Prerequisite
ECE 330 and ECE 415
Course Description
Focus will be on acquiring knowledge about informal and formal developmental screening assessment instruments for young children, how to select, and use the appropriate one to determine initial information that will facilitate individual learning environments and strategies. Students will enhance their observational skills, assessment abilities, and communication reporting to families, teachers and other professionals. Emphasis will be on the selection, administration, scoring, interpretation and reporting of results obtained from developmental screening assessments of young children to determine their skills, abilities and achievements for the purpose of planning and implementation appropriate programs, designing learning environments, and, when necessary, adapt programs and environments for children with special needs and challenging behaviors. Students will be exposed to case studies and participate in innovative pedagogical techniques such as role playing, role reversal, video taping, and simulations to demonstrate their developing observational skills and assessment abilities.