%0 Journal Article
%T Update on the EMI for Infants and Toddlers
%A Alana G. Schnitz
%A Charles R. Greenwood
%A Dale Walker
%A Dwight Irvin
%A Fan Jia
%A Jay Buzhardt
%J Topics in Early Childhood Special Education
%@ 1538-4845
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0271121418777290
%X Universal screening and progress monitoring measures are increasingly of interest to early interventionists who make decisions about the services provided to young children. A measure of infant-toddlersĄŻ growth in early movement, the Early Movement Indicator (EMI), was reported in 2002. However, the EMI has remained an experimental measure based on a small sample and not used broadly by practitioners in real-world programs. We addressed this limitation by advancing knowledge the EMIs scalability through a website and improved psychometrics in a large sample. Results indicated that the EMI was (a) scalable evidenced by a large volume of early childhood staff users in programs in five states with 628 children and 2,258 individual EMI assessments, (b) sensitive to growth over time, (c) comprised of a complex continuum of skill development, and (d) influenced by moderators (i.e., home language, Individual Family Service Plan [IFSP] status). Implications for research and practice are discussed
%K assessment
%K screening
%K adaptive
%K development
%K infancy
%K motor/movement
%K intervention strategies
%K progress monitoring
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0271121418777290