Module 1
Used on a day-to-day basis as child care professionals provide care and monitor a child's development.
What is informal processes?
Children that are at higher risk for developmental concerns.
What is experiencing trauma?
Considering multiple methods of collecting information and monitoring all areas of a child’s development.
What is comprehensive observation and screening?
Measures a behavior, skill, or ability using a range of quality points or a continuum
What is a rating scale?
Directs a child or family to a professional or service for further evaluation when concerns arise during observation and screening
What is a referral?
Involves child care professionals watching children interact, explore, and participate in activities.
What is informal observation?
An act that protects children with disabilities
What is ADA? (americans with disabilities act)
Adjusts to a child’s needs and uses findings to guide practices and planning.
What is responsive observation and screening?
A list of skills and abilities that should be used when the goal is to track the presence or absence of demonstrated skills or abilities.
What is a checklist?
Should be scheduled at the families convenience; be held in a comfortable, confidential space; and include written results and documentation for their records.
What is meetings?
Uses set protocols and tools to monitor children's development over time.
What formal observation?
The failure to provide things necessary to sustain life
What is child neglect?
Focused to gather information for supporting a child’s development, sometimes requiring a targeted approach to monitor specific areas of growth.
What is purposeful observation and screening?
Used to document the development of a child compared to other children of the same age.
What are standardized tests?
Provided by child care professionals to ensure children receive early intervention services for the best outcomes.
Detects early developmental concerns, providing reliable data while balancing the use of both informal and formal methods for a clear understanding of a child's development.
What is formal screening tools?
Physical, Sexual, or emotional damage, children may show both physical and behavioral signs of mistreatment.
What is Child abuse?
Accurately monitoring a child’s developmental levels.
What is reliable and valid observation and screening?
Supported in the early learning environment through the use of intentional strategies
What is language and communication?
A referral can be made, and the child care program should provide the family with the necessary resources and support throughout the process.
What is consent obtained?
Promoting children's growth and overall development, detecting any potential delays, and identifying any signs of potential abuse or neglect.
What is actively observing and screening?
Crucial for identifying potential abuse or neglect, enabling professionals to monitor children's behaviors and well-being.
What is observation?
Information that is true and factual in a documentation.
What is an observation?
A narrative account of an event written shortly after it occurred that should be used to document skill or ability development.
What is an anecdotal record?
Any concerns noted during observation or screening are written down clearly, including specific examples that raised concerns.
What is documentation?