Worksheet for Leading Focused Conversations with Families: Preschool Version

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Child's name:________________________
Assessment period:________________________
Family Member:________________________
Date of Conversation:________/________/________

If confident with existing documentation (including your and other's observations) indicate a rating.
If more information/documentation is needed to rate the measure, fill in the other columns for that measure.

Measures on the DRDP (2015)
Preschool Fundamental View

Approaches to Learning–Self-Regulation (ATL-REG)

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a rating

List family and child routines/activities that are likely opportunities for observing skills related to the measure

Indicate which of these routines/activities you want to observe

List questions or prompts to ask the family or other providers about these routines/activities

Keep notes from conversation

1. Attention Maintenance
Child develops the capacity to pay attention to people, things, or the environment when interacting with others or exploring play materials

2. Self-Comforting
Child develops the capacity to comfort or soothe self in response to distress from internal or external stimulation

3. Imitation
Child mirrors, repeats, and practices the actions or words of others in increasingly complex ways

Approaches to Learning–Self-Regulation (ATL-REG)	Rating	Routines/activities	Observe	Questions/prompts for family or other providers	Keep notes from conversation
4. Curiosity and Initiative in Learning Child explores the environment in increasingly focused ways to learn about people, things, materials, and events
5. Self-Control of Feelings and Behavior Child increasingly develops strategies for regulating feelings and behavior, becoming less reliant on adult guidance over time
6. Engagement and Persistence Child increasingly persists in understanding or mastering activities, even if they are challenging or difficult
7. Shared Use of Space and Materials Child develops the capacity to share the use of space and materials with others

Social and Emotional Development (SED)	Rating	Routines/activities	Observe	Questions/prompts for family or other providers	Keep notes from conversation
1. Identity of Self in Relation to Others Child shows increasing awareness of self as distinct from and also related to others
2. Social and Emotional Understanding Child shows developing understanding of people's behaviors, feelings, thoughts, and individual characteristics
3. Relationships and Social Interactions with Familiar Adults Child develops close relationships with one or more familiar adults (including family members) and interacts in an increasingly competent and cooperative manner with familiar adults
4. Relationships and Social Interactions with Peers Child becomes increasingly competent and cooperative in interactions with peers and develops friendships with several peers
5. Symbolic and Sociodramatic Play Child develops the capacity to use objects to represent other objects or ideas and to engage in symbolic play with others

Language and Literacy Development (LLD)	Rating	Routines/activities	Observe	Questions/prompts for family or other providers	Keep notes from conversation
1. Understanding of Language (Receptive) Child understands increasingly complex communication and language
2. Responsiveness to Language Child communicates or acts in response to language and responds to increasingly complex language
3. Communication and Use of Language (Expressive) Child's communication develops from nonverbal communication to using language with increasingly complex words and sentences
4. Reciprocal Communication and Conversation Child engages in back-and-forth communication that develops into increasingly extended conversations
5. Interest in Literacy Child shows interest in books, songs, rhymes, stories, and other literacy activities in increasingly complex ways
6. Comprehension of Age-Appropriate Text Child develops capacity to understand details and ideas from age-appropriate text presented by adults
7. Concepts About Print Child shows an increasing understanding of the conventions and physical organization of print material and that print carries meaning
8. Phonological Awareness Child shows increasing awareness of the sounds (elements) that make up language, including the ability to manipulate them in language
9. Letter and Word Knowledge Child shows increasing awareness of letters in the environment and their relationship to sound, including understanding that letters make up words
10. Emergent Writing Child shows increasing ability to write using scribbles, marks, drawings, letters, characters, or words to represent meaning

English—Language Development (ELD)	Rating	Routines/activities	Observe	Questions/prompts for family or other providers	Keep notes from conversation
1. Comprehension of English (Receptive English) Child understands increasingly complex communication and language
2. Self-Expression in English (Expressive English) Child shows increasing progress toward fluency in speaking English
3. Understanding and Response to English Literacy Activities Child shows an increasing understanding of and response to books, stories, songs, and poems presented in English
4. Symbol, Letter, and Print Knowledge in English Child shows an increasing understanding that print in English carries meaning

Cognition, Including Math and Science (COG)	Rating	Routines/activities	Observe	Questions/prompts for family or other providers	Keep notes from conversation
1. Spatial Relationships Child increasingly shows understanding of how objects move in space or fit in different spaces
2. Classification Child shows an increasing ability to compare, match, and sort objects into groups according to their attributes
3. Number Sense of Quantity Child shows developing understanding of number and quantity
4. Number Sense of Math Operations Child shows increasing ability to add and subtract small quantities of objects
5. Measurement Child shows an increasing understanding of measurable properties such as size, length, weight, and capacity (volume), and how to quantify those properties
6. Patterning Child shows an increasing ability to recognize, reproduce, and create patterns of varying complexity
7. Shapes Child shows an increasing knowledge of shapes and their characteristics

Physical Development–Health (PD-HLTH)	Rating	Routines/activities	Observe	Questions/prompts for family or other providers	Keep notes from conversation
1. Perceptual-Motor Skills and Movement Concepts Child moves body and interacts with the environment, demonstrating increasing awareness of own physical effort, body awareness, spatial awareness, and directional awareness
2. Gross Locomotor Movement Skills Child shows increasing proficiency in fundamental locomotor skills (e.g., rolling, crawling, cruising, walking, running, jumping, galloping)
3. Gross Motor Manipulative Skills Child shows increasing proficiency in gross motor manipulative skills (e.g., reaching, kicking, grasping, throwing, and catching)
4. Fine Motor Manipulative Skills Child demonstrates increasing precision, strength, coordination, and efficiency when using muscles of the hand for play and functional tasks
5. Safety Child shows awareness of safety and increasingly demonstrates knowledge of safety skills when participating in daily activities
6. Personal Care Routines: Hygiene Child increasingly responds to and initiates personal care routines that support hygiene
7. Personal Care Routines: Feeding Child responds to feeding and feeds self with increasing proficiency
8. Personal Care Routines: Dressing Child develops and refines ability to participate in and take responsibility for dressing self
9. Active Physical Play Child engages in physical activities with increasing endurance and intensity
10. Nutrition Child demonstrates increasing knowledge about nutrition and healthful food choices

Worksheet for Leading Focused Conversations with Families: Preschool Version

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