The Early Childhood Technical Assistance (ECTA) Center offers another Practitioner Practice Guide and Checklist on “Informed Clinical Reasoning” (“El razonamiento clínico informado”). Based on DEC’s Recommended Practices. This resource focuses on “Gathering Multiple Sources of Information for Assessment” and includes a quick case study of 20-month-old Jahwan as well as strategies to determine if the practice is working. The checklist covers the same information in an easy-go-use format for self-assessment to ensure that you are following the recommended practices the majority of the time. Give it a try!
The ICC-Recommended Early Start Personnel Manual (ESPM) describes core knowledge and role-specific competencies needed for early intervention service provision, incorporating current research and evidence in the field of early intervention. Click here to access the ESPM. Scroll down to find the ESPM entry.
This resource is related to the following ESPM knowledge-level competencies:
- Evaluation and Assessment (EA):
- EA2 (EIS): Knows the goals, benefits, and uses of assessment and observation.
- EA3 (EIS): Understands roles and responsibilities for team members including parents/caregivers in the evaluation and assessment process.
- EA7 (EIS): Knows strategies to determine child and family strengths, typical routines and activities, and preferred teaching and learning styles.
- EA10 (EIS): Knows multiple tools and practices to assess development and progress in the physical, cognitive, language, social-emotional, and adaptive domains.