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Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP)

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Criterion-referenced assessment; VB-MAPP; Verbal behavior assessment

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The Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP), developed by Mark L. Sundberg, Ph.D., BCBA-D, is a criterion-referenced assessment that provides individualized information regarding a learner’s current level of responding across a variety of verbal and learning behavior skills that typically emerge by age 48 months. Within the VB-MAPP is the Early Echoic Skills Assessment (EESA) subtest, developed by Barbara E. Esch, Ph.D., BCBA-D, CCC-SLP, which is used in combination with the VB-MAPP. The information gained through the completion of the VB-MAPP may be used to drive academic and behavioral programming including the development of goals and objectives (Sundberg 2014).

The VB-MAPP Protocol. The VB-MAPP Protocolis the testing booklet used for administration of the assessment. One protocol booklet should be used per learner, and each protocol booklet may be used for up to...

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  • Powers, M. D., Palmieri, M. J., Egan, S. M., Rohrer, J. L., Nulty, E. C., & Forte, S. (2014). Behavioral assessment of individuals with autism: Current practice and future directions. In F. R. Volkmar, S. J. Rogers, R. Paul, & K. A. Pelphrey (Eds.), Handbook of autism and pervasive developmental disorders (Vol. II, 4th ed., pp. 695–736). Hoboken: Wiley.

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  • Sundberg, M. L. (2014). The verbal behavior milestones assessment and placement program: The VB-MAPP guide (2nd ed.). Concord: AVB Press.

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  1. Center for Children with Special Needs, Glastonbury, CT, USA

    Elizabeth C. Nulty & Roseann R. Groh

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  1. Elizabeth C. Nulty
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  1. Yale Child Study Center, New Haven, CT, USA

    Fred R. Volkmar

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Nulty, E.C., Groh, R.R. (2020). Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP). In: Volkmar, F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6435-8_102275-1

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