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Chapter 16

Chapter 16. Early Childhood Assessment. Assessment of Young Children. Establish family priorities Familiar environments Assessments should Provide information Be socially valuable Be based on a wide foundation of information Decisions based on team members consensus. Legislation.

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Chapter 16

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  1. Chapter 16 Early Childhood Assessment

  2. Assessment of Young Children • Establish family priorities • Familiar environments • Assessments should • Provide information • Be socially valuable • Be based on a wide foundation of information • Decisions based on team members consensus

  3. Legislation • PL 99-457 • Services to 3- 5-year-old children with disabilities • Discretionary program for infants and toddlers • Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) • IDEA 1997 • Mandated services from birth to two • Services delivered in natural environments

  4. Purposes • Early screening for developmental delays • Determine service eligibility • Planning interventions • Program monitoring • Evaluation

  5. Areas Addressed • Family’s strengths and needs, priorities, values, and traditions • Child’s strengths and delays • Physical factors • Language and communication skills • Gross and fine motor skills • Social and emotional development • Self-help and adaptive skills • School readiness

  6. Issues • Natural environments • Ongoing assessment linked to intervention • Demand for ecological assessment

  7. Current Practices • Informal curriculum-based • Familiar physical and social environments • Family members are equal contributors

  8. Screening • The Ages and Stages Questionnaires • AGS Early Screening Profiles • Developmental Observation Checklist System (DOCS) • Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of Learning–3 • The Denver Developmental Screening Test (Denver II) • Autism Screening Instrument for Educational Planning

  9. Screening for Social-Emotional Development • Ages and Stages Questionnaires: Social Emotional • The Vineland Social-Emotional Early Childhood Scales (SEEC) • Temperament and Atypical Behavior Scale (TABS) • Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) • Gilliam Autism Rating Scale (GARS) • Home Situations Questionnaire (HSQ)

  10. Ecological Assessment • Interrelationships between child, family, and environments • Identify patterns and sequences of behaviors

  11. Family Interview and Rating Scales • Infant-Toddler and Family Instrument (ITFI) • Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale • Family Strengths Profile • Parenting Stress Index (PSI) • Ways of Coping Inventory • Family Needs Survey

  12. Direct Observation • Developmental checklist • Narrative recording • Observation instruments • Play Observation Scale • Social Interaction Assessment/Intervention • ECO

  13. Play-Based Assessment • Considered an alternative • Play environments are natural environments • Transdisciplinary play-based assessments

  14. Curriculum-Based and Criterion-Referenced Assessment • The Hawaii Early Learning Profile (HELP) • Assessment, Evaluation, and Programming System (AEPS) for Infants and Children • The Caroline Curriculum for Infants and Toddlers with Special Needs • The Brigance Diagnostic Inventory of Early Development-Revised • The Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI)

  15. Norm-Referenced and Dynamic Assessment • Bayley Scales of Infant Development–II • The Batelle Developmental Inventory (2nd ed.) • Preschool Learning Assessment Device (PLAD)

  16. School Readiness • Brigance K & 1 Screen–Revised • The Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of Learning–3 (DIAL–3) • Test of Early Reading Ability (TERA–3) • Test of Early Mathematics Ability (TEMA–3) • Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT–III) • Test of Early Language Development(TELD–3) • Test of Early Written Language (TEWL)

  17. Individualized Family Service Plans • Resources available to family • Target outcomes • Reviewed at least every 6 months

  18. Program Monitoring and Evaluation • Frequent assessments • Individual goals addressed in group setting • Imbedded in enjoyable activities • Minimize developmental problems • Evaluate programs for utility, feasibility, propriety, and technical adequacy

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