Table 2.

NDBI-Fi Rating Items

			Compositeb
Item Number	Rating Item	Score Rangea	Responsive	Directive	Overall
1	Face to Face	1–5			X
2	Follow the Child’s Lead	1–5	X		X
3	Positive Affect	1–5			X
4	Modeling Language	1–5	X		X
5	Responding to Communication	1–5	X		X
6	Pace Verbal Models	1–5	X		X
7	Communication Temptations	0–5		X	X
8	Frequency of Direct Teaching	0–5		X	X
9	Quality of Direct Teaching	0–5		X	X

Note.

^aall items were scored on a 1–5 Likert scale, but score ranges containing a 0 indicate that NA was selected when the strategy never occurred;

^bcomposite scores are calculated by averaging all applicable rating items