SP0059 ECSE Program Technician—Screener–Child Selection Criteria

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Department of Special Education
Lincoln Public Schools
Lincoln, Nebraska

a. General Characteristics of the Child

1. Below age 3
2. Verified with Classic ASD or DD with autism traits
3. Parents are willing and able to participate in deep, intense, structured intervention for early ASD and provide follow-
up practice.
4. If childcare is involved, childcare staff members are willing and able to participate in deep, intense, structured
intervention for early ASD and provide follow-up practice.
5. Access to the child for a block of time multiple times a week in the home or the childcare
6. The environment offers space for structured learning
7. The child has made limited progress in response to appropriate, current interventions.
8. Rating Scales below reveal significant delays XX or more characteristics:

Score 0 1 2 3 4
Cooperation
& Reinforcer
Effectiveness
A1. Take Not Doing Not all the time, Takes within 3
reinforcer when or takes more sec all the time
offered than 3 sec

A2. Take a Not Doing Not all the time, Takes within 3
reinforcer from or takes more sec all the time
two choices than 3 sec

A3. Look at a Not Doing Looks at item Finds in any Track movement Track movement
non-reinforcing w/cue and position w/in 3 of item to 4 of item to 6
item takes more than secs. positions w/in positions w/in 10
3 secs. 10 sec sec
A4. Takes a Not Doing Not all the time, Takes within 3
common or takes more sec all the time
object when than 3 sec
offered
Score 0 1 2 3 4
RECEPTIVE
LANGUAGE
C1. Responds Not Doing Requires some Looks or comes
to own name prompt to at least 80% of
respond the time
C2. Follow Not Doing 3 or more activities 3 or more At least 3 activities At least 3 activities
instructions to with only partial activities with a with only one without prompts
do an enjoyable physical prompts model and no additional verbal or
task in context physical prompts pointing prompt
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C3. Follow Not Doing Will look at item Looks at it in any

instructions but requires an position within 3
to look at a additional prompt seconds
reinforcing item to look or takes
more than 3 sec
to respond
Score 0 1 2 3 4
MOTOR
IMITATION
D1. Motor Not Doing 2 actions 5 actions 10 actions At least 10
imitation using actions with
objects at least two
different actions
for each object
D3. Motor Not Doing Imitates any 2 Imitates any 5 Imitates any 10 Imitates at least
imitation of gross actions actions actions 10 actions and
movement with readily imitates
verbal prompts novel actions
Score 0 1 2 3 4
VOCAL
IMITATION
E1. Imitates Not Doing 2 sounds 5 sounds 15 sounds Readily imitates
sounds on almost any
request sound

Score 0 1 2 3 4
REQUESTS
F1. Requests by Not Doing Requests 1 item A total of at
indicating at least once per least 5 requests
day per day which
include at least 3
different items or
activities
Score 0 1 2 3 4
SPONTANEOUS
VOCALIZATION
I1. Vocalize Not Doing Makes speech Total 2 minutes Total 5 minutes Child frequently
identifiable sounds totaling per hour per hour says words or
speech sounds at least 10 makes speech
minutes per day sounds totaling
at least 10
minutes per hour
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Score 0 1 2 3 4
PLAY SKILLS
K1. Explores Not Doing Picks up and/or Manipulates a
toys in manipulates at toy or toys for at
environment least 1 toy in a 10 least 2 of a 10
minute period minute period
K2. Allows Not Doing Allows other Allows others
others to children to be to occasionally
manipulate or near them when manipulate toys
touch toys playing with a toy they are using
Score 0 1 2 3 4
SOCIAL
INTERACTIONS
L1. Appropriate Not Doing Child is Appropriate for 5 Appropriate for Appropriate
when near peers appropriate for at minutes with only 15 minutes when near
or siblings least 5 minutes 1 verbal prompt peers/siblings
but requires for at least 30
multiple verbal minutes
prompts
L2. Takes offered Not Doing Takes preferred Will usually walk
items item from peers to and take the
and adults who preferred item
are less than 3 from peers and
feet away adults who are
more than 8 feet
away
L3. Tolerates Not Doing When carefully Readily allows
or responds approached, both peers /
appropriately to will allow some sibling and adults
positive touches individuals to to touch in a
by peers or touch in a positive positive manner
siblings manner and assist and assist
them in some them with most
situations situations
L4. Shows Not Doing Attends to the Attends to the
interest in physical actions physical and
behavior of of peers verbal behaviors
others of peers
L5. Looks Not Doing Occasionally Regularly
at others to initiates social initiates social
start a social interaction by interactions with
interaction looking at an both peers and
individual adults by looking
at them
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L6. Physically Not Doing Occasionally Frequently

approaches approaches and approaches and
and engages makes attempts makes attempts
others? to physically to physically
engage others in engage other in
interactions interactions
L7. Looks at Not Doing When provided Usually looks
others in with some at a person in
anticipation of additional anticipation of
completing a prompting, child a repeat of a
reinforcing action looks at person reinforcing action
in anticipation
of a repeat of a
reinforcing action
Score 0 1 2 3 4
FOLLOWS
DAILY
ROUTINES
N1. Follows daily Not Doing 50% without Independently
routines verbal prompts
N4. Physically Not Doing 50% without Independently
transtions to prompts
the next area or
activity
Score 0 1 2 3 4
GENERALIZED
RESPONGING
P1. Generalizes Not Doing Generalizes to Acquires label
across stimuli similar items and receptive
within 10 trials responses with
1 stimulus and
immediately
generalizes to
many stimuli
within 2 trials
Score 0 1 2 3 4
EATING SKILLS
V1. Eat finger Not Doing With only verbal Independently
food or gestural
prompt
V3. Drink from a Not Doing With only verbal Independently
cup or gestural
prompt