Fidelity of Implementation in Assessment of Infants and Toddlers Eva
This book examines the challenges in developmental assessment of infants and toddlers and provides best practices for implementing standardized assessments in early intervention settings. It starts with an overview of standardized assessment pra
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lity of Implementation in Assessment of Infants and Toddlers Evaluating Developmental Milestones and Outcomes
Fidelity of Implementation in Assessment of Infants and Toddlers
Angela Stone-MacDonald · Lianna Pizzo Noah Feldman
Fidelity of Implementation in Assessment of Infants and Toddlers Evaluating Developmental Milestones and Outcomes
Angela Stone-MacDonald Department of Curriculum and Instruction University of Massachusetts Boston Boston, MA, USA
Lianna Pizzo Department of Curriculum and Instruction University of Massachusetts Boston Boston, MA, USA
Noah Feldman Division of Early Intervention Massachusetts Department of Public Health Boston, MA, USA
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Preface
This project started when I saw Noah Feldman at an Early Intervention (EI) m eeting, and we started talking about some of the issues the state EI team was seeing with the implementation of the Battelle Developmental Inventory, Second Edition (BDI-2; Newborg, 2005). This test had been recently adopted by the state as a tool for the statewide assessment of eligibility and measurement of child outcomes. We were very interested in working on the issues of implementation that were raised, as well as understanding more about the assessment process for both the examiners and the families. We recruited another faculty member that specializes in the assessment of young children and, together, we designed a study and applied for a grant from the univ
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