A Plug-and-Play Assessment You Can Actually Use
The TUNE-K Probe Manual is a behavior-analytic assessment for kindergarten through second grade that focuses on five domains directly tied to classroom success:
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Listener (LIS): Following directions, feature/function/class, basic attributes and spatial terms, simple conditional discriminations.
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Speaker (SPK): Requests (mands), labels (tacts), early intraverbals, and communication repair.
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Relational (REL): Same/different, category membership, more/less/most/least, basic opposites, and simple deictic relations (I/you, mine/yours, here/there).
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Social Connection (SOC): Joint attention, social initiation, turn-taking, brief conversations, social inference, and social repair.
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Adaptive Participation (ADP): Waiting, “not right now” and denial, transitions, accepting correction, and basic rule shifts.
Across 80 brief, scripted items, you get a functional snapshot of what skills are present, what’s fragile, and what’s missing—without stepping outside BCBA scope or district comfort.
A Plug-and-Play Assessment You Can Actually Use
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A clear conceptual overview that connects TUNE-K to verbal behavior, relational learning, and school-based MTSS/PBIS.
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Detailed administration guidelines for BCBAs and supervised staff—how to set up, build rapport, structure sessions, and protect safety and assent.
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Fully scripted item descriptions for all 80 items, including materials, layout, examiner scripts, and expected responses.
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A consistent scoring system (0–2 performance, plus prompt, latency, and regulation codes) that captures how the student performed, not just right/wrong.
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Guidance for interpreting profiles across the five domains and translating them into clear hypotheses about current strengths and needs.
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A practical chapter on linking assessment to intervention so you can go directly from
TUNE-K results to:
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IEP goals
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BIP replacement behaviors and proactive strategies
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Tier 2/3 interventions and skill groups
What’s Inside the Manual:
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Administer
Use the flipbook and simple objects to run through scripted items in one sitting or in short chunks. Record performance directly on the Master Score Sheet.
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Profile
Sum domain scores, review prompt and regulation patterns, and complete the Summary Profile Sheet. You’ll see instantly where the learner is strong, emerging, or fragile.
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Plan
Translate results into 3–5 priority skills, develop IEP and BIP targets, and align supports with classroom routines and MTSS tiers.
Tools Included
Ready-to-Use Forms for Everyday School Practice
Core Assessment Guide
Stakeholder Summary Templates
Summary Profile Sheets
Standards and Educational, CASEL Aligment Overview
Masater Item Scoring Forms
Flipbook Visuals Kit
Progress Monitoring Datasheets
Administration Fidelity Datasheets
TUNE-K is designed to fit into real schedules and caseload, practical enough for a busy school BCBA, robust enough for meaningful case conceptualization.
Who is TUNE-K for?
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School-based BCBAs and behavior specialists who need more than office referrals and frequency counts to design meaningful support plans.
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Behavior teams and MTSS/PBIS committees wanting a structured way to identify skill deficits underlying frequent behavior referrals in K–2.
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School psychologists, SLPs, and special educators looking for a behavior-analytic tool that speaks to classroom and SEL priorities.
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Clinicians working with both neurodivergent and neurotypical learners who struggle with communication, flexibility, and participation, even if “behavior” is only part of the picture.
FAQs
Q: Is TUNE-K a standardized or diagnostic test?
A: No. TUNE-K is a functional skills probe, not a diagnostic or norm-referenced instrument. It is intended to inform intervention planning and school-based supports, not to determine eligibility or assign diagnoses.
Q: Who is qualified to administer TUNE-K?
A: TUNE-K is designed for BCBAs and behavior professionals working under BCBA supervision. It can be used alongside existing academic and psychological assessments within a multidisciplinary team.
Q: How long does it take to administer?
A: Administration can be flexibly broken into short sessions. Many users complete all five domains across one or two sittings, depending on the learner’s tolerance and scheduling constraints.
Q: Does TUNE-K replace other ABA Assessments?
A: No. TUNE-K is a complement to broader language and learning tools. It focuses specifically on functional, school-relevant repertoires in K–2 and is designed to sit comfortably within district contexts and BCBA scope.