Carlena Lowell

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Ecomap
**All names have been changed to maintain confidentiality.
























Marge
Homer
Bart (17)
Lisa (15)
Maggie (13)
Santas Little Helper (6)
Snowball I (5)
Snowball II (2)

Landlords
live next
door
Selma (M.s BFF;
Snowball IIs
godmother)
Dentist
Mr. Burns &
Mr. Smithers
(M.s BFFs)
Ned
(Snowball IIs father)
People M.
works with
Gastroenterologist
Dr. Hibbert,
pediatrician
Patty
(Neds mother)
M.s sister,
husband, and
four children
Monas church:
First Baptist
Lenny
(H.s BFF)
H.s
extended
family
Maine
Care
Rest of the EI
Team (CDS), at
least quarterly
Carl
(H.s BFF)
Milhouse
(Barts BFF)
Nelson
(Lisas BFF)
Three
school
systems
among
the kids
SLP (CDS)
weekly at
home
Service
Coordinati
on (CDS),
at least
quarterly
at home
Springfield
Child Care
Center
5x/week
Ms mother
Mona
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Ecomap Checklist
The first is my self-reporting checklist and the second was completed by Phyllis Degen
as I completed the ecomap with the family.

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Ecomap Reflection
After completing the ecomap with the family, I can see many benefits of doing
this with all families. This truly is a fast way to intake a great amount of information. I
feel good about my first ecomap creation. Immediately after the home visit, I was able to
reflect on how things went with Phyllis, which I found incredibly helpful. Phyllis did
complete the ecomap checklist while I was conversing with the family; however, I did
not get a copy of her completed checklist yet. Therefore, the only checklist provided is
the one I filled out for myself. When I get her copy, I will add it to this.
My first ecomap completed with a family took 24 minutes. McWilliam does state
in Routines-Based Early Intervention that, this takes only 10-15 minutes (p. 39). As
I become more experienced with completing the ecomap with families, I have no doubt I
will become more time efficient. I found asking probing questions to be the most difficult
thing while conducting the ecomap interview. I did ask a few, such as How often do
you see that person?; however, I did not want to repeat that exact question every time.
I found it difficult to come up with a variety of probing questions on the spot; this is
something I will put thought into before conducting my next ecomap. In addition, I
asked about services and financial aid the child receives as opposed to all members of
the immediate family, which I realized after I should have asked about.
Overall, I feel very good about the way the completion of the ecomap went. The
family I am working with have only recently begun CDS services. Therefore, this
ecomap was not only beneficial to myself for the purposes of learning more about the
RBEI process, but it was also beneficial to the primary service provider, Phyllis, in
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getting to know the familys formal and informal supports better. I look forward to be
able to use the ecomap as a tool for learning about familys supports in the future.
















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Reference
McWilliam, R. A. (2010). Routines-Based Early Intervention. Baltimore, MD: Paul H.
Brookes Publishing Co., Inc.