DHH603 Assessment for DHH Learners
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Course Description
In this two-month course, candidates will acquire skills in qualitative and quantitative assessment. Students will collect data through observational methods and traditional testing to determine baseline cognitive and communicative abilities. Students will complete a comprehensive case study which requires “hands on” use of observational, formal and curriculum-based measures.
Learning Outcomes
- Each candidate exhibits intellectual integrity, serves students honestly, protects their privacy, respects their work, and sustains open discussion of ideas.
- Each candidate is provided opportunities to link theory and research with practice.
- Each candidate has field experiences that correspond to the organizational structure and curriculum of program.
- Each candidate works with and across age/grade ranges authorized by the credential.
- Each candidate demonstrates an understanding of the purpose and process of a variety of behavior management approaches, including functional analysis assessments.
- Each candidate communicates effectively as a member of a team, including the individual, family members, friends and relevant agencies to ensure unbiased assessment.
- Each candidate demonstrates the understanding and appropriate use of a variety of assessments, incuding norm referenced and criterion referenced tests.
- Each candidate demonstrates understanding and use of alternative measures, such a formative and summative evaluations, work samples, observations, portfolios, curriculum-based and ecological assessments appropriate for individuals with diverse backgrounds and varying communicative and cognitive abilities.
- Each candidate demonstrates the ability to use assessment strategies that promote equitable learning opportunities, including effective approaches for assessing individuals who are culturally, linguistically, ethnically and ability diverse.
- Each candidate demonstrates skill in interpreting assessment data and communicating effectively with a variety of audiences.
- Each candidate demonstrates the ability to develop strategies and ongoing evaluation procedures.
- Each candidate is aware of the impact of various etiologies, age at onset, multiple disabilities, and age at provision of services for deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
- Each candidate examines, evaluates and explains commonalities and individual differences in the areas of communication, cognition and social-emotional development of deaf and hard-of-hearing children.
- Each candidate will demonstrate knowledge of qualitative and quantitative assessment practices related to deaf and hard-of-hearing learners ages birth to 22 years.
- Each candidate will use appropriate terminology with regard to assessment.
- Each candidate will demonstrate understanding of legal provisions, regulations, guidelines, and adaptations necessary for an appropriate evaluation.
- Each candidate understands the importance of appropriate assessment using the preferred communication modality of the student.
- Each candidate understands the importance of collaborating with the family for identifying the effects of home environment on the learner’s development.
