Observation of children

How are observations are used to plan for individual children’s needs?

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• To find out children's interests and plan activities based on this

• To stick in the child's book

• To put in a file out of the reach of others

• To identify the child's development stage

• To find out a child's strengths and weakness and plan activities based on this

What is the purpose of Early Intervention?

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• Allows for parents to work on their relationship with their child

• Benefits children with many or no clear diagnosis

• Focus on children with autism disorder

• Put support in place as soon as concerns start to emerge

What is the cycle called when observing children?

• Assessment and planning Cycle

• Look listen and note cycle

• Observation, assessment and planning cycle

• planning, assessment and observation cycle

Which factors do you need to consider when observing children?

• When they are hunger and tiredness

• When its time for them to go home

• The well-being of the child(ren)

• Changes to the settings usual routine

• When an unfamiliar adult enters the setting

Objective observations are?

• The observers judgement and opinion

• Factual information

• Writing what you see and hear

• Adding own ideas and beliefs

Observations should be used to inform ?

• Planning

• Children

• Observations

• Circumstances

Observations are used to assess a child's

• Progress

• development

• Concerns

• Issues

The protection of another person's privacy by limiting access to personal information is?

• interpretation

• Confidential

• morals

When observing a child, you should?

• Try to understand why a child is behaving that way

• Make only subjective observations

• Observe the entire group of children

• Make only objective observations

You should appropriately share information gained from observations with?

• Your family and your friends

• Other professionals

• Parents and carers

• The children