Assessment of young children with delays or disabilities is a comprehensive process with overlapping components. Assessments of young children are conducted to help practitioners and families make informed, evaluative decisions to assist young children. The key component of an appropriate assessment is to gain an accurate representation of a child’s current abilities and behaviors in the context of his or her natural environment. One type of assessment in early childhood education is screening. Screening is an assessment procedure designed to determine, from within a larger population of children, those who need to be referred for further assessment in one or more areas of development.
The Assignment
The Ages and Stages Questionnaires is a developmental screening tool that pinpoints developmental progress in children between the ages of one month to five and a half years. Practice using the ASQ-3. Observe a three year old child using the provided ASQ-3 . The provided ASQ-3 may be used with a child that is in the age range of 34 months/16 days old through 38 months/30 days old. Once the observation is complete practice scoring the ASQ-3. Using the observational data you have gathered from the completed ASQ-3 to assess your target child’s learning and development across a variety of domains. Be sure to fill out the version of the ASQ completed on a three year old children in its entirety. The ASQ form link is provided with the other additional resources for this activity.
After you have filled out the ASQ (complete the age of your child), complete a summary that answers the following questions:
1. What did you learn about your target child by completing the ASQ ?
2. What are the goals, benefits, and uses of assessment?
3. What are the child’s strengths and weaknesses?
4. What learning goals should I set for this student?
5. Is additional, more targeted, testing needed? Explain.
6. Is the student a candidate for intervention? Explain.
7. Which skills are the child ready to learn?
8. Is the child achieving typical growth? Explain.
