408 : inform your evaluations in relations to child development
 

What do you use to inform your evaluations in relations to child development
sounds so easy but having problems putting something down.

What information do you collect to form the monitoring, evaluation and reporting on a child's progress, getting so stressed today with this.

Personally, experience and knowledge of how flexible development can be. Professionally - I can do statement's were what we based judgements on - stepping stones were in operation at the same time, development matters supersedes them both which now has progress matters as its tool for monitoring evaluation - ready to stand corrected

Tbh it's one of the combined evidencing areas that is mind blowing. Once fully mastered you could go on and apply for any CEO position - nhs or corporate :With love:lol. I'm not sure what evaluation methods settings have in place, but documents available online, inside out knowledge of the learning journey/journal system, development chart information from books & online could all be used to build a setting's individual provision of mapping development - The Early Learning Goals. This will also depend on the age band you work with and if additional frameworks need to be used - primary/foundation & eys profiling, assessments ..

An additional place to collect information from may be from the PCHR - Personal Child health record, development & checks. I've found these development guides great for backing up resource learning areas and activity ideas. Using basic milestones, knowledge of an activity's attributes, its values for age groups and relying on the input from others who are more closely associated with specialisms/own Children & needs.
How it would all fit together to prove eyfs compliance is something else.

First moves: Actions to support independance, creativity, physical and emotional wellbeing.
Lifts head clear of the ground - potentially from birth
Rolls over - potentially from 6mths
Sits with support - potentially from 6mths
Sits alone - potentially from 9mths
Moves around or Crawls - potentially from 9mths
Stands holding on - potentially from 9mths
Stands alone - potentially from 9mths
Walks holding on - potentially from 9mths
Walks alone - potentially from 9mths

Finding hands: tools for communication, interaction, creativity/innovation, physical and emotional wellbeing.
Stares at hands - potentially from 2mths
Grabs and holds items - potentially from 3mths
Drops things intentionally - potentially from 8mths
Picks up small items - potentially from 9mths
Opens cupboards - potentially from 9mths - capt.org.uk
Finger feeds - potentially from 6mths - BLW baby led weaning
Feeds with a spoon - potentially from 12mths
Uses a fork and then a knife - activity ideas
Holds a pencil and makes a mark - potentially from 12mths

Finding words: language & communication
Smiles - potentially from birth ordinarily from 6weeks
Laughs - potentially from 4mths
Babbles - potentially from 4mths
Copies noises - potentially from 9mths
Says 'mama/dada' to anyone - potentially from 9mths
Says a recoginsable other word - potentially from 12mths
Joins two recognisable words together - potentially from 16mths
Speaks in a sentence - potentially from 24 mths

Finding out about others: abilities that can support independance, asking for help/advice, economic and positve well being.
Stares at a face - potentially from 2mths
Moves eyes to watch movement - potentially from 3mths
Smiles at people - potentially from 3mths
Cries when left - potentially from 6mths
Holds up arms to be lifted - potentially from 6mths
May sleep through the night - potentially from 4mths

Hearing:
Responds to sounds - potentially from birth
Turns head to sound - potentially from 3mths
Actively looks for the source of a sound - potentially from 9mths

With consideration given to professional recommendations regarding:
Disabilities and impairments
Direct gov.uk - impairments from free dictionary
Health Encyclopedia / dictionary from NHSWalesdirect.
Guidelines for oral dental health
USA's CDC Oral health guide - UK dental checkups
Guidelines for eye sight health
Opthalmology - Wikipedia and RNIB.org.uk
Guidelines for immunisation health
Immunisations.nhs.uk

Guidelines/statutory & recommended for development - eyfs development matters and progress matters - DCSF national strategies
Guidelines for dietary health - fruit, vegetable, other foods, fluids - water:
Nutrition.org .uk from BNF
Vegetarian Society Health
Water.org.uk

Some of the development information has been adapted from my son's own Personal Child Health Record book - issued in year 2000 and using the linked PCHR pdf as a current guide - Harlow Healthcare publishing health institute: PCHR - Personal Child health record book June 2009 PDF and the 2009 book information - On page 81 of the 2009 book it gives timetabled information on health & development/review occasions - 0 to 18 yrs of age

General information on Health records - CKS Library
Wikipedia Child Development stages
Know the signs and Act Early development stages
Fantastic PDFs from US department for Education - Healthy Start 'Your child by month 0-12mths

Aspects that may influence behaviour, practitioner response:
Separation anxiety article
Sleep occurences
Safety advice by age - Accidents and child development from Teachernet

I'm not sure if this is what's needed but reflection/a reflective approach can be a tool for monitoring development/provision, staff meetings that identify gaps in planning / provision for development. Ways of checking/monitoring activity take up/participation by the Children and as necessary the impact take up has on or for an individual's development goals, attainment of them, next step setting and all the written evidencing of them.

Reporting progress thread


Hth
xx

Thank you so much for that fantastic