INEC 503 - Assessment for Planning in Inclusive Early Childhood Education Systems

The focus of this course is to examine and practice how assessment drives planning and instruction. This course will also focus on the process leading up to and including the development of useful, practical, and teacher/family-friendly Individualized Family Service Plans (IFSPs) and Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) to address the requirements of State and Federal regulations and the specific needs of children, birth through age 8, and families. We will explore required skills needs for the IFSP/IEP process as well as regulatory information, referral information, evaluations, eligibility procedures and requirements, identifying present levels of performance, writing meaningful and measurable annual goals and short-term objectives/benchmarks, teacher participation, functional behavior assessments, and development of the IFSP/IEP. 20 hours fieldwork required for Initial and Changing cert levels; 25 hours fieldwork required for Same cert level.

Prerequisites & Notes
Initial certification: INCL 501, INCL 502, INEC 510
Changing level certification: INCL 601, INCL 602, INEC 510
Same level certification: INCL 601 and 602

Credits: 3