Developmental Screening in Early Childhood: A Guide - Softcover

Samuel J. Meisels; Sally Atkins-Burnett

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1928896251 ISBN 13: 9781928896258

Publisher: National Association for the Education of Young Children, 2005

Synopsis

This fifth edition covers the basics of screening used to identify which children may have learning problems or disabilities. Offers advice for selecting an appropriate screening instrument and for setting up a screening program. Contains reviews of current developmental screens, plus an entirely new annotated bibliography. For the first time, it includes sections on screening for social-emotional/behavioral concerns and screening individual areas of development.

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About the Author

Samuel J. Meisels is president of Erikson Institute, a graduate school in child development located in Chicago. One of the nation’s leading authorities on the assessment of young children, he has published more than 150 articles, books, and monographs and is a coauthor of the Work Sampling System, the Early Screening Inventory • Revised, and The Handbook of Early Childhood Intervention.Sally Atkins-Burnett is an assistant professor of early childhood special education at the University of Toledo. She teaches courses in early childhood education and special education.

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It is extremely important that tests not be used to make highstakes decisions in early childhood programs. “High-stakes” tests are those directly linked to decisions regarding children’s entry into a program or promotion or retention, that are used for evaluating or rewarding teachers or administrators, that affect the allocation of resources to programs, and that result in changes in the curriculum. Because children’s development, and therefore their performance on any test, is so variable in their early childhood years, none of those “high-stakes” decisions should be based solely or primarily on test scores. Rather, tests should only provide supplementary information to help the teacher, parent, and other specialists arrive at the best possible decision for each child.

Edition details

• Publisher: National Association for the Education of Young Children
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1928896251
• ISBN 13: 9781928896258
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 128