SpEd 584 Assessment: EI/SE

Provides an overview of assessment procedures in the field of early intervention/early childhood special education. These procedures include screening and testing using norm-referenced, criterion-referenced, curriculum-based, and observational methods. Reliability and validity of assessments are discussed in relation to standardized testing. Learners have the opportunity to observe and record the behaviors of young children. Assessment strategies such as arena assessment, play-based assessment, parent reporting, and family interviewing. Emphasis on the assessment process for the young child and the family's role in the assessment of the young child with developmental delays or disabilities.