Early Childhood Outcomes Approved Assessment Tools:

Brigance Inventory of Early Development III (IED III)

Standardized Version

Website: http://www.curriculumassociates.com/products/brigance -special-education.aspx

Introduction

• • • • • • The standardized BRIGANCE IED III includes the following skill areas which are designed to align to state and national standards for early childhood:

Physical Development

- gross and fine-motor skills

Language Development

– expressive and receptive

Academic/Cognitive

concepts - literacy and mathematical

Adaptive Behavior

- daily living

Social and Emotional Development

and self-regulatory – interpersonal

Administering the Brigance IED III: • • Who can give the assessment?

• Is special training needed?

• How long does it take to complete the assessment?

Administering the Brigance IED III cont’d: • How often can it be administered?

• What materials are needed?

• What environments are required?

Publisher provided professional development training videos are located here:

http://www.curriculumassociates.com/professional development/subjects.aspx?Subject=brse

Early Childhood Outcomes Categories and the Brigance IED III • Gaining Positive Social Emotional Skills • Learning and Using New Knowledge and Skills • Using Appropriate Behaviors to Meet Their Needs

Gaining Positive Social Emotional Skills

Domain

Gross Motor Fine Motor Receptive Language Expressive Language Literacy Mathematics Daily Living Interpersonal Self-Regulation No No No No

Assesses the Outcome?

No No No Yes Yes

Learning and Using New Knowledge and Skills

Domain

Gross Motor Fine Motor Receptive Language Expressive Language Literacy Mathematics Daily Living Interpersonal Self-Regulation

Assesses the Outcome?

No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No

Using Appropriate Behaviors to Meet Needs

Domain

Gross Motor Fine Motor Receptive Language Expressive Language Literacy Mathematics Daily Living Interpersonal Self-Regulation

Assesses the Outcome?

Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No

Family and the Brigance IED III Explanation to family of Early Childhood Outcomes Brochure for families to support involvement from PSN website: http://www.cdd.unm.edu/ecln/PSN /ECOTrainingCenter.html

Family Role In Assessment

Supporting the family members in gaining confidence in their ability to observe their child and share those observations with special education staff.

Develop an increased understanding of how Gain confidence in their ability to observe their child is functioning compared to age their child and share those observations with expectations.

special education staff.

Learn to track and celebrate the progress that their child is making. Contribute to IEP Team discussions about their child’s strengths and accomplishments and the development of appropriate goals.

Family Resources: • Home is a learning place • http://center.serve.org/TT/partip2.pdf

• • Reading to kids http://center.serve.org/TT/partip5.pdf

• Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) • http://center.serve.org/TT/partip13.pdf

• School readiness • http://center.serve.org/TT/StartingYourChild.pdf

Working together to gather information: INCLUDING THE TEAM Family

On Going Assessment Assess the domain areas of the Brigance IED III for each child when completing the Child Outcome Summary Form

Resources

• video overview of Brigance IED III: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRIn-xCl-JM • user guide with visuals: • http://hannahvogler.com/Brigance_Users_Guide.html

Brigance IED III FAQ: • http://www.hbe.com.au/series-brigance/faq.html

Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center • http://ectacenter.org/eco/pages/crosswalks.asp

Early Childhood Outcomes brochure for families: http://www.cdd.unm.edu/ecln/PSN/ECOTrainingCenter.html

For more information, contact:

the Preschool Network (PSN)

http://cdd.unm.edu/ecln/PSN/index.html