VIDBE-Q Volume 65 Issue 1
support members of the educational team to understand the
implications of these reports on educational programming
(Ferrell, et al, 2014).
• Conduct comprehensive assessments using formal and
informal assessment approaches and instruments, including the
child-guided approach, person centered planning, functional
behavior assessment (Rowland, Stillman & Mar, 2010).
• Use coaching of adults to improve the quality of communication
(Janssen, Riksen-Walraven, & van Dijk, 2003a; Janssen,
Riksen-Walraven, & van Dijk, 2003b; Damen, Janssen,
Schuengel, & Ruijssenaars, 2015).
• Plan and implement communication interventions that are
associated with the child-guided approach, including
establishing trust, coactive movement routines, memory and
writing strategies (Bruce & Borders, 2015; Ferrell, et al., 2014;
Nelson & Bruce, 2019).
• Plan and implement communication interventions that are
associated with the systematic instruction approach, especially
to expand vocabulary, rate of intentional communication and
varied intents of communication (Ferrell, et al., 2014; Bruce,
