The Screening and Assessment Process
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The phrase, "All Head Start Children" points to a text box that reads:
- Health Status
- Developmental
- Sensory (Vision and Hearing)
- Behavioral
This text box leads to two text boxes depending on concern or no concern.
If a concern is identified:
Formal Evaluation
Evaluation and determination of eligibility for disability services.
From this text box are arrows leading to either Ongoing Assessment or Individualized Education Program (IEP), depending on whether or not the child meets the disabiltiy criteria.
Meets the disability criteria:
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
Plan for special education and/or related services to meet child's needs.
Does not meet the disability criteria:
Ongoing Assessment
Documentation and recording of children's progress in order to plan and individualize for each child and identify any emerging concerns.
If a concern is not identified:
Ongoing Assessment
Documentation and recording of children's progress in order to plan and individualize for each child and identify any emerging concerns.
An arrow goes from this text box to the Formal Evaluation text box, indicating that if and when a concern is identified the child will have a formal evaluation.
Finally, the Individualized Education Program text box has an arrow to Ongoing Assessment, indicating the child will continue to be evaluated, even when he/she has an Individualized Education Program.
Last Updated: November 6, 2008
- EHS Tip Sheet No. 1: How Do We Screen Premature Infants When There is No Developmental Screening Tool That Allows for Negative Age?
- EHS Tip Sheet No. 27: What Are Behavioral Skills in Infants and Toddlers? How Do We Screen Them?
- EHS Tip Sheet No. 30: Do Infant and Toddler Screenings Need to be Standardized?
- EHS Tip Sheet No. 6: What is the Difference Between Screening and Assessment?
- Screening and Assessment in Head Start
- The Challenge of Assessing Children: One Migrant Head Start's Story
