Northeastern University

The purpose of this project is to develop tools for progress monitoring of social behavior, particularly for use in monitoring the impact of Tier 2 and 3 school-based interventions targeting academic enablers (study skills, interpersonal skills, motivation, and academic engagement) and externalizing behavior (disruptive and oppositional behavior) for students in kindergarten through third grade. Direct Behavior Rating (DBR) is one promising method for assessing social behavior. DBR has been ...

Play is a natural activity that young children use to explore and learn about their world, and how to function in it. Young children with delays in cognition, language, and social interaction show delays and limitations in their play activities that correspond to their other delays and therefore do not benefit in the same way as children without disabilities. The central premise of the Developmental Play Assessment (DPA) instrument is that instructional goals for infants, toddlers, and young...