Monitoring progress in the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM)

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The curriculum checklist · receptive language · expressive language · imitation · play · joint attention · social skills · cognition · fine motor skills ... HitentertosearchorESCtoclose Home About AboutUs OurPeople PrivacyPolicy Services EarlyStartDenverModel(ESDM) SpeechPathology OccupationalTherapy PickyEaters Dyslexia ParentTrainingProgram Blog FAQs Contact CallNow:(02)80657837 Howwemonitoryourchild’sprogressintheESDM BySusanMarden January20,2020 July19th,2020 ESDM NoComments 0 Autismisacomplexneurodevelopmentcondition.Earlyinterventioniskeytohelpingchildrenwithautism.TheEarlyStartDenverModel(ESDM)isaninterventionforyoungchildrenwithautism.ItwasdevelopedbytheMINDInstitutefromTheUniversityOfCaliforniaDavis.ItisdeliveredbycertifiedESDMtherapistandweareproudtoofferthisearlyinterventiontoourfamilies. Choosinganinterventionforyourchild Nowthatyouhavechosentheinterventionforyourchildwithautism,understandingthegoalsforeachinterventionisthenextstep.Theinterventionthatyouchooseforyourchildshouldhaveveryclear: goalsandobjectives methodtorecordofyourchild’sprogress systemforgeneralisingtheskillstootherenvironments processforcommunicatingtheprogresswithyou. TheEarlyStartDenverModel(ESDM)isanearlyinterventionmodelforyoungchildrenwithautism.Ittargetsthekeyfeaturesofautism,and involvesintensiveteachinginplay-basedsessions.BuiltintotheESDMisacomprehensiveprocesstodevelopgoalsandmonitortoeachchild’sprogress.Thisleadstoyourchildbeingabletoindependentlyusetheirnewskillsacrossanumberofenvironments. Eachchild’sprogressintheESDMismonitoredinthefollowingways Thecurriculumchecklist Thefirststepinmonitoringgoalsiscompletingtheassessment.Thishelpsustounderstand: Thethingsthatyourchilddoeswell Theareasthatchallengeyourchild Thesequenceofskillstoteachyourchildineachdevelopmentalarea WeusetheEarlyStartDenverModel(ESDM)CurriculumChecklistasourassessment.Thisisaplaybasedassessmentwherethetherapistusestoysandsocialactivitiestoassessyourchild.Thetherapistfollowsthechild’sinterestandpreferencefortoys.Whenthechildapproachesatoythenthetherapistwillplayandengagewiththechildastheyscorethechild.TheEarlyStartDenverModelCurriculumChecklisthas 480curriculumitemsacrossfourlevels. receptivelanguage expressivelanguage imitation play jointattention socialskills cognition finemotorskills grossmotorskills behaviour personalindependence Developthegoals FromthecurriculumchecklistthecertifiedESDMtherapistcreatesyourchild’sfirstsetofgoalsandobjectives.Wechoose3-4goalsfromeachdevelopmentalarea.Wechoosethesegoalsstartingfromthepointwherethechildneedsmoreskillsineachdevelopmentalarea.SomechildrenhavegoalsstartinginLevel1,whileotherchildrenhavegoalsthatstartinLevel2orLevel3. Writetheteachingsteps Thetherapistwritesteachingstepsforeachgoal.Thismeansthateverygoalthatischosenforyourchildhasindividualisedteachingstepstoteachyourchild.Itisalsousedtomonitortheiracquisitionofthatgoal.Theteachingstepsarewrittentoprogressyourchildfromtheircurrentlevelofability,tousingtheskillindependentlyacrossanumberofsettings. Codeeverysession TheESDMtherapistkeepsarecordofeveryactivityineverysession.Thedatarecordsthelevelofpromptingthatisneededtoteachyourchildonthatday. Anumberofdifferentpromptsareusedinteaching: fullprompt–completephysicalassistancetolearnthegoal verbalprompt–talkingtothechildtogivethemverbalassistancetoachievethegoal gesturalprompt–somephysicalassistanceoragesture toachievethegoal acombinationofverbalandgesturalprompts Ourgoalisforyourchildtoindependentlyuseordemonstratetheskillwithnoprompting. Feedbacktoparentsaftereachsession ThecomprehensivenatureofthegoalsandteachingstepsintheESDMmeanthatthetherapistcanclearly,andeasily,showtheparentsthechild’sprogressateverysession. Generalisegoalstootherenvironments Onceyourchildhasshownthattheyindependentlyusetheskill80%ofthetime,westartthe‘out-of-clinic’generalisationsteps.Wewanttomakesurethatyourchildusestheskillindependentlyathomeanddaycare.Ifwewereteachingyourchildtousearingstackerthenweneedtomakesurehedoesthisskill: intheclinic3daysinarow athomethreedaysinarow,or atdaycarethreedaysinarow Whenyourchilddoesthis,thegoalsare‘generalised’.Whengoalsaregeneralisedacrossenvironments,andwithmorepeople,thataremorelikelytobemaintainedandusedbythechild.Thereisnopointteachingachiildaskilliftheyonlyuseitintheclinicsituation. Changetherapistsforasessionevery8-10weeks Childrenbecomeusedtotheirregulartherapists.Theyknowthemwellandhaveafamiliarroutinewiththeirtherapist.Every8-10weeksyourchildwilldoasessionwithadifferenttherapist.Ifthescoresforthatsessionareconsistentwiththeothertherapistscodes,thenthechildisusingtheskillsconsistently.Ifthescoresvary,wewilllookatwaystohelpyourchildbemoreconsistentwithavarietyofpeople.Thismakesadifferenceingeneralisingtheskilltoalltheotherplacesthatyourchildisapartof. Reviewgoalsasprogressismade Assoonasagoalisgeneralised,anewgoalisaddedtothelist.Wewriteteachingstepsforthatgoal.Onceagain,theteachingstepsareindividualisedforyourchild. Progresssummaryattheendofeachterm Wegiveparentsasummaryoftheirchild’sprogresseachtimeweupdategoals.Wemeetwithyouandgooveryourchild’progress.Eachgoalisreviewed.Wediscussthehighlightsofyourchild’sprogressandtalkabouttheareasthatneedmoredevelopment.Thisisanopportunitytoanswerallyourquestions.thereviewmeetingalsoustodiscussplansforthefollowingterm. Readstoriesaboutprogressfromsomeofourfamilies Estelle Matt WherecanIfindtheESDM? OneOnOneChildren’sTherapyislocatedinBondiJunctioninSydney.WetrainourteamofESDMtherapiststothehighestlevelsoffidelitysowecanimprovechildren’slives.IfyouwanttofindoutmoreabouttheEarlyStartDenverModel,thencallourclinicon(02)80657837oremailus.   SusanMarden PreviousPostWhatyoushouldknowaboutchildren’sspeechdevelopment NextPostShouldIworryaboutmychild‘W’sitting? ContactInfo 360-539-8984 [email protected] 2019,OneOnOneChildren'sTherapyPtyLtdAllRightReserved

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