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when a child care worker recognizes and notes an identifiable performance or behavior and uses instruments such as checklists, anecdotal records and running records. The instruments are used to measure progress against a standard and to share results with assessment experts.

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Observation

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instrument intended to identify and monitor normal development or possible developmental delay. Screening programs are not diagnostic, and are not based on whether a child has passed a certain curriculum.

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Screening

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When the child has not yet acquired the skills that are typical for the childs age or when they seem to give up

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become concerned about progress

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mandated that child care providers complete a course that covers the topic of observation of developmental behaviors, including using a checklist or other similar observation tools and techniques, to determine the child's developmental age level.

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The Florida Legislature

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allows for timely referral for intervention

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Early detection of problems

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activities that strengthen the child's skills.

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attention should be focused on

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leads to sound assessment so that early detection of potential developmental delays will determine the correct referral and intervention

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Proper screening

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represents air and other things have free access to the space within, but when the window is closed, nothing can get through the window

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a window

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Development in young children occurs

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rapidly

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Development in young children occurs and typically progresses in

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spurts

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All children develop at their own

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rates

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work together to make each child special and different from all others.

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Heredity and environment

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Skills are acquired in

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logical sequence

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Developmental progress is periods of stammering, characterize development and Periodic regression is normal and should be expected.

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irregular

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Early experiences and opportunities to practice new skills are

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important

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are important. The social setting and culture the child lives in influences the ways the child grows and develops.

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Cultural influences

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Physical Health Motor Development Cognitive Development & General Knowledge Language & Communication Approaches to Learning Social & Emotional

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six Developmental Domains

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refers to the changes in body shape and proportion. It includes change in weight and height

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Physical Health

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refers to a child's ability to move about and control body parts such as grasping, rolling over, hopping

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Motor Development

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a child's intellectual or mental abilities. It involves finding processing and organizing information and using it appropriately. Discovering, interpreting, sorting, classifying, and remembering information.

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Cognitive Development

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child's ability to express himself verbally and to receive and understand the verbal communication of others. It involves vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing, and ability to understand things around them

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"Language and Communication

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Focuses on how children feel about themselves and their relationships with others. Refers to individual behaviors, responses to play and work activities, attachment to parents and relationships with siblings and friends.

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Social and Emotional

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how skills and knowledge are acquired through the three qualities of eagerness and curiosity, persistence and creativity, and problem solving.

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Approaches to Learning

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represent a range(rather than an exact point in time) when specific skills will be achieved.

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Age-level expectancies

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not age that is the important factor in evaluating a child's progress

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sequence

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Participants should always ____ during the observation process before and after the observation

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make notes

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Participants must be _____ in their observations.Subjective information is open to interpretation and is not useful for describing behavior.

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objective

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Checklists, Anecdotal Records, Running Records

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Tools for Recording

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Record only ____

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Facts

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Record every ____ don't leave out anything.

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Detail

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Use ____ that describe but do not judge.

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action words

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Record the facts in the ___ they occur.

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order

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Observation of children in ____ lets the observer report what the child is able to do in an environment that supports the child to perform her best.

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natural settings

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Do not try to observe more than____ a time.

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one child

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Do not influence the child's by your presence.

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responses

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Make sure there is ____ for the observation.

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adequate space

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Make sure that ___ are kept to a minimum.

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distractions

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Use an area that is ___ to the child

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familiar

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Make sure you build a relationship with the___

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child and parents

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Allows you to interact with children directly and ask them certain things

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Participant observation

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You do not hide the fact you are observing a child's actions

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Overt observation

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The observer is concealed behind a screen or a 2-way mirror and does not interact with the child

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Non-participant observation

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When the children are not told they are being observed.

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Covert observation

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Physical Health, Motor Development, Cognitive Development & General Knowledge, Language & Communication, Approaches to Learning, and Social & Emotional.

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six major developmental domains

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The screening process can not confirm

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a disability

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Screening helps to ___ children that could benefit from early childhood intervention programs

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identify

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are divided into the categories of physical, cognitive, language, and social/emotional.

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screening instruments

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is difficult to test.

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The social/emotional developmental domain

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reliable, valid, and free of bias

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Sound screening tools are

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for tracking the individual children as they progress through the program

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A record keeping system

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where you record the child's name, parents' names, the child's age at the time of the screening, name of the screener and their relationship to the child (parent, child care provider, nurse, doctor)

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Information sheets

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where you record the child's actions and responses

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Scoring sheets

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for locating the child's data in relation to the norms of other children their age;

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Interpretation scale

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to help with the screening results (continue screening at next interval, referral).

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Decision guide

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Planning the process you will use, identifying how you will engage parents and at what points in the process, obtaining the materials if any are needed, developing forms.

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Organizing:

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Identifying the time and location for the activity, scheduling staff or substitutes if the activity requires 1:1 attention to an individual child.

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Scheduling

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Obtaining permission from parents, conducting the activity, recording the activity, scoring the activity if appropriate, working with parents.

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Executing

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Talking with parents, beginning to identify the next steps.

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Following Through

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four basic tasks involved in developing and maintaining a successful behavioral observation and screening process

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organizing, scheduling, executing and follow through

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the first step of any observation and screening activity

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parental permission

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is important. You must be clear about the need for assessment and its benefits to the child.

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Communicating with parents

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