evaluation
Level B of this module introduces assessment, monitoring and evaluation approaches,
especially the analysis of language and communication skills which are crucial to
all learning and improved quality of life.
It covers a range of structured observations of children's responses to visual, auditory
and other stimuli to identify learning objectives for teaching basic communication
of wants, needs and emotions.
The materials in this level are intended to provide those working with children with SLD/PMLD/CLDD the tools to be able to:
- Use structured observations of children's responses to visual, auditory and other stimuli to identify learning objectives for teaching basic communication of wants, needs and emotions; and
- Make summative assessments of children’s attainment in a particular strand of learning in relation to the p-scales.
Details of the professional standards which apply to all teachers in England can be obtained from the Department for Education website. These standards apply to all teachers regardless of their career stage and all aspects of the standards are relevant to teachers working with children with special educational needs.
As defined by the Department for Education Special Educational Needs Code of Practice (2001), 'Special Educational Needs' refers to children who have a learning difficulty. This means that they either:
- Have a significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of children of the same age; or
- Have a disability which prevents or hinders them from making use of educational facilities of a kind generally provided for children of the same age in schools within the area of the local education authority.
