By Kristie Pretti-Frontczak, Ph.D., & Diane Bricker, Ph.D.

How can early childhood professionals seamlessly link assessment, goal development, intervention, and evaluation for children from birth to age 5 — while developing individualized IEP/IFSP goals, creating multiple and varied learning opportunities, and working as a team? The third edition of this highly respected resource has the answers. A classic text for preservice professionals and a user-friendly guide for in-service practitioners, this book offers a systematic method for assessing young children and helping them reach their goals. You’ll find thorough, research-based information on activity-based intervention (ABI) — an approach already trusted by thousands of professionals — and the strategies you need to use it effectively.

Procedures for implementing ABI are even clearer with this revised third edition. Using experiences with families and feedback from professionals, the authors have refined this guide with practical updates such as a new chapter on empirical support for ABI, coverage of important issues in the field, new research findings, and more ready-to-use sample forms and vignettes. Whether you’re a student or a practitioner, this comprehensive guide to ABI fully prepares you to make the most of learning opportunities, work as a team with other professionals and families, and help young children reach their goals.

Plus: The FREE Course Companion Web Site — featuring links for each chapter, PowerPoint slides, activities, and supplementary embedding schedules, intervention guides, and activity plans — cements this as the perfect college text!

1. Evolution of Activity-Based Intervention
   
   
2. Description of Activity-Based Intervention
   
   
3. Activity-Based Intervention and a Linked System
   Appendix: Linking Assessment and Goal Development
   
   
4. Organizational Structure of an Activity-Based Approach
   
   
5. Application of Activity-Based Intervention
   
   
6. Activity-Based Intervention and the Team
   
   
7. Issues Associated with the Use of an Activity-Based Approach
   
   
8. Conceptual Foundations for an Activity-Based Approach
   
   
9. The Empirical Bases for an Activity-Based Approach
   
   
10. Into the Future

Appendix: Reproducible Forms