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Screening and Assessment



CSBS™ At A Glance

Age range covered:
8–24 months (or up to 72 months if developmental delays are present)

Areas screened:
18 scales measure communicative behavior (including communicative functions; gestural, vocal, and verbal means; reciprocity; and social-affective signals) and 4 scales measure symbolic development (including comprehension, symbolic play, and constructive play)

Components:
Caregiver Questionnaire, Behavior Sample, Manual, Toy Kit, 2 Outline Cards, Sampling Videotape, Scoring Videotape, Scoring Tutorial

Who completes it:
Caregivers and professionals trained to assess developmentally young children (e.g., speech-language pathologists, early interventionists, or psychologists); professionals score

Approximate time:
50–75 minutes for child assessment; 60-75 minutes for in-depth scoring

Validity and reliability:
Norm-referenced and criterion-referenced; supported by both field validation and psychometric studies

Manual includes:
Technical information about CSBS standardization; instructions on how to administer the questionnaire and sampling procedures, plan interventions, analyze the videotaped samples, and score and interpret the assessment
Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales (CSBS)™, Normed Edition
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CSBS is a norm-referenced, standardized tool that uses parent interview and direct observation to assess infants, toddlers, and preschoolers at risk for communication delays and impairments.

Important Features
  • Developed and refined for more than a decade and can be used for both clinical and research applications
  • Goes beyond language skills to cover functions, gestures, rate, positive affect, and gaze shifts
  • Resulting scores help professionals create IFSPs and individual profiles to aid in monitoring and comparing children's progress
  • Compatible with most developmental curricula and comes packaged with everything needed to conduct the assessment

Free PDF Downloads

  • Caregiver questionnaire (4 pages / 1.4MB)
    A glance at the CSBS Caregiver Questionnaire.
    Please note that some of the text is blurred intentionally.

Professional Development

  • Workshops on CSBS are not currently available. Please do call 410-337-9580 to inquire about future availability.
  • There is a 4-video scoring tutorial and manual set available, which lets you score selected segments of CSBS and compare your scores to authors Amy Wetherby and Barry Prizant's scores. Details...







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