Assessing Adult-child Interactive Reading: The Adult-child Interactive Reading Inventory (ACIRI): Improving Literacy Outcomes with the Adult-Child Interactive Reading Inventory (ACIRI) - Softcover

DeBruin-Parecki, Andrea

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1557667624 ISBN 13: 9781557667625

Publisher: Brookes Publishing Co, 2006

Synopsis

This book is a guide to supporting adult/child interactions during storybook reading, by observing key behaviors that contribute to development of emergent literacy. Using the Adult/Child Interactive Reading Inventory (ACIRI), family literacy teachers can assess joint storybook reading under natural conditions in homes, preschool centers, and other settings. The book explains how to administer the ACIRI and then use the information gathered to make reading more interesting and beneficial for each child. The book describes non-threatening methods for teaching parents and other caregivers how best to assist their children in developing important literacy skills for school. Included with this guide are photocopiable versions of the ACIRI in English and Spanish.

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About the Author

Andrea DeBruin-Parecki is nationally recognized for her work in the field of family literacy. She developed the Adult-Child Interactive Reading Inventory (ACIRI), a reliable and valid tool that measures the interactive reading skills of an adult and a child during storybook reading (available from Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.). She has designed family literacy programs and has acted as a consultant across the country. In addition to the ACIRI, she created the Early Literacy Skills Assessment, a comprehensive, reliable, and valid tool in the form of a children's storybook that measures phonological awareness, the alphabetic principle, comprehension, and concepts about print. She has expertise in the areas of emergent literacy, assessment, literacy within at-risk and minority populations, and the motivation of at-risk populations. She was a Fulbright Senior Specialist in Guatemala. Her work related to literacy development in young children and families has been published and presented at national, regional, and state conferences.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brookes Publishing Co
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1557667624
• ISBN 13: 9781557667625
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Number of pages: 256