Understand how to monitor children and young people’s development and interventions that should take place if this is not following the expected pattern. 3.1 Explain how to monitor children and young people’s development using different methods. Methods: Observation. Children can change according to who they are with and whether they know that they are being watched. This means that you will need to observe children in a range of different situations, e.g. with other children, playing by themselves and when they are with an adult. It is also important to see what children can do when they do not know that an adult is watching them. This is sometimes known as naturalistic observation as in theory we are watching children being …show more content…
After something seems important or interesting, the person who saw or heard it tells the observer about it. The observer can then write it down in a diary, event recording or just add it into the child’s or young person’s records. Time Sampling. Time sampling allows you to look at what a child does over a period of times, such as morning or part of an afternoon. This means that you gain a more complete picture of the child. This type of observation needs some planning, as the observer needs to keep an eye on the children. A sheet is prepared with the times marked out. At the each of the times on the sheet, the observer watches what the child is doing. It is possible to record the activity of more than one child. Event Sample. This observation method is used to look at how often and in what circumstances a child shows a particular behaviour such as biting. It can also be used to find out about how often a child talks or plays with other children. A prepared sheet is drawn up in advance after considering carefully the type of information that needs to be collected. A column is put down for each piece of information. When the behaviour is seen, the person has seen it should fill in the sheet. Checklist. Checklists are popular, especially where people are working with large groups of children. Many checklists are commercially produced, but it is also possible to design your own. Checklists are easy to use because they focus the observer on
The observation tool provided monitors and records a variety of developmental milestones. These observations are used later as a reference to better plan the curriculum for the class. Accurately collecting this information includes an honest, unbiased record of behaviors, regular updates, and a review by other staff members trained in the observation
It is important that when Observing and recording you of selecting the appropriate method to suit desired aim of the observation it. We do observations to help look at the different areas of development i.e. physical, intellectual, emotional, and social.
The observation was a very interesting and informative process. It gave me the opportunity to apply different theories of development. The biggest advantage of this psychological method is the opportunity to observe the subject in the natural surrounding and watch his natural behavior.
Provides a Systematic Method for observing children. It assists teachers, and parents in assessing individual skill development.
B2) Observations can be used to identify individual needs. Observations are important to be carried out because it identifies if a child is struggling in a certain area for example, they may have problems with numbers like counting, spelling simple words, participating in group activities or trouble socialising. Once the problem is identified then the person observing can the deal with the problem and help the child where they are struggling. This is why it is important to observe each child separately and carefully.
When carrying out observations on children with behavioural difficulties it is important that practitioners carry out observations during different times of the day such as in the morning and in the afternoon, this is because the child's behaviour might change during different times of the day for example the child might be more tired in the morning or might be hunger. It is also important that a range of staff observes the child as all practitioners will see the child differently. As the child might show positive behaviour towards one member of staff and negative behaviour for another. Also practitioners can use different methods when observing the child such as free description or time sampling. Using different methods will help give practitioners
Observation is important to find out what the child is interested in and what motivates them to learn alongside their progress and how they behave in certain situations with others, and interacting with someone. Child development theories focus on explaining how children change, develop and grow through childhood. My observation of a child was done with a seven old boy by the name of Romeo. I first observed Romeo development such as physical growth, gross motor and fine motor skills. My observation was done at his house. He has black eyes and has fine, short brown hair. He is between 4 feet with 2 inches tall. When I visited him, He was sitting on the floor in his living room which is laying down with two couches and watching television.
important to share records and assessments with them so that they are able to make contributions
Regular observations are essential educational practice within the Foundation Phase. Careful observations enable the teaching assistant to make objective assessments relating to each pupils behaviour patterns, learning styles, levels of development, existing skills, curriculum strengths and weaknesses, current learning needs and learning achievements. Observations enable teaching assistants to stay aware of children’s changing interests; this can encourage pupils to learn as they are more likely to be interested in learning if the topics are related to the things that children are familiar with. Observations are also a good way to monitor pupil’s behaviour and to support development in all seven areas of learning.
In order for the child to reach their full potential the collecting of information on their performance
In order to provide each child with a high quality service I will observed each child during play time and as they interact with their peers to properly indentify the child individual needs. During
The importance of using observations while conferencing with the parents of young children is to inform and discuss the developmental overview of the child by sharing information about their child growth and development. Observation can be unique within the contents that focus on the child's interests, behavior, strengths, weaknesses, skills, needs and abilities by providing details, example of the child's work and anecdotes within the child's portfolio. Also using the observation, will help me as a teacher to seek feedback and assistance from the family to help the child to improve me achieve their developmental milestones. I can help parents understand significance of their child's portfolio and observations by giving them concrete examples
Becoming a skilled in observation and assessment is one the most important part of practitioners’ training and developing practice. Observation is about watching children's actions, expressions, movement and behaviours, and listening to their talk and interactions. When observing practitioner must avoid drawing any conclusion, and stay as focused on the child as possible.” Observation of playing, learning and interacting is an important element in gathering information about the strengths and areas for development” assessed 07/02/2017 (Anon, 2017)
Observing learning is an example of child’s learning. It helped me to identify children’s interest and strengths. As what Margaret Donaldson said seek out what children are able to do rather than emphasizing what they cannot do and she
The things that I will take away from this chapter are the best way to observe a child. When we observe a child, we need to take time because by observing them. We can make our profile of the child’s physical, social and emotional development. by taking our time to observe the children, we can see them improve and change during the observation. When we observe the child, we can build a successful strategy for the child. The other reason is observing a child during different situations., we can see the different behavior in several phrases of the day. We can know and visual what children are capable of and the interests. Sometimes, children choose to do any activities that they are interesting. they tend to engage more and increase their social