Comprehensive and user friendly, this ideal professional reference and graduate text provides a developmentally informed framework for assessing 3- to 6-year-olds in accordance with current best practices and IDEA 2004 guidelines. The authors are leading clinician-researchers who take the reader step by step through selecting appropriate measures, integrating data from a variety of sources, and using the results to plan and evaluate effective interventions and learning experiences. Coverage encompasses screening and assessment of cognitive, linguistic, emotional, and behavioral difficulties, including mental retardation and autism. Case studies illustrate key facets of assessing diverse children and families; appendices offer concise reviews of over 100 instruments.
Why, What, and How National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Board on Testing and Assessment, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Committee on Developmental Outcomes and Assessments for ...
This comprehensive handbook serves as a checklist of skills and behaviors a child is likely to develop during the ages three to six years.
First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Older-generation tests such as the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities (McCarthy, 1972) had direct measures of gross and fine motor ability, while most other preschool tests indirectly measure ...
"Provides strategies for success in the early childhood classroom"--p. 4.
Principles and Recommendations for Early Childhood Assessments
McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities. Another example of a product approach to the evaluation of young children's motor development is the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities. This test battery was designed to help fulfill the ...
A Practical Guide to Infant and Preschool Assessment in Special Education
This bestselling book is still the best choice for helping early childhood teachers understand the process of assessment and evaluation to benefit young children.
Thomas, A., Chess, S., Birch, H. G., Hertzig, M. E., & Korn, S. (1963). Behavioral individuality in early childhood. New York: New York University Press. Thomas, J. M., & Tidmarsh, L. (1997). Hyperactive and disruptive behaviors in very ...