What Develops? Understanding Assessment in Early Childhood Education
We are pleased to provide the presentations from our second annual workshop entitled “What Develops? Understanding Assessment in Early Childhood Education”, at the University of British Columbia. Once again, the workshop was held as a “track day” prior to the annual conference of the Early Childhood Educators of British Columbia (ECEBC) on Thursday, May 13, at the University of British Columbia. The co-sponsors of the workshop along with ECEBC included the Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP), the Consortium for Health, Intervention, Learning and Development (CHILD Project), ECEBC, the Psychoeducational Research Training Centre at UBC (PRTC) and the Infant Development Programs of British Columbia (IDP of BC).
This year’s workshop was an exciting, thought-provoking and stimulating day of presentations and discussions with 200 delegates in attendance. Paul Kershaw, Acting Director of HELP, greeted the delegates and the presenters, on behalf of Hillel Goelman (on sabbatical). Martha Piper, President of the University of British Columbia, delivered some enthusiastic opening remarks on the relevance of early identification and services for infants and young children who are at risk for developmental disabilities. Gerry Kysela, Clinical Director of the Family Centre Practices Group, Vancouver and Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta, delivered the keynote presentation “ Understanding the Challenges in Assessing Young Children “, described by many delegates as “inspiring” and “though provoking”.
Following last years’ requests from participants, the conference presenters included a team of early childhood educators, elementary school teachers, professionals in the health and mental health fields and university professors. They all shared their visions on the nature of formal and informal assessment of young children, and contributed their experiences and academic expertise with valuable strategies for all participants — parents, front-line workers and professionals in the education, child, youth and family work, health and mental health fields.Once again, there were lively discussions between participants and presenters during the morning and afternoon workshops.
Dana Brynelsen, Provincial Advisor, Infant Development Programs of BC and Esther Pace, Manager, Child Youth and Family Program, Vancouver Island Health Authority, delivered the closing remarks, “Where are the Children? Assessments for Whom?” described by presenters as “very empowering” and “very informative”. Participants rated the workshop as “excellent” and, for the second year, voiced strong support for holding “similar workshops” on assessment and practical intervention strategies for 0 – 8 years throughout
2005.
We would like to thank:
| ECEBC and their Board of Directors, in particular Diane Tannahill, President | |
| Joyce Branscombe and Nicky Byres of EventAbility | |
| Dana Brynelsen and the Provincial Advisor Office of IDP of BC | |
| William McKee and The Psychoeducational Training Centre at UBC | |
| Clyde Hertzman and staff from HELP and CHILD | |
| …for their support and enthusiasm in presenting this exciting event | |
| We gratefully acknowledge the administrative and logistical support provided by: | |
| Lori Boerma, The Psychoeducational Training Centre, UBC | |
| Paul Darquin and the Audio Visual Department, Faculty of Education, UBC | |
| Eileen Grant, CHILD Project Coordinator with HELP | |
| Gillian Heninger and Carlotta Spino with HELP | |
| Jo Anne Naslund, Education Library, UBC | |
| D’Anne Rathie, Office of the Provincial Advisor, Infant Development Programs of BC | |
| Kieran Ryan and staff, Office of External Programs UBC | |
| Warm thanks to our Volunteers: | |
| Sarah Duncanson, Eric George, Surita Jassal, and Carla Merkel, graduate students in Laurie Ford’s lab, Faculty of Education, UBC | |
| David Wu (HELP) and Francisco Ng (UBC) |
| Presentations | Speaker |
| Keynote Address: Understanding the Challenges in Assessing Young Children | Gerard M. Kysela, Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta, and Director, The Family Centre Practices Group, Vancouver, B.C. |
| Translating Theories of Emotion into Prevention and Treatment in Early Childhood: Examples of Current Programs | Kimberly Schonert-Reichl, Faculty of Education, UBCVeronica Smith, Ph. D. CandidateAngela M. Jaramillo, Graduate Student, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education, UBC |
| Steps to Building a Successful Transition into Kindergarten for Children with Special Needs. (Please refer to May 2003 handouts by M. Docharty) | Maureen Docharty, Vancouver School Board |
| The Child as Literacy Learner: How to Observe and Assess Children’s Developing Literacy Skills in the Preschool Years |
Jan Wells, Vancouver School Board |
| Parent-Infant Interactions, Bio-Behaviour and Stress Regulation: Theory, Research and Assessment (1)Parent-Infant Interactions, Bio-Behaviour and Stress Regulation: Theory, Research and Assessment (2) | Julie Petrie –Thomas, Ph. D. Candidate, UBC and BC Research Institute for the BC Women and Children’s Health Centre of BCandDavid Haley, Centre for Community Child Health Research, UBC and BC Research Institute for the BC Women and Children’s Health Centre of BC |
| Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: The Role of the Early Childhood Educator in Recognition | Barbara Fitzgerald, Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children; UBC |
| Assessing Communication and Social/Emotional Development in Children who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Infancy to Early School Age | Janet Jamieson, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education, UBCSusan Lane, BC Family Hearing Resource Centre |
| Paediatric Developmental Assessment of Preschool and School-Aged Children: The Role of the Front Line Worker | Jill Houbé, Women and Children’s Health Centre of BC |
| Assessing the Emotional Development of Vulnerable Children from Birth to Age 3 |
Mary Lee Best, Alan Cashmore Centre |
| Politics, Publishers or Best Practice? | Marianne McTavish, Ph.D. Candidate, Faculty of Education, UBC |
| Mediated Teaching and Learning: Alternate Spaces of Process, Context and Advocacy |
Marilou Carrillo, VSB and Ph.D. Candidate, School of Social Work, UBC |
| Understanding and Responding to Misbehaviour | Georgina Robinson, Ph. D. Candidate, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education |
| Putting the Pieces of the Puzzle Together: Working as a Cross Disciplinary Team in Conducting Early Childhood Assessments |
Laurie Ford, Faculty of Education, Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education |
| Accountability? Exploring the Effects of External Testing on Teachers |
Margot Filipenko, Faculty of Education, Department of Language and Literacy Education, UBC |
| Understanding and Assessing Giftedness in Young Children–Handout | Marion Porath, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education UBC |
| Early Indicators of Autism in Young Children | Pat Mirenda, Faculty of Education, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education UBC |
| Promoting School Readiness Through Community Based Developmental Screening | Susan Dahinten, School of Nursing, UBC |
| Closing Session:“Where are All the Children? Assessments for Whom?” | Dana Brynelsen, Provincial Advisor, IDP of BC and Esther Pace, R.N., Manager, Child Youth and Family Program, Vancouver Island Health Authority |
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