1. Robert McKelvain Professor Director of Graduate Studies Department of Psychology Abilene Christian University

2. Empowering Progress A Research Agenda for IEP Facilitation

3. Value of Research

4. Develop Theory Value of Research

5. Improve Practice Value of Research

6. Improve Training Value of Research

7. Training Availability Value of Research

8. Enhance Credibility

9. Value of Research Enhance Accountability

10. Challenges

11. Challenge #1 Infrastructure

12. Challenge #2 Challenge #2 Defining outcomes Defining outcomes

13. Challenge #3 Challenge #3 Defining facilitation Defining facilitation

14. Challenge #4 Power impact

15. Social Influencing Practices

16. Coaching Coaching Counseling Counseling Adult education Adult education Medical patient education Medical patient education Mediation Mediation

17. Social Influencing Practices Intentional Intentional Social influence strategies Social influence strategies Beneficent Beneficent Informed consent Informed consent

18. Social Influencing Practices Outcomes: Behavior - Acting Behavior - Acting Affect - Feeling Affect - Feeling Cognition - Thinking Cognition - Thinking

19. Social Influencing Practice Facilitation

20. CounselingPsychotherapy

21. History of Research CounselingPsychotherapy

22. Facilitation is in some important ways like …... all other social influencing practices... some other social influencing practices... no other social influencing practice

23. History Defining outcomes

24. History Defining “counseling”

25. History Exploring complexity

26. Challenges

27. Challenge #1 Infrastructure

28. Scholarly Infrastructure

29. Researchers Researchers Resources Resources

30. Scholarly Infrastructure Communications Communications Publications Publications

31. Scholarly Infrastructure Guides Guides Gatekeepers Gatekeepers

32. Scholarly Infrastructure Psychotherapy Research 1983-1988 1983-1988 348 outcome studies 348 outcome studies 20 journals 20 journals 1430 different measures of outcome 1430 different measures of outcome 840 measures used just once 840 measures used just once

33. Challenge #2 Defining outcomes Defining outcomes

34. Defining Outcomes

35. Purpose of IEP Meeting

36. Participants’ interests perspective

37. Purpose of IEP Meeting Shared interests

38. Purpose of IEP Meeting Effective plan Effective plan Commitment Commitment Relationship Relationship

39. Purpose of IEP Meeting Child learns

40. Types of Outcomes

41. Reaction Outcomes Global satisfaction

42. Learning Outcomes UnderstandingAwareness

43. Behavior Outcomes Implemented agreements

44. Organizational Outcomes Bottom line

45. “Critical” Outcomes JusticePeace

46. Measuring Outcomes

47. Challenge #3 Defining facilitation Defining facilitation

48. Describing the Process

49. “Techniques”

50. “Facilitator”

51. “Participants”

52. “Settings”

53. Measuring “the Process”

54. Intervention manuals

55. Crucial Questions 1. Replication? 2. Does it work? 3. Where does it work?

56. Challenge Proposals

57. Challenge Proposal #5 Collaboration

58. Challenge Proposal #4 Power impact

59. Challenge Proposal #2 Challenge Proposal #2 Defining outcomes Defining outcomes

60. Challenge Proposal #3 Challenge Proposal #3 Defining facilitation Defining facilitation

61. Challenge Proposal #1 Infrastructure

62. Challenge Proposal #5 Collaboration