Helen Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 Great new article from Ruksana- fighting the ticklist approach! Read it here :1b 4
Carol Posted August 4, 2015 Posted August 4, 2015 We haven't used development matters for a whole year now, however I know many settings that still use it as a guidance
Helen Posted August 4, 2015 Author Posted August 4, 2015 That's really interesting Carol. What do you use to measure progress?
Susan Posted August 4, 2015 Posted August 4, 2015 Great article Helen, if only more people understood that. Its exactly why stepping stones failed in the first FS docs.
bubblejack Posted August 5, 2015 Posted August 5, 2015 Thank you for the reminder not to rely on checklists so much.
Guest Posted August 14, 2015 Posted August 14, 2015 Thanks for posting this article, it's an interesting read and I agree that it's easy to become too focused on check-lists. However, without an understanding of typical child development it would be very difficult for a practitioner to identify a child's potential special educational need and provide the early intervention we know makes a huge difference. Unfortunately, many early years qualifications do not focus on child development so for may practitioners, the only information they can rely on is some sort of developmental check-list. Professional judgement and working in partnership with parents is, as always the key to meeting a child's individual needs
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