Foundations of assessment in early childhood special education / Effie P. Kritikos, Phyllis L. LeDosquet, Mark E. Melton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kritikos, Effie P.

Contributor:

Dosquet, Phyllis Le.

Melton, Mark

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children with disabilities--Education (Early childhood).

Children with disabilities.

Early childhood special education.

Physical Description:

xiii, 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson, [2012]

Summary:

Kritikos et al. (Northeastern Illinois U.) provide pre-service and in-service early childhood special education teachers with formal and informal assessments that incorporate the importance of collaboration and family involvement, the role of diversity, the impact of child development, and connections to intervention and program planning, helping teachers and parents make instructional decisions and design support strategies to enhance developmental outcomes for children with disabilities. They address legal issues, technical aspects such as reliability and validity, models, environmental analysis, observational assessment, and assessing sensory, cognitive and social-emotional, communication, and motor development and adaptive skills domains. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

pt. 1. Foundations of assessment in early childhood special education. 1. Introduction to children with special needs : History of early childhood special education ; History of assessment ; Overview of this text ; Using the text

2. Legal issues : History of legislation ; Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) ; Key provisions of part C services

No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and IDEIA ; Early childhood special education assessment and legal trends

3. Family diversity and assessment : Diversity in the United States today ; Family systems theory ; Culture defined ; Family-centered service delivery ; Knowledge for developing cultural competencies ; Skills for developing cultural competency ; Steps for self-reflection

4. Collaboration : Collaboration models ; Best collaboration practice

pt. 2. Assessment approaches and considerations. 5. Technical aspects of assessment : Norm-referenced, standardized testing ; Reliability ; Validity ; Curriculum-based measurement and validity ; Curriculum-based assessment

6. Assessment models : Alternative assessment models

7. Environmental analysis : Early childhood environments ; Environmental rating scales ; Functional behavioral assessment ; Supporting assessment tools ; Environmental analysis and curriculum

8. Observational assessment : Definitions ; ABC procedure ; Observational recording system ; Checklists and rating scales

pt. 3. Developmental domains. 9. Sensory assessment : Vision assessment ; Hearing assessment ; Assistive technologies ; Other considerations ; Sensory and self-regulation assessment

10. Cognitive and social-emotional assessment : Cognition and social-emotional development ; Major theories ; Assessment of cognition ; Assessment of social-emotional development ; Assessment considerations

11. Communication : Definitions of receptive and expressive language ; Assessing language ; Comprehensive assessment ; Criterion- and curriculum-referenced assessment ; Informal measures

12. Motor development and adaptive skills : Motor development ; Gross motor development ; Fine motor development ; Self-help and adaptive development.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

013606423X

9780136064237

OCLC:

706965874

Publisher Number:

99944630434