SPE 433 ECE Screening & Assessment of Young Children with Special Needs

This course provides an overview of the purposes of engaging in assessment and examination of different kinds of measures, such as screening, assessment for eligibility, and ongoing developmental assessment, all within the birth to age eight classrooms. Specific types of assessment instruments used for early intervention and other early childhood special education purposes are reviewed and implemented, including formal and informal instruments for assessing young children’s social, emotional, cognitive, communication, motor skills, family strengths, needs, concerns, priorities, resources, as well as school, home, and community learning environments. Through hands-on practice with a variety of tools, students learn procedures and develop strategies for implementing nondiscriminatory assessment, utilizing valid and reliable measures when conducting formative and summative individual and program evaluation. Ten field hours are required for this course. Pre-requisite(s): None. Co-requisite(s): None. 5 quarter hours

Credits

5