2nd Edition

Assessment of Young Children with Special Needs A Context-Based Approach

By Susan M. Benner, Joan Grim Copyright 2013
296 Pages
by Routledge

296 Pages
by Routledge

296 Pages
by Routledge

Assessment of Young Children with Special Needs, Second Edition helps prepare teachers for the task of evaluating the skills of infants, toddlers, and preschool children with developmental delays and those considered at risk to experience developmental delays or difficulties. A child’s environment is a critical consideration when focusing on assessment, and authors Susan Benner and Joan Grim... Read more

1 Assessment in Context: Principles for Practice 2 Purposes of Assessment 3 Developing a Framework for context-based assessments 4 Assessment through Collaboration with Families 5 Approaches and Techniques Used in Child Assessment 6 Norm-Referenced Standardized Assessment 7 Criterion-Referenced and Play-Based Assessment 8 Assessing Individual Progress through Portfolio and Work Sampling Assessments, Goal Attainment Scaling, and General Outcome Measurement 9 Functional Behavioral Assessment 10 Assessment Environments 11 Context-Based Assessment cases: Infants and Toddlers 12 Context-Based Assessment Cases: Preschool and Primary-Grade Children

Biography

Susan Benner is Director of the Graduate School of Education and Associate Dean of Professional Licensure at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA.

Joan Grim is a Clinical Instructor specializing in Early Childhood Special Education at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA.