As the idea of conducting functional assessment takes root here in Virginia, there have been some worries about what it means. Does it mean that we won’t do our more traditional assessment anymore? How will we determine a child’s age-equivalency? How will we get all of the information we need? Who will do the functional …
Functional AND (not or) Traditional Assessment
Posted on May 09, 2017
by
Dana Childress, PhD
in All, Assessment, IFSP Development, Professional Development
DEC Recommended Practices: Assessment (Part 2)
Posted on March 30, 2017
by
Dana Childress, PhD
in All, Assessment, Engaging Families, Practical Strategies, Professional Development
Last month, we considered the first five DEC Recommended Practices under the Assessment strand. Now, let’s look at practices A6-A11. These practices encourage early interventionists to consider information from a variety of sources about the child’s skills and abilities across different routines, activities, and settings and to do this on an ongoing basis. These practices …
DEC Recommended Practices: Assessment (Part 1)
Posted on February 15, 2017
by
Dana Childress, PhD
in All, Assessment, Engaging Families, Practical Strategies, Professional Development
Sofia just coordinated the worst assessment ever. With her head spinning, she takes a moment in her car to reflect on just what went wrong so that she can prevent it from happening again. In a nutshell, here’s what happened:
Sofia had originally met with Max’s father for the intake, who had planned to attend the assessment …
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