Ongoing Child Assessment Resources for Infants and Toddlers
Explore these resources that provide information on using observation as part or your ongoing assessment of 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.
Explore these resources that provide information on using observation as part or your ongoing assessment of infants and toddlers.
Explore typical bilingual development in the early years and learn what it means to assess children who are dual language learners.
Use this vignette to reflect on and meet the standards around child screening and assessment for individualization.
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.
Read this guide that includes a worksheet designed for Early Head Start and Head Start teams. It helps ensure that their screening process provides the best possible results for all children, including dual language learners (DLLs).
Watch this 15-Minutes In Service Suite video and learn how to use assessment data to inform and adjust your teaching practice.
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.
Explore these tools for learning about a child. They provide information about each child's interests, strengths, and needs.
Watch this video podcast that introduces viewers to using focused observation with infants and toddlers and gives them an opportunity to “try out” some of the techniques discussed.
Watch this video that explains how to observe babies and record what is seen in an objective way that will help staff understand the meaning of the child's behavior.