Paula’s Head Start class. Mrs. Paula has 10 students and 3 paraprofessionals. Two out of the ten students are autistic. Upon entering the classroom‚ there were several stations. Mrs. Paula’s classroom has a reading area with two child size couches and beanbag‚ a dramatic play and block area‚ a make believe and computer station and a art and technology center. In the front of the classroom was a schedule displaying their
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I had the pleasure of visiting Mrs. McCotter’s Autistic classroom. I arrived at 1:00 PM on Tuesday‚ November 27th. Her classroom is at Ealy Elementary in West Bloomfield‚ which has a wonderful special education program. I chose to observe in an autistic classroom because it is something I had never experienced before until now. The classroom was incredibly nice and everyone was so welcoming! The classroom is arranged with a variety of stations. There is the play station‚ the movement station‚ their
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and objective observations. Its important that you keep the observation accurate which means that it needs to be true and not made up‚ according to Beith and Tassoni "Keeping records and carrying out observations on children allow early years practitioners to pass accurate information on to parents. It means that parents can be kept informed of a child’s progress which shows them that their child is being seen as an individual and that the staff really know and understand their child" (Beith and Tassoni
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Title Child Development‚ Observation and Assessment. Contents Page 3 Introduction Page 4 Child Profile Page 4 Observation methods used Page 8 Analysis of Observations Page 11 Reflective Page 13 References Page 14 Appendices Page 15 Appendix 1 Observations Observation 1 Focused
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When assessing a child you must be careful to take into account confidentiality: Permission-before carrying out an observation you must have parents and the settings permission. Confidentiallity- do not to leave confidential material lying around they must be secured in a locked cabinet. Line of reporting-only talk to authorized personal about confidential material. This confidentially can only be broken when a child is at real risk. Sensetivity-when carrying out observations you must take account
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Observation is the best tool we have to understand how children are learning and developing around us. Other than in a classroom environment‚ we can sit in cafes or listen to conversations taking place on a train. However‚ this essay will recognize the importance of observations in an institutional early years setting. It will then go on to reflect upon values‚ ethics and professionalism as we use these different strategies for observation. This essay will also consider the suitability for certain
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The child that was observed was a sibling of a close friend. The child was female and is 5 years old. An unexpected issue that arose was how frequently the child became engaged in different activities in a short time. During the whole observation my friend was with me overseeing the child‚ but my friend did not interfere with my note taking or observation. An issue that occurred was that I wasn’t aware that I would be following the child around in the playground/yard‚ since I thought the observation
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research method of naturalistic observation involves watching children in their natural environment. There are two types of naturalistic observation methods‚ structured and unstructured. I choose to do the unstructured because; “An unstructured observation involves writing everything down as it happened‚ usually through a diary method or digital recording” (The Importance of Naturalistic Observations in Psychology‚ 2011‚ para. 2). Being able to observe a child in their natural environment to see
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Child Observations Physical Development Cognitive Development Language Development Emotional Development Social Development Contents Observation No. 001 - Physical Development. 3 Evaluation 5 Recommendations: 5 Personal learning gained: 5 Observation No. 002 - Cognitive Development. 6 Evaluation 9 Recommendations: 9 Personal learning gained: 9 Observation No. 003 - Language Development. 10 Evaluation 12 Recommendations: 13 Personal learning gained: 13 Observation
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The purpose of this study is to compare and contrast the two specific types of naturalistic observation methods: running records observation and time-sampling observation with predetermined codes. This study will also show the advantages and disadvantages of both the observations. Naturalistic and experimental methods are ways to gather information about the development of children. Naturalistic methods is the most direct way to gather and study information. This type of data collection is done by
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