IEC 350 Develop Assess young Children

This course addresses assessment practices for young children (Birth-Grade 2) in the physical, social-emotional, cognitive, communication, adaptive (self-help) domains. The emphasis is placed on using systematic observation, documentation and other appropriate assessment tools and approaches, including norm-referenced, criterion-referenced and curriculum-based assessment as a means of making decisions about infants and young children?s development and learning and monitoring progress of children with exceptionalities. Information is linked to Individualized Family Service Plans (IFSP?s ), Individual Education Plans (IEP?s) and the role of the family in the assessment process. 8 Field hours. Prerequisites: IEC 230, IEC 146, EPY 245, CSD 235. Co-requisites IEC 253, EPY 350. Fall.