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ABSTRACT INFORMATION
Title: 'More than Checking the Box: Mining Assessments to Drive Early Intervention' Track: - Keyword(s): Learning Objectives: Abstract: Appropriate assessments are a vital component of early intervention and are used by programs to monitor a child’s progress, meet requirements for outcome data, and evaluate the effectiveness of a program. Often, however, professionals are not trained in utilizing these assessments to their full capacity to drive early intervention services and set appropriate goals and strategies on the IFSP. The information gathered through formally assessing the skills of a child with several different assessment instruments can be applied to guide parents in making informed decisions regarding the amount of intervention, the effectiveness of the current intervention, the communication method being used, and the need for additional services. The information gained from assessments is much richer than merely establishing a baseline for the child, determining a percentile score for a particular skill, or determining a child’s developmental age. This session will explore three widely used assessment instruments, The MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory (Fenson, Dale, Reznick, Thal, Bates, Hartung, Pethick,& Reilly, 1993), the Minnesota Child Development Inventory (Ireton & Thwing, 1972), and the Play Assessment Questionnaire (Calhoun, 1987) and analyze the information gathered from these assessments in detail. Particular attention will be given to the interpretation of the assessment data as it applies to intervention for an individual child. Case studies will be shared and participants will have opportunities to apply information covered in this session to the development of appropriate goals and next steps for a child’s intervention plan. Presentation: This presentation has not yet been uploaded or the speaker has opted not to make the presentation available online. Handouts: Handout is not Available
PRESENTER(S) / AUTHOR(S) INFORMATION
Allison Sedey - POC,Primary Presenter University of Colorado-Boulder      Credentials: Ph.D., CCC-SLP, CCC-A      Other Affiliations: Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind       Allison Sedey is a speech pathologist, audiologist, and research associate. She works for the University of Colorado-Boulder and the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind tracking speech and language outcomes of children who are deaf or hard of hearing between birth and 3 years of age throughout the state of Colorado. She is currently managing a project (NECAP) that involves establishing a national database of language outcomes for children with hearing loss from birth to 4. As part of this project she is assisting interested states in implementing statewide outcomes assessment.       ASHA DISCLOSURE: Financial - No relevant financial relationship exist. Nonfinancial - No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist. Dinah Beams - Co-Presenter Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind      Credentials: M.A., C.E.D.      Other Affiliations: Colorado Home Intervention Program (CHIP)       Dinah Beams has an M.A. from the University of Colorado and a B.S. from Southern Methodist University. She is the Program Coordinator for the Colorado Home Intervention Program (CHIP) with the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind. Responsibilities in this position include coordinating services for families with newly-identified children; hiring and training providers; supervision; curriculum and program development; and system building. Previous experience includes working as an Outreach Specialist for Beginnings for Parents of Children who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Raleigh, North Carolina and as both a classroom and an itinerant teacher in Colorado. Dinah is the author of the CHIP Parent Manual and the Curriculum for Sign Language Instructors, and co-developer of materials for the Integrated Reading Project (IRP), part of Colorado’s Early Literacy Development Initiative for young children who are deaf and hard of hearing.       ASHA DISCLOSURE: Financial - No relevant financial relationship exist. Nonfinancial - No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist. Denise Davis-Pedrie - Co-Presenter Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind      Credentials: M.A. CCC-Sp. Speech/Language/Hearing Pathologist      Other Affiliations: Colorado EDHI Regional Team member       Denise Davis-Pedrie is a speech-language pathologist and teacher of the deaf with a specialist certification in Infant/Toddler Special Education. She is a Colorado Hearing Resource Coordinator with the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind, supporting families with newly identified children, birth to three years of age. Additionally, Denise has more than 20 years of experience as a preschool teacher for children with hearing loss in an inclusive classroom. Denise is a member of the Board of Directors for Colorado Families for Hands and Voices.       ASHA DISCLOSURE: Financial - No relevant financial relationship exist. Nonfinancial - No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.