SCERTS Social Communication, Emotional Regulation and Transactional Support SCERTS is a treatment approach that can be started before children begin talking. SCERTS is often used with individuals with special needs and social-language and emotional-regulatory disorders. Many individuals on the "spectrum" benefit from this approach. SCERTS effectiveness is well supported by research. SCERTS major features include components to build social communication, emotional regulation and transactional support. It is used with other team member to sure everyone is working on what really matters for the individual. SCERTS features: Selection of functional, meaningful and developmentally appropriate goals and objectives Respect for individual differences in a child's style of learning, interests, and motivations Understanding and respect for the culture and the lifestyle of the family Criterion-referenced systematic observational assessment across several environments Development of a plan of care directly following the assessment Setting of goals for both child and service providers Meaningful and functional activities for the child throughout the day Development of supports to be used consistently across partners, activities, and environments Charting of a child's progress over time Measurement of program quality frequently to assure accountability Children fall into one of three areas of development Social Partner- presymbolic means to communicate (gestures and/or vocalizations) Language Partner- early symbolic means to communicate (speech, pictures/picture symbols, signs) Conversational Partner- sentences and conversational level discourse to communicate Strengths Works across many team members Authentic, ecologically valid evaluation Assessment across various environments Supports families Goals for child and providers Accountability for providers All providers and family are working on the same goals Goals are embedded across the day so generalization is built into the program Meet as a team to determine progress and make changes to program Goals and objectives are specific, well defined and sequential Forms are provided in the manual and are user friendly Can be used with other treatment approaches Involves ongoing regular collateral time Goals can be used without implementing the whole program For more information, contact us.