emphasis on coaching and empowering families.