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The IDA Institute, home to the Infant and Toddler Developmental Assessment, the IDA, offers advanced training for IDA practice. For criterion referenced developmental testing, evaluation and assessment for the infant and toddler, the IDA is the best choice for evidence based best practice. In addition to training for the Infant and Toddler Developmental Assessment, the IDA Institute offers IDA scoring practice, consultation and support for the IDA. Consultation and support for the Infant and Toddler Developmental Assessment, as well as IDA training, are provided under the leadership of IDA author Susan Vater, who created the IDA with Sally Provence, M.D. and Joanna Erikson. At the IDA Institute, you can learn best practice for developmental evaluation and assessment utilizing the IDA test. The IDA Institute can provide you with the best quality IDA education, as endorsed by T. Berry Brazelton, M.D. and Kyle Pruett, M.D., leaders in the field of child development. In addition to training for the Infant and Toddler Developmental Assessment, the IDA Institute has IDA testing materials and manuals, the IDA administration manual, the IDA testing kit and IDA forms and supplies for purchase, in partnership with IDA publisher ProEd and Riverside Publishing. For all of your IDA testing and training needs, let the IDA Institute serve as your most trusted resource. ©2011 The IDA Institute |
As featured in New Visions for the Developmental Assessment
of Infants and Young Children - (Meisels and Fenichel - 1997)
of Infants and Young Children - (Meisels and Fenichel - 1997)
The IDA is a multidisciplinary family-oriented set of processes and procedures that include the Provence Developmental Profile. Named for its author, Sally Provence M.D., the Provence Profile is the assessment measure integral to the IDA process.
Parents are partners in all aspects of the assessment.
The IDA provides a framework of procedures for collecting, reviewing and integrating data from multiple sources. These procedures consist of activities in six distinct phases: referral and pre-interview data gathering, parent interview, health review, developmental observation and assessment with the Provence Profile, integration and synthesis of information, and reporting findings. Each phase offers an important piece in the puzzle of information gathered and addresses the complexity of specialized disciplines that serve young children at risk.
The IDA contains all the materials and the training needed to use this unique developmental process which includes the Provence Profile.
Partnerships
IDA forges partnerships among the professionals involved in the assessment process: the parents or caregivers, the health care providers and the service providers, resulting in better information, planning and service.
IDA forges partnerships among the professionals involved in the assessment process: the parents or caregivers, the health care providers and the service providers, resulting in better information, planning and service.
IDA Authors: Sally Provence, M.D. - Joanna Erikson, M.P.H. - Susan Vater, Ed.M - Saro Palmeri, M.D.