Assessment and Evaluation in Ecc

Catalog description

This course is designed to provide students with a theoretical, clinical, pragmatic, and relevant overview regarding the assessment and evaluation of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers with special needs. The course will also highlight procedures and measures used to evaluate a spectrum of abilities (i.e. cognition, motor, sensory, communication, adaptive behavior, and social competence) with sensitivity to class, cultural differences, environment, and family resources. The culminating focus will be using the assessment information to determine, plan, and implement appropriate placements and programs of intervention. Twenty (20) hours of guided observation/ participation at this level are required (see http://www.nsu.edu/education/pdf/ProfessionalObservationHandbook.pdf ).