VORT Corporation      Product Listing      Online Store      Customer Service      Distributors Products      NICU / Pediatrics      Early Intervention      Early Childhood      Headstart      Preschool      Special Education      Parenting Products by Age      Premature      Birth to Three years      Three to Six years      One to 14 years	Training: Learning to Use HELP (0-3) Overview of Inside HELP Important Reminders IDEA, Part C and HELP - a comparison Introduction to HELP Instructions for Using HELP (from Inside HELP) Frequently Asked Questions - FAQs Important Reminders No child is expected to display all HELP skills listed nor display all skills for an age range. Be sure to consider individual, environmental, or cultural differences per child. The age ranges reported in HELP are the ages at which a skill or behavior (for children who do not have disabilities) typically begins according to the literature. These age ranges are not when a skill begins and ends! Some skills are time-limited and emerge into more complex skills, while others are lifetime skills. Literature varies regarding the age at which a skill emerges, for example, one source may have reported 9 month, another source 10 months, and another source 12 months. HELP would list that skill at the 9-12 month age range. HELP is a curriculum-based assessment, not a standardized test. As such, there is no validity or reliability data available for HELP. It will not yield a definitive single age level or score. The major purpose of HELP as a curriculum assessment is to identify curriculum outcomes, strategies and activities. If your program requires standardized scores for eligibility purposes, see FAQs.
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