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IECD-571 Assessment of Children and Families

4 semester credits


This course provides the students with an opportunity to formulate a comprehensive assessment of infants and young children of different ages, as well as their families, using a bio-psychosocial model. Credits for this course are obtained using a variety of infant, early childhood, and family psychological assessment tools. Graded assignments include completing assessment reports, with a format previously discussed with the assigned faculty.
Delivery Method: Online
Grading Default: Letter
Learning Outcome(s):  

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

  1. Approach the tasks of assessment with a strategy in mind that includes: identifying client, question, informants, strategies, data interpretation, giving feedback; analyzing whether that central question was answered and what work would logically follow the assessment in the area of accountability; become more aware and reflective about their own part of the assessment process.
  2. Consider the strengths as weaknesses of the three major techniques of assessment: interviewing, observing, using psychometric measures as it relates to a specific question.
  3. Work with various approaches to report writing and documentation.
  4. Feel some familiarity with reflectiveness in practice.



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