Reflecting and Interpreting in the Moment
Learn how education staff interpret in-the-moment observations and responses as part of individualizing care for infants and toddlers.
Screening and assessment provide valuable information about each child's interests, strengths, and needs. Screening gives a snapshot of whether the child's development is on track. Assessment is an ongoing process that includes observation and provides information about development over time. Systematic, ongoing child assessment provides information on children's development and learning. It helps inform curriculum planning, teaching, and individualizing for each child across all Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework domains.
Learn how education staff interpret in-the-moment observations and responses as part of individualizing care for infants and toddlers.
Find out how education staff reflect on and interpret ongoing child assessment data to help them support infants’ and toddlers’ development and learning.
Learn how education staff reflect on and interpret ongoing child assessment data over time to determine infants’ and toddlers’ progress toward reaching individual goals.
Review recommendations for helping education staff interpret child information from ongoing child assessment.
Working with each child’s parent, programs must complete or obtain a current developmental screening to identify concerns regarding a child’s behavioral, motor, language, social, cognitive, and emotional skills.
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