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April 26th-30th, 2027
Location: Virtual
The Routines-Based Interview is a semi-structured interview about the family’s day-to-day life, focusing on the child’s engagement, independence, and social relationships. Its purposes are to create a strong relationship with the family, to obtain a rich and thick description of child and family functioning, and to result in a family-chosen list of functional and family outcomes/goals. The International RBI Certification Institute is an intensive week-long training consisting of practice with real families, follow-up activities, engagement with resources and materials, and certification. This matters beyond the individual family: the RBM framework organizes information around Engagement, Independence, and Social Relationships (EISR), which maps directly onto the three federal Child Outcomes Summary (COS) areas states must report on annually. A well-conducted RBI naturally surfaces the information teams need to generate accurate COS ratings.
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Curriculum
Content
Each of the following four main topics is competency based and has a performance checklist.
- Structure of the RBI
- High-quality interviewing
- Writing functional outcomes
- Training others to conduct RBIs and write functional outcomes
Process
- Multiple interviews with families
- Practice completing interviews
- Practice writing functional outcomes
- Practice describing interviews
- Feedback from experienced instructors all week long
Materials
Participants will receive the following materials at the institute:
- The RBI Manual
- A PowerPoint presentation that can be adapted an used in future trainings
- A thumb drive with materials
- Readings
Course Delivery
Components of the RBI Certification Institute include
- Families available to interview
- Two concentrations: planning for children birth-3 years of age and 3-5 years of age
- Feedback from multiple certified RBI instructors (coaches) throughout the week to prepare participants for their final competency exam and interview before certification
- Follow-up assignments ensure competence before certification
Pre-Institute Activities
Selected participants will need to complete a few tasks to prepare for the Institute:
- Identify families with whom to practice the RBI after the Institute;
- Read the four articles or chapters that will be emailed
Post-Institute Activities
- To become certified as Routines-Based Interview Trainer, participants will need to complete and pass a competency exam within 1 month of the close of the Institute (date to be determined).
- After the exam, participants will need to practice interviewing, and video record an interview (min. 1 hour/max. 2 hours) and mail it to the instructors, along with the resulting IFSP/IEP outcomes, within 3 months (date to be determined).
- We will assess the quality of the interview and IFSP/IEP outcomes and issue certification to those meeting the competency-based quality standards.
*No videos will be copied or returned. They are considered property of the Institute and used for training purposes only.