Rossetti Infant-Toddler Language Scale
The Rossetti Manual
How are behaviors recorded?
Check O, E, or R. If they do not demonstrate the behavior at all, the box is left blank.
Observe
Examiner directly observes spontaneous behavior.
Elicit
Examiner or caregiver elicits a desired behavior from the child directly. There is a list provided with how to elicit certain responses within the test manual.
Report
When a behavior is not observed or elicited, the examiner asks the caregiver if the child has mastered the behavior and if the behavior is present rarely or frequently.
Test Description
- The Rossetti is a criterion-referenced instrument that is designed as an extensive measure of the communication skills of children, birth to age 3.
- Uses a combination of observation, direct child assessment, and caregiver rapport, as the scale to assess and identify both preverbal and verbal language development problems.
Basal and Ceiling
- Start assessment 6 months below child's chronological age.
- Basal- Lowest age at which all items are mastered in a certain developmental area
- Ceiling- Age level where a child fails all items for a particular developmental area.
Administration Procedures:
- Parent questionnaire
- Find basal and ceiling
- Procedure: Test Behaviors and obtain a language sample
Test Format
The Rossetti is composed of 6 Subsets:
- Interaction-Attachment
- Pragmatics
- Gesture
- Play
- Language Comprehension
- Language Expression
References
Normative Data