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40 Cards in this Set
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What are the differences between screening and assessment?
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Screenings are quick looks at children to
determine if assessment is needed. |
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Describe the process from Screening to IFSP/IEP.
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Screening
Assessment Determining eligibility IFSP/IEP |
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False negative
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When a child who in fact does have a disability
but she/he passes through screening without being identified for further assessment |
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How can false negatives occur?
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The screening instrument lacks sensitivity
There is a lack of training There is limited political knowledge of the examiner |
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False positives
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When a child who in fact does not have a
disability is identified for further assessment |
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How do false positives occur?
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A lack of specificity in the screening instrument
Lack of training Lack of clinical knowledge of examiners Other factors such as the child is sick |
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What do false positives create?
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Increased parental anxiety and place an extra burden on the family or agency
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Validity
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The psychometric property of a formal
assessment tool that tell us that a test is measuring what is supposed to measure |
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Reliability
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The property of an instrument tool that tell us whether you get the same results from a child when a child given at different times or by
different people |
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What are the responsibilities of test users?
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What standards for most important? Why?
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What standards are teachers that most
prepared to follow? |
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What standards are teachers please prepare to follow? What can you do to be prepared?
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What is important of functional assessments of infants and toddlers?
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Contextually relevant, functionally appropriate, relationship enhancing, observationally-based
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According to the Mendes (2003) Article, how are babies assessed?
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According to the Mendes (2003) Article, why is this assessment important?
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According to the Mindes article (2003), how are parents and others involved in the assessment of infants and toddlers?
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According to the Mindes article (2003), how does assessment leads intervention?
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According to the Mendes article (2003),
what should I know about infant/toddler assessment and I'm working in a childcare setting that serves typical children? |
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What are the types of infant assessment?
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Prenatal testing
Gestational age Assessment at birth Assessment for infants/toddlers who are at risk of disability |
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What does prenatal testing include?
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Ultrasound
Chorionic Villus Biopsy (CVS) Amniocentesis, Precutaneous Umbilical Blood Sampling (PUBS) |
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Gestational age
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Viable but premature from 23 – 36 weeks
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Assessment at birth
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Apgar Rating Scale
Brazelton Neonatal Assessment Scale PKU |
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Assessment for infants/toddlers who are at risk of disabilities
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Established (Genetic)
Biological (low birth weight) Environmental (family stress factors) |
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Apgar Rating Scale |
A quick test performed on a baby at 1 and 5 .
after birth |
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What does the 1 minute score of the Apgar
Rating Scale determine? |
How well the baby tolerated the birthing process
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What does the 5 minutes for the Apgar Rating
Scale determine? |
Tell the doctor how well the baby is doing
outside the mother's womb |
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Who does the Apgar test?
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A doctor
A midwife/Doula A nurse |
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What scores on the Apgar Rating Scale are
considered normal? |
7, 8, or 9
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What does a score of 10 on the Apgar Rating Scale mean?
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This score is unusual because almost all
newborns lose 1point for blue hands and feet, which is normal for after birth |
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After English, what language is the most common language spoken in the US today?
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Spanish
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What are the statistics of public school students in the US who are ELLs?
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In 2009 – 2010 the number was higher at 10% (or an estimated 4.7 million students) than in 2000 – 2001 at 8% (or an estimated 3.7 million students)
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What does ELLs stand for?
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English language learners
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In the Espinoza and Lopez (2007) article,
what challenges stand out concerning assessment of ELLs? |
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In the Espinoza and Lopez article (2007), what strategies and solutions that practitioners use to address the challenges?
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In the Espinoza and Lopez article (2007), what are some take-home messages of this article?
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In the Espinoza and Lopez article (2007),
what do new teachers need to know about the children and their care use home language is other than English? |
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Proposed Comprehensive, Integrated ELL
Assessment System |
Purpose 1: Assessments to Improve
Instruction Purpose 2: Assessment for Referral and Identification of Special Needs Purpose 3: Assessment for Program Accountability Purpose 4: Research & Evaluation |
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What are some recommendations for assessing children who are culturally and linguistically
diverse? |
Gather information
Use an interpreter if needed Use an evaluator that is part of or very familiar with the culture and language of the child |
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What information should be gathered when
assessing children who are culturally and linguistically diverse? |
The child's home cultural and linguistic
patterns Child rearing practices and expectations made of children The proficiency of the child and his or her home language, and use that information to determine the best language for use for the assessment |
