Welcome to ESI-R

1. Welcome to ESI-R Early Screening Inventory-Revised Procedures

2. ESI-R • Early Screening Inventory- Revised • This screening tool has been adopted by the WMISD Early Childhood Leadership Team to meet the requirements of the GSRP and Head Start Legislation for a common screening tool. • It is to be used by all preschools in the WMISD area. • Local Superintendents, NEMCSA and NMCAA have approved this tool.

3. Developmental Screening • Developmental Screening is intended to identify those children who have a high probability of exhibiting delayed or abnormal development. • Preschool screening is intended to identify children who are at high risk for school failure. • Screening is done at a particular point in time.

4. Misuses and Abuses of Screening • School entrance and readiness test • Diagnosis • IQ tests • Labeling children • Insensitivity to bilingualism and cultural differences • Isolations from follow-up evaluation and intervention

5. Early Screening Inventory • Valid and Reliable • ESI is valid and was standardized with 6,000 children. It is a norm-referenced screener • ESI’s reliability was based on giving this screener to the same group of children by 3 different testers.

6. Screening vs. Assessment ESI – R is a screening tool • Screening tools are used to identify children that may need further assessment to determine if they are at risk for school failure. • It is NOT used to determine a disability; more in-depth assessment tools would be used for that purpose. • It is NOT a progress monitoring tool; the Gold and other tools will be used to measure progress over time.

7. Ordering Information • Protocols can be ordered from Pearson, Inc. • ESI-R Preschool (ages 3:0-4:5) • ESI –R Kindergarten (ages 4:6-5:11) • Parent Questionnaire (optional) • Need to have both protocols available since children may enter preschool already over 4:5 • www.pearsonassessments.com • 1-800-627-7571 • Please be sure to have a manual to which to refer as you prepare to screen your students.

8. Applications • ESI-R is designed to identify children who may need further evaluation to determine if they have a condition that may place them at risk for school failure. It should be used only to identify the possibility of a learning or handicapping condition that might affect a child’s overall potential for success in school.

9. Applications, cont. • ESI-R is a screening tool, not a readiness test • Screening tools are meant to be predictive; they look at the ability or potential to acquire skills • They look at skills children have actually acquired

10. Applications, cont. • High stakes decisions should not be made as the result of screening • Readiness test focus on the skills

11. Determining a Child’s Current Age • Enter date of screening • Enter Date of Birth • use the online chronological age calculator from Pearson at http://ags.pearsonassessments.com/calc/calc1.asp Tips for manual computing • Borrow for days- • Reduce the month column by 1 • Add 30 to the days column • Borrow for month • Reduce the year by 1 • Add 12 to the months

12. Rounding a Child’s Age • If the number of days in the current age is 16 days or up, round the month up to the next higher month • If the rounded age is between 3:0-4:5 use the ESI- R Preschool • If the rounded age is between 4:6 -5:11 use the ESI-R Kindergarten

13. After Completing the ESI-R • After completing the ESI-R for each student, the results are to be sent in a class composite chart to the WMISD Early Childhood Special Education Office at: • 231-876- 2307 (Fax) • rboonzaaijer@wmisd.org (email) • To email the results in the excel spreadsheet, please save the file as your class and the year. Then open a new email and attach the excel spreadsheet of your ESI-R class composite scores. • Be sure to save a copy for yourself.

14. Using ESI-R Class Composite • Look at the data • If there is a group of students who need to acquire a certain skill: • Develop large group activities to increase their skill and competence in that area. • Develop small group activities targeted to the area where they show a specific need. • Assess them with “digging deeper” assessment tools like MLPP, PALS, PPVT, etc. • Use the WMISD Preschool Teacher Toolbox • WMISD Preschool Teacher Toolbox

15. WMISD Procedures for Results • What to do if a child falls into the Rescreen/Refer Category • Re-Screen in 8-10 weeks • Collect information from parents and health care providers • ESI Parent Questionnaire • Health Screening Information • Observe children with Gold objectives in mind and take anecdotal notes

16. Procedures, cont. • Assess children with more specific assessments like the PPVT, PALS, MLPP, etc. • Collect data regarding specific concerns • Behavior tracking, work samples, video • Contact building therapists or preschool consultant to discuss immediate concerns

17. Procedures, cont. • What if they are rescreened and still fall into the rescreen/refer categories? • Follow the Next-Steps procedures in your Recognition and Response notebooks • Reminder: professional judgment supersedes protocol

18. Developed by: Liz Walker, WMISD Early Childhood Specialist Ruth Boonzaaijer, WMISD Early Childhood Special Education Teacher Consultant Questions? Email us at: lwalker@wmisd.org rboonzaaijer@wmisd.org