Explain Different Methods of Assessing, Recording and Monitoring Children and Young People's Development.

When looking at children and young people’s development it is important to recognise and respond to concerns to ensure that the child or young person receives the help and assistance needed.

This section describes how we, as practitioners, monitor how the children are progressing and in which areas.

It is important to ensure that we meet the need of the students on every level. One effective way to do this is to observe, assess, and record children’s efforts and progress. In this way, an educator can prepare to help a child’s progression in the class. Being able to track and refer to the progress of a child helps to ensure greater levels of success. In the end, our program is only as successful as the children in our care. Record keeping can identify areas that need improvement, and allows us to teach to their strong points.

POSITIVE: Carrying out effective observations which allow us to assess the development of children in order to improve or implement adequate plans for the needs of the children. Observations give the practitioner the power to assess the needs of the SEN children and therefore to adapt the activities best suited to the children (EYFS 3.1 PIP CARD).

If a practitioner see that the child is struggling with certain things, there could be an influence on other areas of development, because as we know each area of development are connected, and practitioner can use special screening programmes what can help the to pick up any areas of difficulty that child maybe suffering.

Running records diary are kept show day to day activities helpful for parent / cares of non verbal children or children with

General supervision would be when you are aware of what the child is doing and checking on them regularly. This may be interpreted as keeping an attentive eye from a distance e.g when children are playing on a carpet or when a baby is sleeping. The element of danger when adopting close supervision would be less than in the other two levels of supervision.

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| Recognise patterns and triggers which may lead to inappropriate behavioural responses and take action to pre-empt, divert or diffuse potential flash points

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.

The participation of children: Child will know where to hang coat , put belongings and were to go to begin the day.

Being able to identify and understand children who are suffering from poor self-efficacy or who come from a low socioeconomic background is

The first reason is that it guides a parent or a guardian to identify areas of concern about a specific area of development, such as gross and fine motor skills, communication and language, cognitive skills, etc. These milestones can be observed by the child’s pediatrician

Opens the door to a "teachable moment". Your child can begin to learn about budgeting, decision making, cooperation and the steps it takes to complete a long term goal.

Tallying, or frequency counting � record each occurrence of a certain behavior in a certain period.