Infant Toddler (Birth to Three) Development Series. ~ Define the issues and trends related to assessment of young children with disabilities ~ Describe characteristics of and various formats for effective observation ~ Describe the critical role the family plays in the screening, evaluation and assessment processes ~ Identify strategies to establish a collaborative partnership with the family and engage them in the assessment process ~ Describe effective communication principles and techniques with families including consideration of cultural and linguistic differences ~ Demonstrate knowledge of home based and group-care based curriculum strategies for infants and toddlers with special needs. ~ Identify the relationship of an infant/toddler's functional outcome goals on his/her IFSP created by the family and other team members with integrated interventions. ~ Assist the family in accessing services in the most natural service delivery environments

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