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A checklist to guide educators through planning and conducting child-centered transition conversations when students move to new classrooms or programs. It provides a structured framework for gathering developmental information, facilitating collaborative discussions with families and receiving teachers, and ensuring continuity of support strategies.

A timeline guide for educators conducting DRDP assessments throughout the school year. It outlines five phases of the assessment process, helping assessors stay organized by specifying when to gather observations, collaborate with families and staff, submit data, and use results to support children's learning and development.

A collaborative tool for educators to design developmentally appropriate instruction, teaching strategies, and activities based on each child's current DRDP assessment levels. It helps teachers track children's progress, identify strengths and areas for growth, and plan targeted interventions and next steps to support individual learning needs.

A tool to gather parent and family input for the DRDP assessment. It provides families with concrete examples of developmental milestones and behaviors across five key domains, allowing them to share observations about their child's growth and development in familiar home settings, which assessors can then use to create a more complete and accurate picture of the child's abilities.

Outlines the responsibilities of SELPA staff and special education administrators for the DRDP.

Follow the path of DRDP data from teachers’ assessments, to planning instruction and federal reporting with this graphic and summaries of the systems for producing reports.

The results of the DRDP assessment help us better understand children’s learning and development, plan instruction, and share information with families. In order to produce confident results, the DRDP must be used with a number of essential steps in place.

You may have heard the terms "DRDP" or "Desired Results" from your child’s teacher, caregiver, early interventionist, or special education provider. This document describes what these terms mean for you and your child.