DRDP (2015) Infant/Toddler View Pocket Rating Booklet

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DRDP (2015) – An Early Childhood Developmental Continuum
Pocket Rating Booklet
Infant/Toddler View
For use with infants and toddlers with Individualized Family Service Plans (IFSPs)

This Pocket Rating Booklet can be used as a companion to the full DRDP (2015) Infant/Toddler View instrument and includes the Measures-at-Glance, Quick Rating Guide, Adaptations, and the DRDP (2015) measures without the examples. See the full DRDP (2015) for more information and for the Information Page and Rating Record.

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Measures at-a-Glance

ATL-REG Approaches to Learning – Self-Regulation	1	Attention Maintenance
	2	Self-Comforting
	3	Imitation
	4	Curiosity and Initiative in Learning
	5	Self-Control of Feelings and Behavior
SED Social and Emotional Development	1	Identity of Self in Relation to Others
	2	Social and Emotional Understanding
	3	Relationships and Social Interactions with Familiar Adults
	4	Relationships and Social Interactions with Peers
	5	Symbolic and Sociodramatic Play
LLD Language and Literacy Development	1	Understanding of Language (Receptive)
	2	Responsiveness to Language
	3	Communication and Use of Language (Expressive)
	4	Reciprocal Communication and Conversation
	5	Interest in Literacy
COG Cognition, Including Math and Science	1	Spatial Relationships
	2	Classification
	3	Number Sense of Quantity
	8	Cause and Effect
	9	Inquiry Through Observation and Investigation
	11	Knowledge of the Natural World
PD-HLTH Physical Development –Health	1	Perceptual-Motor Skills and Movement Concepts
	2	Gross Locomotor Movement Skills
	3	Gross Motor Manipulative Skills
	4	Fine Motor Manipulative Skills
	5	Safety
	6	Personal Care Routines: Hygiene
	7	Personal Care Routines: Feeding
	8	Personal Care Routines: Dressing

Quick Guide to Rating the Measures

1. Review your documentation/evidence

Review your observation notes, observations from others (including teachers, family members/caregivers, and other service providers, obtained through interview or conversations), and other documentation, including samples of children’s work, photographs, and video/audio recordings of children’s communication and behavior.

2. Carefully read the definition and the descriptors, looking for mastery

Read the descriptors and try to narrow down which one is most consistent with your observations and other documentation of the child’s typical behavior. A developmental level is mastered if the child demonstrates the knowledge, behaviors, or skills defined at that level:

Consistently over time
In different situations or settings

3. Consider the examples

Refer to the full DRDP (2015) Preschool Fundamental View Instrument for examples. The examples represent only some of the possible ways a child might demonstrate mastery. They are not a checklist of what the child must demonstrate. It is possible that a child does not demonstrate any of the specific examples provided, but does demonstrate mastery in other ways that are consistent with the intent of the descriptor.

4. Determine the child’s level of mastery

Once you’ve determined the latest developmental level the child has mastered, mark it appropriately.

5. Indicate if the child is emerging

If your observations indicate that the child has demonstrated mastery for a developmental level and is also beginning to demonstrate knowledge, skills, or behaviors described for the next level (although not yet consistently across situations or settings), the child may be emerging to the next level.

Important Note: When reading the descriptors, be sure you understand and pay attention to semicolons and the words “or” and “and.” Most descriptors define a single skill or behavior, but some include more than one. If the descriptor includes:

The word “or” – the child only needs to demonstrate the behavior in one of the ways listed for the developmental level to be considered mastered.
The word “and” – all parts of the descriptor are required for mastery and need to be observed together.
A semi-colon (;) followed by the word “and” – the child must demonstrate all the behaviors listed to master the level, but not necessarily during the same observation.

The Seven Categories of Adaptations

1. Augmentative or alternative communication system

Methods of communication other than speech that allow a child who is unable to use spoken language to communicate.

2. Alternative Mode for Written Language

Methods of reading or writing used by a child who cannot see well enough to read or write or cannot hold and manipulate a writing utensil well enough to produce written symbols.

3. Visual Support

Adjustments to the environment that provide additional information to a child who has limited or reduced visual input.

4. Assistive Equipment or Device

Tools that make it possible or easier for a child to perform a task.

5. Functional Positioning

Strategic positioning and postural support that allow a child to have increased control of his body.

6. Sensory Support

Increasing or decreasing sensory input to facilitate a child’s attention and interaction in the environment.

7. Alternative Response Mode

The form of a child’s behavior may differ from typical development (such as avoiding looking at people while speaking to them) but still be rated as demonstrating mastery. This adaptation allows for differences in the child’s behavior rather than modifications to the environment.

Developmental Domain: ATL–REG – Approaches to Learning–Self–Regulation

ATL-REG 1: Attention Maintenance

Child develops the capacity to pay attention to people, things, or the environment when interacting with others or exploring play materials

Responding		Exploring		Building			Integrating
Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Middle	Later	Earlier
Attends or responds briefly to people,things, or sounds	Shifts attention frequently from one person or thing to another	Maintains attention, on own or with adult support, during brief activities	Maintains attention, with adult support, during activities that last for extended periods of time	Maintains attention on own during activities that last for extended periods of time	There are no later levels for this measure
□ Child is emerging to the next developmental level □ Unable to rate this measure due to extended absence

ATL-REG 2: Self-Comforting

Child develops the capacity to comfort or soothe self in response to distress from internal or external stimulation

Responding		Exploring		Building			Integrating
Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Middle	Later	Earlier
Responds to internal or external stimulation in basic ways	Engages in behaviors that have previously worked to soothe self	Comforts self by seeking a familiar adult or a special thing	Comforts self in different ways, based on the situation	Anticipates need for comfort and prepares self by asking questions, getting a special thing, or in other ways	There are no later levels for this measure
□ Child is emerging to the next developmental level □ Unable to rate this measure due to extended absence

ATL-REG 3: Imitation

Child mirrors, repeats, and practices the actions or words of others in increasingly complex ways

Responding		Exploring		Building			Integrating
Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Middle	Later	Earlier
Responds to facial expressions or vocalizations in basic ways	Imitates approximations of single simple actions or sounds when interacting with others	Imitates actions, or Repeats familiar words or gestures by others when interacting with them	Imitates a few actions, or Repeats familiar actions or words experienced at an earlier time	Imitates multiple steps of othersâ€™ actions, or Repeats phrases, experienced at an earlier time	There are no later levels for this measure
□ Child is emerging to the next developmental level □ Unable to rate this measure due to extended absence

ATL-REG 4: Curiosity and Initiative in Learning

Child explores the environment in increasingly focused ways to learn about people, things, materials, and events

Responding		Exploring		Building			Integrating
Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Middle N/A	Later N/A	Earlier N/A
Responds to people, things, or sounds	Notices new or unexpected characteristics or actions of people or things	Explores people or things in the immediate environment	Explores new ways to use familiar things, including simple trial and error	Explores through simple observations, or manipulations, or asking simple questions	Explores by engaging in specific observations, manipulations, or by asking specific questions	Carries out simple investigations using familiar strategies, tools, or sources of information	Carries out multi-step investigations, using a variety of strategies, tools, or sources of information
□ Child is emerging to the next developmental level □ Unable to rate this measure due to extended absence

ATL-REG 5: Self-Control of Feelings and Behavior

Child increasingly develops strategies for regulating feelings and behavior, becoming less reliant on adult guidance over time

Responding		Exploring		Building			Integrating
Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Middle N/A	Later N/A	Earlier N/A
Calms when comforted by an adult	Seeks a familiar adult when distressed, and responds when physically comforted by a familiar adult	Calms self when a familiar adult initiates contact, moves close, or offers a special thing	Relies on communication or guidance from a familiar adult to regulate emotional or behavioral reactions in moderately stressful situations	Demonstrates capacity to regulate emotional or behavioral reactions in some moderately stressful situations, occasionally needing adult support	Expresses strong feelings through constructive forms of communication, seeking the assistance of familiar adults when needed	Uses simple strategies (e.g., leaving a difficult situation, offering an alternative toy to a friend) to regulate own feelings or behaviors	Uses socially appropriate strategies (e.g., negotiation, compromise, verbal reminders to self) to regulate own feelings or behaviors
□ Child is emerging to the next developmental level □ Unable to rate this measure due to extended absence

Developmental Domain: SED — Social and Emotional Development

SED 1: Identity of Self in Relation to Others

Child shows increasing awareness of self as distinct from and also related to others

Responding		Exploring		Building			Integrating
Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Middle N/A	Later N/A	Earlier N/A
Responds in basic ways to others	Uses senses to explore self and others	Recognizes self and familiar people	Communicates own name and names of familiar people (e.g., "dada," "mama," "grandma," or sibling's name)	Expresses simple ideas about self and connection to others	Describes self or others based on physical characteristics	Describes own preferences or feelings; and Describes the feelings or desires of family members, friends, or other familiar people	Compares own preferences or feelings to those of others
□ Child is emerging to the next developmental level □ Unable to rate this measure due to extended absence

SED 2: Social and Emotional Understanding

Child shows developing understanding of people’s behaviors, feelings, thoughts, and individual characteristics

Responding		Exploring		Building			Integrating
Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Middle N/A	Later N/A	Earlier N/A
Responds to faces, voices, or actions of other people	Shows awareness of what to expect from familiar people by responding to or anticipating their actions	Adjusts behavior in response to emotional expressions of familiar people, especially in novel or uncertain situations	Adjusts behavior in response to emotional expressions of people who are less familiar	Identifies own or others' feelings	Communicates, with adult assistance, about feelings that caused own behavior or others' behavior	Communicates ideas about why one has a feeling or what will happen as a result of a feeling	Communicates ideas about how own or another's personality affects how one thinks, feels, and acts
□ Child is emerging to the next developmental level □ Unable to rate this measure due to extended absence

SED 3: Relationships and Social Interactions with Familiar Adults

Child develops close relationships with one or more familiar adults .... and interacts in an increasingly competent and cooperative manner...

Responding		Exploring		Building			Integrating
Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Middle N/A	Later N/A	Earlier N/A
Responds to faces, voices, or actions of familiar people	Shows a preference for familiar adults and tries to interact with them	Interacts in simple ways with familiar adults and tries to maintain the interactions	Initiates activities with familiar adults; and Seeks out assistance or support from familiar adults	Engages in extended interactions with familiar adults in a variety of situations (e.g., sharing ideas or experiences, solving simple problems)	Seeks a familiar adult's ideas or explanations about events or experiences that are interesting to the child	Takes initiative in creating cooperative activities with a familiar adult	Works cooperatively with familiar adults, over sustained periods, to plan and carry out activities or to solve problems
□ Child is emerging to the next developmental level □ Unable to rate this measure due to extended absence

SED 4: Relationships and Social Interactions with Peers

Child becomes increasingly competent and cooperative in interactions with peers and develops friendships with several peers

Responding		Exploring		Building			Integrating
Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Middle N/A	Later N/A	Earlier N/A
Shows awareness of other people, including children	Shows interest in other children	Plays alongside other children, rarely interacting with them	Interacts in simple ways with familiar peers as they play side by side	Participates in brief episodes of cooperative play with one or two peers, especially those with whom child regularly plays	Participates in extended episodes of cooperative play (including pretend play) with one or two friends	Initiates sustained episodes of cooperative play (including pretend play), particularly with friends	Organizes or participates in planning cooperative play activities with several peers, particularly with friends
□ Child is emerging to the next developmental level □ Unable to rate this measure due to extended absence

SED 5: Symbolic and Sociodramatic Play

Child develops the capacity to use objects to represent other objects or ideas and to engage in symbolic play with others

Responding		Exploring		Building			Integrating
Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Middle N/A	Later N/A	Earlier N/A
Responds to people or objects in basic ways	Explores people and objects in a variety of ways	Uses or combines objects in functional or meaningful ways	Pretends that an object represents another object or serves a different purpose	Engages in pretend play sequences	Engages in pretend play with others around a shared idea	Engages in roles in pretend-play sequences with others	Engages in pretend play sequences with others by organizing and negotiating roles or rules around a shared elaborated idea
□ Child is emerging to the next developmental level □ Unable to rate this measure due to extended absence

Developmental Domain: LLD — Language and Literacy Development

LLD 1: Understanding of Language (Receptive)

Child understands increasingly complex communication and language

Responding		Exploring		Building			Integrating
Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Middle □	Later □	Earlier □	Middle N/A	Later N/A	Earlier N/A
Responds to voices, sounds, gestures, or facial expressions in basic ways	Responds to voices, gestures, or facial expressions in a variety of ways (e.g., gaze aversion, vocalization, movements)	Recognizes a few frequently used words or gestures in familiar situations	Shows understanding of a variety of single words	Shows understanding of frequently used simple phrases or sentences	Shows understanding of a wide variety of phrases or sentences	Shows understanding of some complex vocabulary, phrases, or sentences as used in conversations, stories, or learning activities	Shows understanding of language that refers to abstract concepts, including imaginary events	Shows understanding of a series of complex statements that explain how or why things happen
□ Child is emerging to the next developmental level □ Unable to rate this measure due to extended absence

LLD 2: Responsiveness to Language

Child communicates or acts in response to language and responds to increasingly complex language

Responding		Exploring		Building			Integrating
Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Middle N/A	Later N/A	Earlier N/A
Responds to voices, sounds, gestures, or facial expressions in basic ways	Responds to voices, gestures, or facial expressions in a variety of ways (e.g., eye gaze, gaze aversion, vocalization, movements)	Responds to a few frequently used words or gestures in familiar situations	Responds to simple comments that relate to a present situation	Responds to one-step requests or questions that involve a familiar activity or routine	Carries out a one-step request that relates to a new or an unfamiliar activity or situation	Carries out multi-step requests that involve a familiar activity or situation	Carries out multi-step requests that involve a new or unfamiliar activity or situation
□ Child is emerging to the next developmental level □ Unable to rate this measure due to extended absence

LLD 3: Communication and Use of Language (Expressive)

Child’s communication develops from nonverbal communication to using language with increasingly complex words and sentences

Responding		Exploring			Building			Integrating
Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Middle □	Later □	Earlier □	Middle N/A	Later N/A	Earlier N/A
Makes sounds spontaneously	Uses sounds, gestures, or facial expressions to communicate	Uses a few "first words," word-like sounds, or gestures to communicate	Uses a variety of single words to communicate	Uses two words together to communicate	Uses short phrases or sentences of more than two words to communicate	Uses short sentences that contain nouns, verbs, and other words, such as adjectives and recently encountered vocabulary, to communicate	Uses phrases and sentences with a variety of word forms, including past tense, future tense, plurals, pronouns, or possessives, to communicate, sometimes with errors	Combines phrases and sentences with a variety of word forms to communicate ideas or to describe people, objects, or events
□ Child is emerging to the next developmental level □ Unable to rate this measure due to extended absence

LLD 4: Reciprocal Communication and Conversation

Child engages in back-and-forth communication that develops into increasingly extended conversations

Responding		Exploring			Building			Integrating
Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Middle □	Later □	Earlier N/A	Middle N/A	Later N/A	Earlier □
Responds to sounds or movements of others in basic ways	Responds to or seeks contact with familiar adults, using vocalizations, gestures, or facial expressions during interactions	Engages in brief back-and-forth communication with a familiar adult, using word approximations, vocalizations, gestures, or facial expressions	Engages in brief back-and-forth communication with a familiar adult, using simple words or conventional gestures to communicate meaning	Engages in brief back-and-forth communication, combining words to communicate meaning	Engages in brief back-and-forth communication, using short phrases and sentences	Engages in brief conversations with a shared focus	Engages in conversations with a shared focus, contributing clarifying comments or building on the other person's ideas	Engages in extended focused conversations that involve reasoning, predicting, problem solving, or understanding ideas
□ Child is emerging to the next developmental level □ Unable to rate this measure due to extended absence

LLD 5: Interest in Literacy

Child shows interest in books, songs, rhymes, stories, and other literacy activities in increasingly complex ways

Responding		Exploring		Building			Integrating
Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Middle N/A	Later N/A	Earlier N/A
Attends or responds to people or things in basic ways	Plays with books; and Responds to other literacy activities	Attends briefly to a familiar adult reading books, singing songs, or saying rhymes	Looks at books on own briefly, or Chooses to join reading, singing, or rhyming activities led by an adult	Looks at books page by page, or Participates, from beginning to end, in listening to stories, singing songs, or playing rhyming games, when supported by an adult	Initiates looking at and talking about books, listening to and talking about stories, singing songs, or playing rhyming games	Extends literacy activities by retelling a story, drawing pictures about a story, or acting out a story	Initiates literacy activities that relate to classroom experiences as well as to own experiences or interests
□ Child is emerging to the next developmental level □ Unable to rate this measure due to extended absence

Developmental Domain: COG — Cognition, Including Math and Science

COG 1: Spatial Relationships

Child increasingly shows understanding of how objects move in space or fit in different spaces

Responding		Exploring		Building			Integrating
Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Middle	Later	Earlier
Moves body parts in basic ways	Attends or responds as objects, people, or own body move through space	Explores how self or objects fit in or fill up different spaces	Explores spatial relationships (e.g., distance, position, direction), or movement of self or objects through space, trying a variety of possibilities	Takes into account spatial relationships (e.g., distance, position, direction) and physical properties (e.g., size, shape) when exploring possibilities of fitting objects together or moving through space	There are no later levels for this measure
□ Child is emerging to the next developmental level □ Unable to rate this measure due to extended absence

COG 2: Classification

Child shows an increasing ability to compare, match, and sort objects into groups according to their attributes

Responding		Exploring		Building			Integrating
Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Middle N/A	Later N/A	Earlier N/A
Attends to people, objects, or events	Interacts differently with familiar people and objects than with unfamiliar people and objects	Associates a person or object with another person or object, based on a similarity or relationship between them	Selects some objects that are similar from a collection of objects	Sorts objects into two groups based on one attribute, but not always accurately	Sorts objects accurately into two or more groups based on one attribute	Sorts objects into two or more groups based on one attribute, then puts all the objects together and re-sorts the entire collection into new groups	Sorts objects into groups based on at least two attributes, sometimes sorting by one attribute and then subdividing those groups based on a second attribute
□ Child is emerging to the next developmental level □ Unable to rate this measure due to extended absence

COG 3: Number Sense of Quantity

Child shows developing understanding of number and quantity

Responding		Exploring		Building			Integrating
Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Middle N/A	Later N/A	Earlier N/A
Responds to people or objects in basic ways	Responds to changes in the number of objects observed or interacted with	Demonstrates awareness of quantity	Uses number names, but not always correctly, in situations related to number or quantity	Identifies small quantities without counting, up to three	Counts up to five objects using one-to-one correspondence; and Recites numbers in order, one through ten	Shows understanding that the last number counted is the total number of objects in the group	Solves simple everyday problems involving numbers by counting up to 10 objects using one-to-one correspondence; and Recites numbers correctly, up to 20
□ Child is emerging to the next developmental level □ Unable to rate this measure due to extended absence

COG 8: Cause and Effect

Child demonstrates an increasing ability to observe, anticipate, and reason about the relationship between cause and effect

Responding		Exploring		Building			Integrating
Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Middle N/A	Later N/A	Earlier N/A
Responds or shows anticipatory excitement to people, objects, or actions	Repeats actions that have effects	Tries out different behaviors to cause effects	Searches for possible causes of actions, events, or behaviors	Acts on objects to cause a specific result	Acts in ways that take into account an anticipated result	Offers possible explanations for why certain actions or behaviors result in specific effects	Shows understanding that variations in actions or degrees of actions with the same objects or materials cause different results
□ Child is emerging to the next developmental level □ Unable to rate this measure due to extended absence

COG 9: Inquiry Through Observation and ...

Child observes, explores, and investigates objects (living and nonliving things) and events in the environment and becomes...

Responding		Exploring		Building			Integrating
Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Middle N/A	Later N/A	Earlier N/A
Responds to people, things, or sounds	Attends to responses of objects and people that result from own actions	Shows interest in people or things in the environment	Engages in simple purposeful explorations of familiar objects in the environment	Engages in sustained explorations	Observes objects and events of interest in the environment, makes simple predictions about them, and checks the predictions	Engages in detailed observations and complex investigations of objects and events in the environment (e.g., tests predictions, makes comparisons, uses scientific tools, or tracks changes over time)	Contributes to planning and carries out detailed observations and complex investigations to answer questions of interest
□ Child is emerging to the next developmental level □ Unable to rate this measure due to extended absence

COG 11: Knowledge of the Natural World

Child develops the capacity to understand objects (living and nonliving things) and events in the natural world, including how they change and...

Responding		Exploring		Building			Integrating
Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Later □	Earlier □	Middle N/A	Later N/A	Earlier N/A
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