Early Childhood Observation Paper

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The researchers explained the focus of the paper, the subjects, and methods used in a way that was understandable and useful to me because as both an early childhood educator and a parent of a child who is currently having speech therapy, I have a great understanding of why having reliable instruments for the screening and assessment is necessary, especially for early intervention to take place. Children with special needs can easily fall in between the cracks especially in a classroom setting if they are not able to receive the extra support they need to help them develop accordingly.
I definitely see the need for screening and assessment to take place as soon as possible if a child is showing any signs of possible impairment. I can remember when I first inquired about my sons speech development to his pediatrician, the response that I got was pretty trying to tell me that I’m just comparing him with my daughter and that he was within normal limits of communication for his age. At first I tried to believe what the pediatrician said but I continued to observe him for my self and noticed how much of a challenge he was having with pronunciation and speaking clearly. With him not being a very talkative child and having great …show more content…

With the pediatrician only focusing on the word count for the amount of words my son uses for his age, he was constantly meeting the developmental milestones according to his pediatrician but I just knew he needed extra support so I gave a lower number for his word count at one of his visits in order for him to get a referral and once the hearing test was ruled out and he met with a speech therapist to have an assessment done it was then that we discovered that he had a bit of a tongue tie issue which was hindering him from clearly making certain

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