The Assessment Project is designed to provide students with experience in a) selecting and conducting direct and indirect assessment for various purposes, b) analyzing and interpreting assessment results to develop individualized intervention programs for home, school, or community settings, and c) writing reports and designing visual data displays to convey results of assessment to readers ranging in experience and expertise.

Activity Details

In this module, you will begin Part 1 of the Assessment Project.

Part 1: Conduct a Skills Assessment – VB-MAPP or PEAK (student choice)

[BACB Task List (5th edition) content areas F1, F2, F3, F4, F9]

1. Select a learner for this project and obtain requisite permissions (participant, parent/guardian, employer) to conduct a skills assessment. If you do not work with learners, you are welcome to use a friend or family member – children under 5 are best suited for the VB-MAPP assessment; PEAK and AFLS can be used with any age learner/person. The assessment may be conducted virtually. Please obtain or create the permission form on your own, which should include: your name, the purpose of the assessment (in partial completion of this course) and what will occur with the results (they will be submitted for a grade to your CI, using a pseudonym, and may be provided to the family upon request – they may not be used for any official records for the learner). You will not turn in this permission form.

2. Conduct and score at least 2 sections (domains) of the assessment you select (see below for details on obtaining the assessments).
3. Analyze results of the assessment and identify strengths and areas of need.
4. Develop instructional goals for 5 prioritized skills for the learner based on assessment results. Substantiate social significance of these goals for your participant.

NOTE: Your actual assignment document will be submitted in Module 4; please do not submit any documents here.

Once you have identified your learner, please respond to this assignment by typing the following statement ONLY:

Obtaining the Assessments:

Option 1: The Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP):

For the VB-MAPP, you will only complete domains from the Milestones portion of the Assessment. You will need access to VB-MAPP scoring forms and scoring grid. If you do not have access to the assessment, an electronic version is available for purchase ($19.99) at VB-MAPP AppLinks to an external site..

This complete Electronic Version of the VB-MAPP includes both the Protocol and Guide, providing unlimited assessments and progress reporting for life. Platforms: iPhone, iPad, Web (Web version at vbmappapp.com allows PC, Mac, laptop, Android phones and Tablets to all use the app). Please note that downloading and submitting the “report” generated by this online program is NOT permitted. Additionally, using any direct quotes from this report is considered plagiarism. It will result in a zero on the assignment and a request to revise and re-submit using your own words. You must submit your own original report, and you may not submit the app’s auto-generated report.

Option 2: Promoting Emergence of Advanced Knowledge (PEAK):

Assessor scriipt and scoring guideLinks to an external site.
Flip Book (materials for assessment)Links to an external site.
A webinar with additional information is provided in Module 2.

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