You may have heard the terms DRDP, DRDP (2015), or Desired Results from your child’s teacher, caregiver, early interventionist, or special education provider. This document describes what these terms mean for you and your child.
Information for Families
Families are a child’s first teacher and play an important role on their child’s IFSP (Individualized Family Service Plan) or IEP (Individualized Education Plan) team. By sharing observations from everyday routines and experiences, families help educators and service providers better understand their child’s learning and development, which helps inform the DRDP (Desired Results Developmental Profile). The DRDP, along with family input, can be used to develop IFSP and IEP goals that reflect a child’s strengths and emerging skills across settings. The resources below offer information for families about the DRDP and ways to share observations as part of ongoing conversations with their child’s team.
Information for Families
An Overview of the DRDP (2015) for Families
The Role of Family Observations in the DRDP (2015) Assessment
An overview of the research findings that suggest parents’ observations are reliable and valid and should be considered an essential component of a comprehensive assessment process.
An Overview of the DRDP (2015) for Families - Spanish (Una Visión General del DRDP (2015) para las Familias)
Tal vez ya haya escuchado al representante de intervención temprana, maestro de su niño(a), o proveedor de servicios mencionar los términos Perfil de Desarrollo de Resultados Deseados, Desired Results, o DRDP. Este documento describe lo que estos términos significan para usted y su niño(a).
The Role of Family Observations in the DRDP (2015) Assessment - Spanish (El Rol de las Observaciones de la Familia en la Evaluación del DRDP (2015))
Los resultado de la investigación sugieren que las observaciones de los padres son confiables y válidas y deberían considerarse como un componente esencial para el proceso de una evaluación comprensiva.
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Common Abbreviations used by the Desired Results Access Project
Common abbreviations associated with fields of early intervention, early childhood education, and early childhood special education that are used in the Desired Results Access Project’s documents and resources.
All About Young Children
A website for families describing skills that help children learn, including how they learn language, about feelings and relationships, about numbers, how they become skillful at moving their bodies. (Available in eight different languages.)
MAP to Inclusion and Belonging’s list of resources for families by county
The California MAP to Inclusion & Belonging website lists resources for families including local Special Education Local Plan Areas (SELPAs), regional centers, Head start programs, and Family Resource Centers. The resources are organized by county for easy access.
California Early Start Central Directory of Early Intervention Resources For Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities and Their Families
The Early Start Central Directory ensures that parents, family members, service providers, and members of the public, including those with disabilities, can access information about early intervention resources available throughout the state in a timely and organized manner, and that Information regarding the nature and scope of these resources is available through telephone or written requests at state and local levels.