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| Frequently Asked Questions | |
| Administration Procedures |
Q: The Early LAP is not standardized. Do I have to follow the
procedures exactly as they are written?
A: Yes. The procedures described in the Early LAP were tested during the
reliability and validity research. If you do not use the exact procedures,
the results may not be reliable. A: No. You may gather materials within your early childhood setting to administer the Early LAP. However, if you use the materials in the Early LAP kit or the same set of materials you have gathered for a group of child, your results will be more reliable. |
| Scoring Procedures |
Q: How do I establish a basal? A: Because it is important that the child establish a basal (or initial level of successful functioning), the positive demonstration of eight consecutive behaviors has been designated as the basal for the Early LAP. Q: What is the child misses the first item? A: If the child fails to demonstrate a specific skill, the assessor should work backwards on the task hierarchy until the basal of eight consecutive items is established. Q: What if I have administered all the items in a domain and the child has not gotten eight consecutive items correct? A: If a basal cannot be established because the child is too young to administer the first eight items or has not gotten eight consecutive items correct and all items have been administered, use the first item in that domain as the basal. Q: How is the ceiling established? A: After the basal has been determined, the assessment should continue until the child accumulates three minuses in a five-item sequence. This defines the child’s ceiling level of performance. The assessment should end at this point. Q: What if I administer all of the items in a domain and the child does not miss three out of five consecutive items? A: If the child has established a basal and successfully completes all items in a domain without accumulating three minuses out of five consecutive items, use the last item of that domain as the ceiling cut off. Q: How do I score cross-referenced items: A: A number of items on the Early LAP are cross-referenced between domains. For example, item number FM 54 is the same as item number C 68. Because these items are exactly the same, the score for an item in one domain that is cross-referenced to another domain should be automatically given in the second domain. Therefore, if a child receives a plus (+) for successfully completing FM 54, the child also should receive credit for C 68. Q: How do I score an item that a child refuses to attempt? A: If you administer an item and the child refuses to attempt it, the score should be recorded as a minus (-) with the word “refused” written in the comment column. Q: How do I score an item when the materials are not available? A: If an item cannot be administered because the material is not available (e.g., a stairway) or some other extenuating circumstance, this should be noted in the comment column. However, it is important to recognize that such missing information compromises the ability of the assessment to provide an accurate overall picture of the child’s skills and should be acknowledged in subsequent uses of the assessment information for individual planning. |
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