Observation, Assessment, Documentation and Support of Young Children

Fall 2014

Individualized Educational Plan

(IEP)
Cognitive Development

Social/Emotional Development

(Discuss Childs Cognitive Development)

(Discuss Childs Social and Emotional Development)

Childs Strengths

Michael attends and engages in activities

Michael can count from one to twenty in
English and Spanish
Michael can use his imagination while
playing in the kitchen area and dramatic
area
Michael can identify and compare shapes
Michael can ask different questions during
group activities and reading time

Childs Strengths

Childs Challenges

Childs Challenges

Michael can easily give up during activities

Michael has a limited ability to solve nonsocial problems
Michael needs help on writing his name
and engaging in writing activities
Michael needs help on identifying the
alphabet letters
Michael needs help on identifying his site
words
Michael needs help on recognizing and
recalling time and place
How are Challenges being addressed?
Encouraging Michael by proving
suggestions
Working one on one and helping Michael in
his thought process
Providing different writing materials to
encourage Michael to write his name.
Encourage Michael to identify the alphabet
by providing lace letters, alphabet card
games and sensory activities with the
alphabet
Proving Michael visual images such as a
schedule visual to recall time and place

Michael can form relationships with his

classmates and teachers
Michael can respond to emotional cues (such
as, Im angry and I am sad) or when a child
is upset or has been hurt
Michael shows affection when peers are upset
he gives them a hand or simply gives them a
hug to feel better

Michael has a low self-esteem hes afraid to try

new things
Michael has problems on solving social
conflicts when playing with peers. Michael
starts tantrums that last about ten minutes
during social problems ( when a child takes an
object that he was playing with or says
something that hurts him)
Michael cant follow limit and expectations
during group activities. If a teacher says its
time to put things away he continues with the
activity. He gets angry if the teacher tells him
that the activity is over he immediately starts
his tantrums
Michael commands other peers while they are
at play. He tells them No, you do it like this!!
You sit here and you sit on this chair and I sit
here (in the kitchen area).If a child does not
listen he screams and runs all around the class.
How are Challenges being addressed?
Give Michael words and techniques to learn
how to solve social problems with peers
Explaining Michael about how others feel
when he commands ( Providing puppet plays
and books to support the idea about feelings)
Have a visual chart with transitions to other
activities. For example, if you do this then you
can do this.
Create activities about sharing and taking
turns. Proving Michael with a variety of books
about the topic and placing the books around
the classroom.

Observation, Assessment, Documentation and Support of Young Children

Fall 2014
Physical Development

Language Development

(Discuss Childs Physical Development)

(Discuss Childs language Development)

Large

Fine

Childs Strengths

Michael can use his words independently

when he needs to use the bathroom or wants
something

Michael uses conventional grammar

Childs Strengths

Michael can pedal a tricycle

Michael can run, jump, skip, hop during
outdoor play
Michael can kick and catch a ball
Michael can use writing tools correctly ( he
can hold a pencil or crayon)
Michael can weave; he is able to put the
string inside the hole.
Michael is able to use a pair of scissors
correctly.

Childs Challenges

Michael has master the skills in both large

and fine motor

Michael can use more than four phrases

Michael comprehends language

Childs Challenges

Michael cant tell about different time or place

How are Challenges being addressed?

Ask Michael open- ended questions
Help Michael with language modeling

How are Challenges being addressed?

N/A

Manipulate the boxes as needed. Each box should detail the childs strengths and challenges
in bullet format.