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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786320503321

Autore

Benner Susan M.

Titolo

Assessment of young children with special needs : a context-based approach / / Susan M. Benner and Joan C. Grim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-88207-3

1-283-84236-X

1-136-88208-1

0-203-83907-2

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GrimJoan

Disciplina

371.90472

371.92

Soggetti

Developmentally disabled children

Medical care - Needs assessment

Children with disabilities - Education

Developmental disabilities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First edition published by Delmar 2003"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [266]-278) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Assessment of Young Children with Special Needs A Context-Based Approach; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Meet the Children: Infant and Toddler Cases; 2 Meet the Children: Preschool and School Age Cases; 3 Legal and Theoretical Perspectives; 4 Assessment Purposes, Stages, and Approaches; 5 Engaging with Families in the Assessment Process; 6 Norm-Referenced Standardized Assessment; 7 Criterion-Referenced and Play-Based Assessment; 8 Portfolio, Work Sampling, and Goal Attainment Scaling; 9 Progress Monitoring and Response to Intervention (RTI)

10 Child Observations and Functional Behavioral Assessment11 Assessing Young Bilingual Children with Special Needs; Appendix A; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 explore the important issues of family resources, health, multidimensional environmental influences, economic deprivation, and domestic violence on infant and child development. This tex