E-LAP TRAINING

Who Can Administer? The Manual does not give guidelines as to who can and can’t administer the E-LAP

What areas does the E-LAP test? Gross motor Fine motor Cognitive Language (does not break up expressive/receptive) Self-Help (starts at 6 months) Social-Emotional

Age Children functioning in the Birth to 36 month age-range

ADMINISTERING THE E-LAP

Time Between an hour to hour and a half to complete the full assessment Test Guidelines: Seldom can all domains be administered to a child in a single session due to limited attention span of a young child. Most assessments should be limited to a minute sessions.

Following Procedure Reliability of assessment is dependent upon the examiner following the explicit instructions in the E-LAP manual. Examiner should read all item procedures and criteria prior to administration of an item.

Examiner should follow the exact wording in the manual

Organization of Assessment Page

Starting Point Starting point is the first item in the same developmental age range as the child’s chronological age. If there are no items for that age, the first item in the developmental age range prior to the child’s chronological age should be the starting point. Determining starting point for children with disabilities. Begin administering the assessment at the half of the child’s chronological age, which will allow for an established basal.

For a 20 month old what would the starting point be? For a 20 month old with delays?

Determining Age

Scoring (+) recorded indicating presence of behavior/record date (-) recorded if skill is not demonstrated/ record date If child refuses to attempt item, the score is recorded as a minus (-) with the word “refused” in comment column

Basal Eight consecutive behaviors

Ceiling Three minuses in a five-item sequence

Additional Scoring Rules A number of items are cross-referenced between domains. For example, item FM 54 is the same as item C 68. The score should automatically be given the same for both items. If test item can not be administered due to missing materials (e.g., a stairway) this should be noted in the comment column. This can compromise the ability to get an overall picture of the child’s development.

VIDEO CLIP _______________________________ Colton Morgan 34 months old Starting Fine Motor #59 Cognitive #94

Determining Approximate Developmental Age After the ceiling is obtained write the item number of the last item of the ceiling at the bottom of the domain in the row labeled “Number of last item of the ceiling” Count the number of errors or minuses between the basal and ceiling and enter this number at the bottom of the domain in the row labeled “Subtract (minus between basal/ceiling)” Subtract the number of errors in the second line from the ceiling item in the first line and enter the result on the line labeled “Raw Score” This is the child’s raw score for that domain. Using the raw score for the developmental domain, locate the corresponding item number in the same domain. The age range where this item number is located is the approximate developmental age of the child for that domain.

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EXAMPLE 22 month old

QUESTIONS?