Rossetti Infant-Toddler Language Scale

The Rossetti Infant-Toddler Language Scale

by Louis Rossetti 

Ages: Birth-3   Grades: Birth-PreK

Infants can talk?! Maybe not talk, but communication begins in infancy! Assess communication in the birth-to-three population with The Rossetti Infant-Toddler Language Scale, the world-renowned evaluation of infant and toddler language. This best-selling assessment tool is now available in English and Spanish (Latin-American dialect).

Benefits

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  Assess the preverbal and verbal areas of:
  
  
  
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    Interaction-Attachment Assessment of the cues and responses that reflect a reciprocal relationship between the caregiver and the child
    
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    Pragmatics Assessment of the way the child uses language to communicate with and affect others
    
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    Gesture Assessment of the child’s use of gesture to express thought and intent prior to the consistent use of spoken language
    
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    Play Assessment of the changes in a child’s play that reflect the development of representational thought
    
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    Language Comprehension Assessment of the child’s understanding of verbal language with and without linguistic cues
    
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    Language Expression Assessment of the child’s use of preverbal and verbal behaviors to communicate with others
  
  
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  Obtain a reliable overview of the young child’s development beginning with critical information from parents or caregivers
  
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  Organize your treatment plan from the assessment results
  
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  Provide caregivers with extensive explanation and discussion of relevance to communication for each of the areas assessed
  
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  Profile and monitor early language development
  
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  English and Spanish translations are available in one manual for quick referencing Interpret criterion-referenced results through new severity rating guidelines  

Features

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  Criterion-referenced measures compiled from behaviors recognized and used by leading authorities in the field of infant and toddler assessment
  
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  Separate Parent Questionnaire should be completed in advance of evaluation as it provides important information that might otherwise be overlooked regarding the child’s behavior
  
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  The Parent Questionnaire is available in English and Spanish translations on separate forms and is included on the FREE CD for quick printing
  
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  Use direct observation, elicited behavior, or caregiver’s report to equally credit the child’s performance
  
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  All interview and report questions are in English and Spanish
  
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  Results reflect the child’s mastery of skills in each of the areas assessed at three-month intervals
  
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  Discussion of Performance section includes extensive explanation and discussion of the relevance of the preverbal and verbal areas measured
  
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  Severity Rating Guidelines help you in reporting results and communicating assessment results to parents and caregivers  

Language is the single best indicator of developmental performance in children under three years of age (Capute, 1987). The Rossetti Infant-Toddler Language Scale was designed to provide the clinician with a comprehensive, easy-to-administer, and relevant tool to assess the preverbal and verbal aspects of communication and interaction in the young child.

The relationship between language and developmental performance makes the early identification and remediation of communication disorders critical. Using The Rossetti Infant-Toddler Language Scale, you’ll collect reliable samples of a child’s behaviors on which to base conclusions about the child’s development.

You’ll be able to attach appropriate meaning to the behaviors observed during the evaluation and from those reported on the Parent Questionnaire, and monitor development and mastery in each of the assessed areas at three-month intervals.

The Rossetti allows you to gather information by:

direct observation of the behavior eliciting the desired behavior parent reporting of the behavior Information from your evaluation will help the families of these infants and toddlers make the important decisions they need for early intervention programs, therapy, and other developmental issues.

Clinicians from a variety of disciplines use The Rossetti Infant-Toddler Language Scale as their number one comprehensive measurement tool to assess the preverbal and verbal aspects of infants’ and toddlers’ communication development. Now revised and updated, and with both English and Spanish included, it is a must-have assessment tool!

Complete Set: examiner\’s manual, package of 15 forms, CD-ROM