Early Communication Indicator (ECI)

Program Report for Juniper Gardens Test
September 8, 2005

Sample Data Only

This report is separated into the following three sections:

 

The Assessor Reports provide information about program staff members who have learned the ECI, the number of observations conducted, and inter-observer agreement scores (percentage agreement). Assessors listed are those who have completed at least one child assessment.

Registered Assessors, Certification Status, and ECI Assessments Completed

Name	Registered Status	Certification Date	ECI Assessments
Duck, Donald	Active		1
Mouse, Mickey	Active	10/29/2002	2
Mouse, Minnie	Active	10/28/2002	3
White, Snow	Active	10/18/2002	1
Atwater, Jane	Active		0
Buzhardt, Jay	Active		0
Eakins, Susan	Active		0
Greenwood, Charles	Active		0
Not Specified, Must Enter	Active		0
Oger, Shrek	Active	10/27/2002	0
Simien, Wayne	Active		0
Small, Cathy	Active		0
Walker, Dale	Active	11/11/2002	0

ECI Reliability Report -- Percentage Agreement

Percentage Agreement is a measure of the extent to which two observers agree in recording specific instances of the same child's communication. This measure provides important information about the reliability, or accuracy, of ECI assessments. Our goal is 80% or higher in every category.

ECI Category	Number of Reliability Checks	Average Percentage Agreement	Minimum	Maximum
Gestures	1	60	0	100
Vocalizations	1	67	0	100
Single Words	1	38	0	0
Multi Words	1	0	0	0
Total Communications	1	41.25	0	100

 

The Child Information Reports provide descriptive information about the children who have been enrolled and who have received ECI assessments.

Children Enrolled – Active and Inactive

Status	Number of Children	Percentage of Total
Active	24	100
Inactive	0	0
Total Children	24	100.0

The following tables describe children who are currently active in the ECI database.

Children by Age Group

Age Group	Number of Children	Percentage of Total
Under 1 year	0	0
1 year olds	0	0
2 year olds	1	4.2
3 year olds	5	20.8
Total Children	24	100.0

Child Gender

Gender	Number of Children	Percentage of Total
Girls	11	45.8
Boys	12	50
Total Children	24	100.0

Special Needs Status -- IFSP

Status	Number of Children	Percentage of Total
Children Without an IFSP	21	87.5
Children Who Have an IFSP	3	12.5
Communication	0	0
Social	0	0
Motor	0	0
Cognitive	0	0
Unidentified	3	12.5
Total Children	24	100.0

Primary language Spoken in Child's Home

Language	Number of Children	Percentage of Total
English	22	91.7
Spanish	1	4.2
Creole	0	0
Mandarin	0	0
Cantonese	0	0
Japanese	0	0
Vietnamese	0	0
Other	1	4.2
Total Children	24	100.0

Source of Funding

Funding	Number of Children	Percentage of Total
Federal	0	0
State	24	100
Total Children	24	100.0

 

These reports provide information on the children’s progress developing communication proficiency, and thus, the program’s effectiveness.

How Many Registered Children Have ECI Data?

In Juniper Gardens Test, 24 active children have been registered. A total of 51 ECI observations have been conducted with these children.

How Many Primary ECI Observations Do Individual Children Have at This Point?

Cumulative Number of ECI Observations	Percentage of Children with that Number of Observations
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 >8	16.7 20.8 29.2 4.2 0 8.3 0 0 0
	100.0

Type and Location of Observations

Form Type	Number of Observations	Percentage of Total
Barn	33	63.5
Home	14	26.9
Center	19	36.5
Other	0	0
House	19	36.5
Home	4	7.7
Center	15	28.8
Other	0	0
Total Observations	52	100.0

Languages of Administration

Language of Administration	Number of Observations	Percentage of Total
English	52	100
Spanish	0	0
Creole	0	0
Mandarin	0	0
Cantonese	0	0
Japanese	0	0
Vietnamese	0	0
Other	0	0
Total Observations	52	100.0

Condition Changes Recorded in the Observations

Condition Change	Number of Observations	Percentage of Total
Child Psychiatrist	0	0
Lactation Consultant	1	1.9
Language Intervention Tool Kit	10	19.2
Massage Therapist	0	0
Mental Health Consultant	0	0
Milieu or Incidental Teaching	0	0
None	41	78.8
Nutritionist	0	0
Occupational Therapist	0	0
Other	0	0
Part B	0	0
Part C	0	0
Physical Therapist	0	0
Primary Care Provider	0	0
Registered Dietician	0	0
Registered Nurse	0	0
Responsive Interaction	0	0
Social Worker	0	0
Speech/Language Therapist	0	0
Total Observations	52	100.0

Communication Distribution for Children in the Program

This frequency histogram below shows the number of children at various levels of communication across the range of 0 to 43 (a selected upper limit), based on their most recent assessment. This distribution provides a summary look at the communication status of all children in the program at this point in time. A goal is to increase the number of children in the program at higher rates of communication.

Children Who Are on Target versus Low Performing Developing Communication Proficiency

The first table below shows the number and percentage of children in each age group whose most recent ECI total communication rate is on target, slightly below (-1.0 SD), or below (-1.5 SD) as indicated by normative benchmarks. Benchmarks are based on the performance of children in previous research.

Age Group	Risk Status
	On Target	Slightly Below Average	Below Average	Total
1-11 Months	2 100%	0%	0%	2 100.0%
12-23 Months	1 50%	0%	1 50%	2 100.0%
24-35 Months	4 44.4%	1 11.1%	4 44.4%	9 100.0%
36-47 Months	2 33.3%	2 33.3%	2 33.3%	6 100.0%
Overall	9 47.4%	3 15.8%	7 36.8%	19 100%

Children Who Are Off Target in Communication Development and Who Warrant Special Attention

Child Name	Risk Status
Valient, Prince	Slightly Below Average
Cute, Claire	Slightly Below Average
Webb, Sasha	Slightly Below Average
House, Danny	Below Average
Lewis, Bill	Below Average
Buzhardt, Jay	Below Average
Cute, Brad	Below Average
Cute, Annie	Below Average
Cute, Kevin	Below Average
Smith, John T.	Below Average

Average Trend in Key Skill Elements for Children in the Program

The final graph illustrates average growth in children’s rate of weighted total communication with gestures, vocalizations, single words, and multiple words combined.