Evaluation & Curriculum

This kit contains toys for eight types of experiences that support children's development and learning. This kit features a sampling of items designed to enhance the experiences of "Connecting with Music and Movement", "Creating with Art", "Exploring Sand and Water", and "Going Outdoors" for Mobile Infants and Toddlers. Kit includes (over 100 items): Music CD, Musical Instruments, Board Books, Rattle Set, Sound Discovery Kit, Rainbow Chalk, Paint Brushes,… More »

Set of 10 scoring protocols to be used with POEMS.

Birth - 6 years. This web-based assessment solution administers the DECA for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers online in English and Spanish. Completes all scoring and generates immediate access to reports, including individual ratings, rater comparisons, pre-post comparisons, parent letter, and group profiles.

Birth - 6 years. This web-based assessment solution administers the DECA for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers online in English and Spanish. Completes all scoring and generates immediate access to reports, including individual ratings, rater comparisons, pre-post comparisons, parent letter, and group profiles.

For use with DECA-IT kit. Includes 4 infant and 1 toddler parent/teacher profile masters.

Designed as a self-study, this scale is intended to raise the quality of outdoor children?s environments and promote their use in teaching, research, and practice. Includes a user guide, the scale and scoring protocol, reliability and validity information, and a technical assistance manual for program improvement and planning. Addresses environments for children age 3-5 years. (Additional Scoring Protocols sold separately.)

User's Guide for the DECA-IT kit.

Authored by Paul A. LeBuffe and Jack A. Naglieri, the manual covers six chapters, Introduction, Development and Standardization, Psychometric Properties, Administration and Scoring, Interpretation, and The Use of the DECA and DECA-C within the Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Model. You may review the Reliability and Validity of the DECA-C by downloading the pdf available on the web page. Copyright 2003 by the Devereux Foundation.

Provides developmentally appropriate strategies, linked to the DECA results, to foster children's resilience. Strategies address the needs of both the whole class as well as the individual child and are organized by classroom environment, daily program, supportive interactions, activities and experiences, and partnerships with families. The guide emphasizes a team approach among professionals and family members to support the child's social and emotional development.

This guide provides research-based, simple, easy to use social and emotional strategies for the home and child care setting. Included are reproducible forms and checklists to help programs reflect on overall social and emotional quality of early care and education settings.

The Norms Reference Card shows the ratings by teacher on one side and the ratings by parent on the other side for easy comparison. T-scores, Initiative, Self-Control, Attachment, Total Protective Factors, Withdrawal/Depression, Emotional Control Problems, Attention Problems, Aggression, Total Behavioral Concerns and Percentile are the areas reviewed on the card.

This kit contains toys for eight types of experiences that support children's development and learning. This kit features a sampling of items designed to enhance the experiences of "Imitating and Pretending" and "Enjoying Stories and Books" for Young Infants. Kit includes (over 60 items): Balls, Rattles, Teethers, Puppets, Soft Blocks, Board Books, and a Wall Hanging Book Display.

This kit contains toys for eight types of experiences that support children's development and learning. This kit features a sampling of items designed to enhance the experiences of "Connecting with Music and Movement", "Exploring Sand and Water" and "Going Outdoors" for Young Infants. Kit includes (over 40 items): Soft Dolls, Play Vehicles, Photo & Mirror Cubes, Plush Animals, Music CD, Musical Instruments, Board Books, and an Infant Sand and Water Table.

This kit contains toys for eight types of experiences that support children's development and learning. This Kit features a sampling of items designed to enhance the experiences of "Connecting with Music & Movement", "Creating with Art", "Exploring Sand and Water", and "Going Outdoors" with Two year olds. Kit includes (over 85 items): Musical Instruments, Music CD, Animal Knob Sponges, Fabric Brushes, Clay and Paint Rollers, My First Fiskars®, Activity… More »

DECA-C is designed to support early intervention efforts to reduce or eliminate significant emotional and behavioral concerns in preschool children. The DECA-C can be used to: (1) Guide interventions, (2) Identify children needing special services, (3) Assess outcomes and (4) Help programs meet Head Start, IDEA, and similar requirements. Kit includes: 1 Manual, 30 Record Forms, and 1 Norms Reference Card.

This kit contains toys for eight types of experiences that support children's development and learning. This kit features a sampling of items designed to enhance the experiences of "Imitating and Pretending", and "Enjoying Stories and Books" with Two year olds. Kit includes (over 55 items): Baby Dolls with Doll Clothes, Shopping Cart, Little Doctor Kit, Kitchen Bottle Collection, Little Builder Tool Belt, Book Sets, and Puppets.

This kit contains toys for eight types of experiences that support children's development and learning. This kit features a sampling of items designed to enhance the experiences of "Imitating and Pretending" and "Enjoying Stories and Books" for Mobile Infants and Toddlers. Kit includes (over 60 items): Toy Vehicles, Plush Toys, Purse, Shopping Cart, Baby Dolls with Doll Clothes, Board Books, and Puppets.

Titles include: Runaway Bunny, Allie's Basketball Dream, No David, I Want It, I Can't Wait, When Sophie Gets Real Angry, The Carrot Seed, Bunnycakes, Owl Babies, Mommy Don't Go, Mean Soup, Cleversticks, Fox On A Box, and Lucky Song. (Kit book titles may change due to availability. We will only substitute book titles of the same value and purpose.)