ASSESSMENTS ASD DELAYS

YOU MUST BE AN EMPLOYEE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO PARTICIPATE

This course will allow special education service providers, SLPs, assessors and school psychologists who have completed one of the following courses (PREREQUISITE): Assessments for students with Autism, Language Delays or Dev. Disabilities which provided an overview of the ABLLS-R and VB-MAPP or Assessing & teaching essential functional life skills for students with Autism and Dev. Delays PK-12 which provided an overview of the AFLS, to continue learning about these assessment tools by administering and interpreting the assessment with a student. Individually or as a team, participants will choose one of the mentioned assessment tools to administer to a select student. Participants will then follow the suggested methods of interpreting the information to determine future programming goals for the student. Participants will meet (virtually or face to face) with the instructor at least three times during the process. Participants will summarize the learning experience by providing a written reflection summarizing the assessment process, current level of performance and listing at least 5 programming next steps using information from the guide and written in the SMART goal format.

By the end of the course the learner will:
-have fully administered one of the following assessments: ABLLS-R, VB-MAPP or AFLS
-followed the suggested steps for interpretation of the assessment data, leading to identified present levels of performance and programming goals
-written at least 5 programming goals using the SMART goal format


Course Requirements (include time requirements)

-Each participant will select a student to assess
-Each participant will determine which tool will be used and gather the appropriate assessment tools
- Each participant will administer the assessment (10 hours)
- Each participant will interpret the assessment results (2 hours)
- Each participant will determine programming goals (2 hours)
- Each participant will meet with the instructor at least 3 times (1 hour)
- Each participant will complete a final summary of the assessment process, present level of performance and programming goals written in a SMART goal format (1 hour)

Course Assignments:
Schedule & participate in 3 short meetings with instructor (10pts)
Administer Assessment (send copy of protocol summary chart by May 1)
Summary of assessment administration (included in final reflection) (50pts)
Interpret assessment results, resulting in present level of performance statements (discuss with instructor and include in final reflection) (20pts)
Determine & write at least 5 programming goals using SMART goal format (include in final reflection) (20pts)

Schedule:
-Meeting dates will be determined individually
-Assessment will be administered between March 1- May 1
-Interpretation of results and programming goals will be submitted by course completion date May 31, 2017