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[kellsi90]

can anybody help me on this question i am really stuck and my tutor is coming tomorrow.

explain the role of the childcare practitioner and other professionals in assessing and profiling development and when and where any concerns about development should be referred.

any help would be appriciated thanks.

[Ruthierhyme]

Hi, my understanding of this is that the role of assessing & profiling is to evidence your knowledge of an individual Child in order to provide reources, services, help & support where considered necessary.

Another way to look at it is that it may also be used to see how a child's development fits with what's already being provided - enabling a setting to improve/adapt provision to fit/meet the child's needs.

Refferals would be in line with developmental 'norms - where a child has yet to reach milestones or fluency you may consider refferal or looking for professional advice - which in turn would be in line with your setting's own refferal contacts/procedure.

Hth xx

[kellsi90]

thank you but im still not sure on what the question is asking me to write

[Ruthierhyme]

Hi sorry, its asking you to examine what profiling and assessing means, what your role as a childcare practitioner is in it all, and why you would refer concerns.

It may help if you have a copy of your policies & see what they state as the procedure for refferal.

Profile - biographical sketch from free dictionary.com and assessment from wikipedia

xx

[kellsi90]

thank you this has really helped me now. i can finally answer the question now