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1 Chapter 15 Early Childhood Assessment
McLoughlin/Lewis, Assessing Students with Special Needs, 7e ISBN: © 2009 Pearson Education Inc. All rights reserved.

2 Assessment of Young Children
Establish family priorities Familiar environments Assessments should Provide information Be socially valuable Be based on a wide foundation of information Decisions based on team members consensus McLoughlin/Lewis, Assessing Students with Special Needs, 7e ISBN: © 2009 Pearson Education Inc. All rights reserved.

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Legislation PL99-457 Services to 3-5 year-old children with disabilities Discretionary program for infants and toddlers Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) IDEA 1997 Mandated services from birth to two Services delivered in natural environments McLoughlin/Lewis, Assessing Students with Special Needs, 7e ISBN: © 2009 Pearson Education Inc. All rights reserved.

4 Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act 2004
More flexibility with services Parents can consent for continuation of early intervention services from age 3 until kindergarten Funds to support early intervention services Must use scientifically research-based practices McLoughlin/Lewis, Assessing Students with Special Needs, 7e ISBN: © 2009 Pearson Education Inc. All rights reserved.

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Purposes Early screening for developmental delays Determine service eligibility Planning interventions Program monitoring Evaluation McLoughlin/Lewis, Assessing Students with Special Needs, 7e ISBN: © 2009 Pearson Education Inc. All rights reserved.

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Areas Assessed Family’s strengths and needs, priorities, values and traditions Child’s strengths and delays Physical factors Language and communication skills Gross and fine motor skills Social and emotional development Self-help and adaptive skills School readiness McLoughlin/Lewis, Assessing Students with Special Needs, 7e ISBN: © 2009 Pearson Education Inc. All rights reserved.

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Issues Natural environments Ongoing assessment linked to intervention Demand for ecological assessment Over-identification of young children Use of a transdisciplinary team McLoughlin/Lewis, Assessing Students with Special Needs, 7e ISBN: © 2009 Pearson Education Inc. All rights reserved.

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Current Practices Informal curriculum-based Familiar physical and social environments Family members are equal contributors McLoughlin/Lewis, Assessing Students with Special Needs, 7e ISBN: © 2009 Pearson Education Inc. All rights reserved.

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Screening The Ages and Stages Questionnaires AGS Early Screening Profiles Developmental Observation Checklist System (DOCS) Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of Learning-3 The Denver Developmental Screening Test (Denver II) Autism Screening Instrument for Educational Planning McLoughlin/Lewis, Assessing Students with Special Needs, 7e ISBN: © 2009 Pearson Education Inc. All rights reserved.

10 Screening for Social-Emotional Development
Ages and Stages Questionnaires: Social Emotional The Vineland Social-Emotional Early Childhood Scales (SEEC) Temperament and Atypical Behavior Scale (TABS) Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) Gilliam Autism Rating Scale (GARS) Home Situations Questionnaire (HSQ) McLoughlin/Lewis, Assessing Students with Special Needs, 7e ISBN: © 2009 Pearson Education Inc. All rights reserved.

11 Ecological Assessment
Interrelationships between child, family, and environments Identify patterns and sequences of behaviors McLoughlin/Lewis, Assessing Students with Special Needs, 7e ISBN: © 2009 Pearson Education Inc. All rights reserved.

12 Family Interview and Rating Scales
Infant-Toddler and Family Instrument (ITFI) Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale McLoughlin/Lewis, Assessing Students with Special Needs, 7e ISBN: © 2009 Pearson Education Inc. All rights reserved.

13 Family Strengths and Concerns
Family Strengths Profile Family Needs Scale Family Needs Survey Parent Needs Survey McLoughlin/Lewis, Assessing Students with Special Needs, 7e ISBN: © 2009 Pearson Education Inc. All rights reserved.

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Direct Observation Developmental checklist Narrative recording Observation instruments Social Interaction Assessment/Intervention ECO McLoughlin/Lewis, Assessing Students with Special Needs, 7e ISBN: © 2009 Pearson Education Inc. All rights reserved.

15 Play-Based Assessment
Considered an alternative Play environments are natural environments Transdisciplinary Play-Based Assessment McLoughlin/Lewis, Assessing Students with Special Needs, 7e ISBN: © 2009 Pearson Education Inc. All rights reserved.

16 Curriculum-Based and Criterion-Referenced Assessment
The Hawaii Early Learning Profile (HELP) Assessment, Evaluation, and Programming System (AEPS) for Infants and Children The Caroline Curriculum for Infants and Toddlers with Special Needs Creative Curriculum The Brigance Diagnostic Inventory of Early Development-II The Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI) McLoughlin/Lewis, Assessing Students with Special Needs, 7e ISBN: © 2009 Pearson Education Inc. All rights reserved.

17 Norm-Referenced and Dynamic Assessment
Bayley Scales of Infant Development-II The Batelle Developmental Inventory (2nd ed.) Mullen Scales of Early Learning Pre-school Learning Assessment Device (PLAD) McLoughlin/Lewis, Assessing Students with Special Needs, 7e ISBN: © 2009 Pearson Education Inc. All rights reserved.

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School Readiness Brigance K & 1 Screen-Revised The Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of Learning-3 (DIAL-3) Bracken Basic Concepts Scale-Revised Test of Early Reading Ability (TERA-3) Test of Early Mathematics Ability (TEMA-3) Expressive One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Fourth Edition (PPVT-IV) Test of Early Language Development (TELD-3) Test of Early Written Language (TEWL) McLoughlin/Lewis, Assessing Students with Special Needs, 7e ISBN: © 2009 Pearson Education Inc. All rights reserved.

19 Individualized Family Service Plans
Resources available to family Target outcomes Reviewed at least every 6 months McLoughlin/Lewis, Assessing Students with Special Needs, 7e ISBN: © 2009 Pearson Education Inc. All rights reserved.

20 Program Monitoring and Evaluation
Frequent assessments Individual goals addressed in group setting Imbedded in enjoyable activities Minimize developmental problems Evaluate programs for utility, feasibility, propriety, and technical adequacy McLoughlin/Lewis, Assessing Students with Special Needs, 7e ISBN: © 2009 Pearson Education Inc. All rights reserved.

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