Child Development
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Effective assessment requires practitioners to observe; look, listen and note. Knowing what to do with what has been observed and where to go next is dependent on a secure knowledge of child development. The following are examples of child development resources:
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- Mary Sheridan’s From Birth to Five Years – 4th edition – Ajay Sharma and Helen Cockerill (Routledge, 2014)
- Early Years Development Journal – Council for disabled children
- Portage SEND Best Practice Assessment Checklist
- NHS Child development timeline
- Ages and Stages Questionnaires
- Pathways.org
- I CAN’s Universally Speaking – The ages and stages of children’s communication development from birth to 5
- I CAN’s Ages and Stages of Development Poster for C&L
- I CAN’s Talking Point Progress Checker
- SDQ – Strength and difficulties questionnaire is a behavioural screening questionnaire about 3 to 16 year olds
- Early Movers – an online resource to help practitioners deliver physical development opportunities in the early years
- DfE-Dingleys-Promise-assessment-guidance