DEVELOPMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF YOUNG CHILDERN 4

Developmental assessment of Young children 4 (1+3)

Lesson 13:Early childhood Assessment

System to plan early childhood services

It consists of three sections

1. Developmental
2. Team
3. Programme

• Developmental section provides opportunity to parents, teachers and psychologists to convert assessment information into mutually understood ratings regarding the child’s development and educational status in 19 areas.


• Team section allows the team to compare ratings and arrive at a consensus regarding the child’s level of functioning across 19 important areas.


• Programme section concentrates on generating service plan suitable to individual child’s needs.

  The completion of SPECS yields the team to have consensus on child assessment, a blue print for child’s service plan and an idea of the extent of needed services.