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ABSTRACT INFORMATION
Title: 'Maximizing Assessment Data to Monitor Progress and Develop Language Goals' Track: 4 - Early Intervention Keyword(s): Assessment, IFSP goals, MacArthur-Bates CDI, accountability, progress monitoring Learning Objectives: describe the information provided by the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (CDI) discuss how the MacArthur-Bates CDI can be used to better understand the language strengths and limitations of an individual child develop appropriate language goals based on information obtained from the MacArthur-Bates CDI Abstract: An important component of a successful early intervention program is the selection of language assessments that are appropriate for the population served and useful on a variety of different levels. Ideally, an assessment tool will allow programs to gather data for accountability purposes and will also assist parents and professionals in monitoring an individual child’s progress and developing individual child goals. The MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (CDI) are a well-normed and widely-used set of language assessments that have been validated for use with hearing children, children who are deaf/hard of hearing, and children who have a variety of different disabilities. In this presentation we will describe this assessment tool and the various ways it can be useful to parents, interventionists and program directors who work with children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Particular attention will be given to how to interpret the data obtained from this assessment to identify an individual child’s language strengths and limitations. Emphasis also will be placed on how to use the results obtained from this assessment to guide intervention decisions and develop appropriate goals and strategies on the IFSP. Case studies will be used to illustrate these points and no-cost resources available from the test developers will be shared. 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
-             ASHA DISCLOSURE: Financial - Nonfinancial - Allison Sedey - 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 - Nonfinancial - Dinah Beams - Co-Presenter Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind      Credentials: M.A.      Other Affiliations: Colorado Home Intervention Program       Dinah Beams is the program coordinator for the Colorado Home Intervention Program (CHIP), a statewide, in-home, family-centered early intervention program for families with children who are deaf or hard of hearing that is part of the Outreach Department of the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind (CSDB). Previous experience includes working as an Outreach Specialist at Beginnings for Parents of Children who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing in North Carolina and as both a classroom and 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, part of CSDB’s Early Literacy Development Initiative for young children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Dinah also serves on the board for Colorado Families for Hands and Voices.       ASHA DISCLOSURE: Financial - Nonfinancial - 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 - Nonfinancial -