Assessment provides educators, parents, and families with critical information about a child's development and growth. Assessmentcan: Provide a record of growth in all developmental areas: cognitive, physical/motor, language, social-emotional, and approaches to learning.
Kalani is a 4 year-old boy. He moved from Hawaii six months ago. He is very quiet and doesn't talk much at all and when he does it is one or two words. He does not join in large group activities and likes to go off and sit by himself in the library area. Kalani loves legos and building. He has a very hard time sharing and when he does not get his way he often gets very angry and yells, hits and screams. He doesn't know how to hold a writing utensil and can’t write his name. He can identify the letters of the alphabet, colors and numbers by pointing at them. The teacher would like to refer him for an evaluation for special education services but both the parents are very against this. They don’t want him to be labeled. There are 20 children in his classroom. It is a half day and runs 3 ½ hours. His teacher is organized with very clear expectations for the students. She has a good relationship with the family but has to call them quite often to let them know about difficult behaviors in the classroom. How would you get the parents on board with moving forward with the assessment? How could you get Kaliani interested in other activities in the classroom besides building and legos?
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Aiden is a 5 year old boy and is in kindergarten. His home language is English. He has never been in school before and is an only child. He lives with his single mother and his father has visitation every other weekend. Aiden gets distracted easily and has trouble focusing on a task. He is unable to stay seated for extended periods of time and often gets up and walks around during teacher instruction. He often tells the teacher he is "bored' and moved onto another activity, he is not easily redirected and that often creates a power struggle. His mom has told the teacher he has trouble completing homework and staying on task, so work often does not come back to the school. Aiden has difficulty organizing information or taking in new ways of doing things. When the teacher speaks to Aiden he seems not to listen and daydreams frequently. He has trouble following two step directions.
What type of intervention assessment would you recommend for Aiden?
When early childhood educators use a comprehensive assessment system within an early childhood program it measures developmental growth with the children and screens for potential developmental or academic concerns. Assessment also measures of the quality of the learning environment.
References
Early Childhood Assessment. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://resourcesforearlylearning.org/fm/early-childhood-assessment/
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