Laser Lessons - Lesson

Be able to assess the development needs of children or young people and prepare a development plan

This video produced by Famly is about ‘Looking out for every child using high quality assessment - not checklists’. Although it refers to the EYFS and curriculums, it offers helpful support for assessing the development of children and young people and how, when creating plans to meet needs, the opportunities for the children should not be limited. How are development plans made in your setting?

Table of Contents

Tutorial Video
Reading Materials

‘Working together to safeguard children’ from HM Government
Laser reading text: Areas of development
‘Development matters’ from the Department for Education
‘Ages and stages’ from the Speech and Language UK website.
‘Teenage development: what to expect’ on the Raising Children website
‘Child Development: Milestones and Parenting Tips’ on the Very Well Mind website
‘Moral development in children – stages and concepts’ on the First Cry Parenting website
‘Observation, assessment and planning’ from the Birth to 5 Matters
‘Observational methods’ on the Complex Needs website.

Presentation
Good Practice Example
Good Practice Example
Interactive Quiz
Evidence Opportunities
Extended Learning

Observation of children is a fundamental professional skill, used in everyday practice. This document Explaining the Observation, Assessment and Planning cycle’, produced for the Early Years, explains the way in which observation enables us to be aware of and ‘see’ the unique child in the broader context of their lives including their family, culture and community (the bigger picture) as well as the context of their everyday development and learning (the detailed picture) and how what we provide supports their progress (the curriculum).
Click to read ‘A closer look at observation methods, tools and techniques’ from the Social Science Libre Text website.
Click this icon and have a look at some articles available on the Birth to 5 Matters website. There are lots of useful things about children’s special needs and planning, so pick an article from the selection that seems interesting to you.
Talk with your colleagues to find out about how observational findings are shared with others in your setting.
Create an information sheet for parents to explain your setting’s procedures for observations and assessment.
Look at your setting’s policy on confidentiality and ensure that you are clear about the circumstances in which you would pass on confidential information and to whom.

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