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Guide to the Developmental Sequences of the DRDP access
The DRDP access is an observational assessment that is based on observing a young child in a familiar environment engaged in familiar routines and activities. By watching the child in typical interactions you can determine the child’s level of mastery in relation to the developmental sequences that are measured by the instrument. The Guide to the Developmental Sequences of the DRDP access provides information that has been condensed from child development research and is specifically relevant to the developmental sequences assessed by the DRDP access. You can access this information in two ways – through a printed document and an interactive portal. Either way, the guide will help you make decisions about the child’s level of development when rating the Measures of the DRDP access.
The guide provides information from child development research on each of the behaviors measured by the instrument with the goal of clarifying what should be observed and how ratings should be determined. While this information has been gathered from research on typically developing children, this same research is also useful for describing the development of children with disabilities who generally follow the same sequences of development as children without disabilities. While there may be individual exceptions, sequences of development from typical child development serve as a helpful guide for assessing the progress of, and planning of curriculum for, all young children.
In order to understand how to use the guide, let’s first review the DRDP access. The DRDP access is organized around four Desired Results. Each Desired Result is a condition of well-being which represents a desired outcome for children who are being served in state-funded early care and education programs. The four Desired Results are divided into ten Indicators that represent specific, measurable, developmental dimensions of the Desired Results. Each Indicator is made up of developmental progressions or sequences, called Measures, along which a child’s observed behavior is assessed by determining the child’s level of mastery.
The guide provides a general overview of child development from birth through preschool for each of the ten Indicators. Following these overviews are descriptions of each of the Measures that make up that Indicator. These descriptions identify what is typical for infants, toddlers, young preschoolers, and older preschoolers. References from the research that support these descriptions are provided for each Measure and offer sources for additional information.
The descriptions of the Indicators and Measures provide a quick overview of typical development proceeding from younger to older. In the descriptions of the Measures, age levels have been bolded for easy reference. Within each age level, additional bolded phrases correspond to the descriptors of each level of the Measure. This makes it easy to locate the specific information needed.
Access the Guide as an Interactive Portal
The portal helps you quickly find a specific developmental sequence or Measure on the DRDP access. You can read and print the developmental sequences by themselves or side-by-side with the corresponding Measure, and refer to the references as you choose. Additional resources for each of the developmental sequences are coming soon.
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Try the interactive portal. The guide can also be downloaded as an 85 page PDF or viewed as a single HTML page. |
Last updated: 10/28/2011