DEVELOPMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF YOUNG CHILDERN 4

Developmental assessment of Young children 4 (1+3)

Lesson 16:Ethical issues in assessment of young children

Staff barrier

It is concerned with the assessment skills of the staff concerned – early interventionists, early childhood educators and professionals working with children and these include:

• Early childhood educators have training in the teaching ,children and informal assessment skills and less training in conducting formal testing.
• The related service personal have training in formal assessment but their expertise with young children is limited.
• The training received has narrow focus.