Foundations of Assessment in Early Childhood Special Education

This text provides pre-service and in-service early childhood and special education teachers with clear, accessible formal and informal assessment information plus practical skills and techniques for improving services for children in home and classroom settings.

In Foundations of Assessment in Early Childhood Special Education, pre-service and in-service early childhood and special education teachers get the formal and informal assessment information and the practical skills they need to better serve young children with exceptional learning needs and/or at risk of developmental delay. The information provided is applicable to both home and classroom settings and includes real life case studies which discuss a variety of disabilities to help readers acquire the necessary decision-making assessment skills.

This text emphasizes assessment spiral and highlights collaboration to help teachers work optimally with other professionals and family members to achieve goals. Included are break point practices, activities, web resources, and a sound research base to help readers explore assessment at a higher level of analysis.

Highlights of this Edition:

         Field-based case studies present real-life scenarios over a variety of disabilities.

         Current research and standards in the field ground each chapters content.

         Current legal changes, as well as the latest revisions of formal and informal assessments keep readers up to date on the topics critical to the field.

         Different types of assessment tools are discussed to help educators with ongoing assessment and the decision-making process.

         Early childhood special education standards are included at the beginning of each chapter to ground the chapter content in standards from the field.

         A variety of learning aids help to make the concepts clear: web links, key terms, breakpoint practice sections, activities, tables of relevant assessments, and more.