Explain What Is Your Assessment Of Children's Communication Skills
What is your assessment of child’s communication skills?
Communication is Rory’s best skill, and although she is only speaking three word sentences, she is learning in two languages. Her mother, Jess, is bilingual and speaks to Rory in English and German. Jess also reads children’s books and sings songs to Rory in both languages. Studies reveal that “mothers tend to introduce soothing activities, such as reading, drawing, and music” and that overall, “mothers tend to be more verbal” (Ashford, 2013, p. 336). In combination with Rory and Jess spending so much time together, this could be a contributing factor to why Rory has such great communication skills.
What is your assessment of child’s gross motor skills?
Rory is also doing very well with …show more content…
her gross motor skills. Her house is two stories which give Rory more practice with going up stairs and she was recently enrolled in a toddler gymnastic class. Rory’s father practices kicking a small soccer ball around with Rory. When Rory plays with her father, it is usually more physical and rough because “father play has been described as more provocative and vigorous, and less conventional and verbal, than mother play” (Ashford, 2013, p. 336). These factors are helping Rory’s large motor skills.
What is your assessment of child’s fine motor skills?
Rory’s fine motor skills are on schedule. Jess reported that Rory can make turning motions and string macaroni. Rory was able to demonstrate horizontal lines very well, but could not quite get vertical lines yet. She could make circular drawings, but could not make a singular circle, which is the requirement.
What is your assessment of child’s problem solving skills?
Problem solving is Rory’s weakness right now, although she is not below the cut-off.
She was distracted at the time of this section, which might have contributed to her assessment. Rory knows her numbers in order, but could not repeat the numbers I said in order. She did not understand what I was asking her to achieve by lining up four objects in a row. Will further assess her problem solving skills in section two.
What is your assessment of child’s personal-social skills?
Rory is close to the cut-off for personal-social skills, but she was getting frustrated at the time of assessment. She was not able to copy my gestures, but she was able to identify herself in the mirror. Jess reported that Rory can eat with a spoon without spilling, is able to pull up her pants, and pull off her socks.
What is your developmental assessment of the child?
Rory being able to understand and speak two languages is very impressive. She also knows when it is appropriate to use which language. For instance, Rory wanted to blow bubbles, so she asked her mom in English. Jess said not now, so Rory asked her grandma the same question, but this time in German. Grandma said yes, and they played with bubbles. Jess reads to Rory in German, sings German songs, and speaks to her in German. Rory’s father speaks only English, so she is exposed to both …show more content…
languages.
What recommendations would you make based on your assessment?
It would benefit Rory to have more learning activities in problem-solving.
Rory is an only child with a full-time mother, who usually asks for help when she needs something, so does not have as much practice trying to figure out things on her own. Jess expressed that Rory will try to do something herself first before she asks for help from mom. My suggestion is to lead and guide Rory to a pathway of discovering on how to solve a problem, as opposed to just doing it for her. Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP) teaches parents to emphasize “giving the child a lot of responsibility and avoiding overprotection and unnecessary service” (Ashford, 2013, p. 397). For example, during the assessment, I gave some papers to Rory to carry and she accidently dropped them while we were walking. Instead of easily picked up the pieces of paper myself, I waited patiently while she gently picked up the papers one by one. Although it would have been much faster and convenient to pick up the papers myself, allowing Rory to face her natural consequence of not holding onto the papers will teach her to cling to them more
tightly.
Communication is Rory’s best skill, and although she is only speaking three word sentences, she is learning in two languages. Her mother, Jess, is bilingual and speaks to Rory in English and German. Jess also reads children’s books and sings songs to Rory in both languages. Studies reveal that “mothers tend to introduce soothing activities, such as reading, drawing, and music” and that overall, “mothers tend to be more verbal” (Ashford, 2013, p. 336). In combination with Rory and Jess spending so much time together, this could be a contributing factor to why Rory has such great communication skills.
What is your assessment of child’s gross motor skills?
Rory is also doing very well with …show more content…
her gross motor skills. Her house is two stories which give Rory more practice with going up stairs and she was recently enrolled in a toddler gymnastic class. Rory’s father practices kicking a small soccer ball around with Rory. When Rory plays with her father, it is usually more physical and rough because “father play has been described as more provocative and vigorous, and less conventional and verbal, than mother play” (Ashford, 2013, p. 336). These factors are helping Rory’s large motor skills.
What is your assessment of child’s fine motor skills?
Rory’s fine motor skills are on schedule. Jess reported that Rory can make turning motions and string macaroni. Rory was able to demonstrate horizontal lines very well, but could not quite get vertical lines yet. She could make circular drawings, but could not make a singular circle, which is the requirement.
What is your assessment of child’s problem solving skills?
Problem solving is Rory’s weakness right now, although she is not below the cut-off.
She was distracted at the time of this section, which might have contributed to her assessment. Rory knows her numbers in order, but could not repeat the numbers I said in order. She did not understand what I was asking her to achieve by lining up four objects in a row. Will further assess her problem solving skills in section two.
What is your assessment of child’s personal-social skills?
Rory is close to the cut-off for personal-social skills, but she was getting frustrated at the time of assessment. She was not able to copy my gestures, but she was able to identify herself in the mirror. Jess reported that Rory can eat with a spoon without spilling, is able to pull up her pants, and pull off her socks.
What is your developmental assessment of the child?
Rory being able to understand and speak two languages is very impressive. She also knows when it is appropriate to use which language. For instance, Rory wanted to blow bubbles, so she asked her mom in English. Jess said not now, so Rory asked her grandma the same question, but this time in German. Grandma said yes, and they played with bubbles. Jess reads to Rory in German, sings German songs, and speaks to her in German. Rory’s father speaks only English, so she is exposed to both …show more content…
languages.
What recommendations would you make based on your assessment?
It would benefit Rory to have more learning activities in problem-solving.
Rory is an only child with a full-time mother, who usually asks for help when she needs something, so does not have as much practice trying to figure out things on her own. Jess expressed that Rory will try to do something herself first before she asks for help from mom. My suggestion is to lead and guide Rory to a pathway of discovering on how to solve a problem, as opposed to just doing it for her. Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP) teaches parents to emphasize “giving the child a lot of responsibility and avoiding overprotection and unnecessary service” (Ashford, 2013, p. 397). For example, during the assessment, I gave some papers to Rory to carry and she accidently dropped them while we were walking. Instead of easily picked up the pieces of paper myself, I waited patiently while she gently picked up the papers one by one. Although it would have been much faster and convenient to pick up the papers myself, allowing Rory to face her natural consequence of not holding onto the papers will teach her to cling to them more
tightly.