7b. QToDs and assessments
Qualified Teachers of Deaf Children and Young People (QToDs)
鈥nderstand that assessments are crucial to inform statutory processes such as Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs), Additional Learning Provision (ALP), Child Plans, etc
鈥now about the standardisation processes around the different assessments and what these means for a DCYP
鈥now how to use a wide range of assessments (as appropriate) to monitor a DCYP鈥檚 communication and language development
鈥onitor communication, receptive, and expressive language skills, taking account of the first language used by the DCYP
鈥onitor functional listening skills through personal amplification and assistive listening technology and the different situations in which a DCYP spends their time
鈥now when assessments show that there could be an additional need and how to seek a differential diagnosis
鈥onsider how adaptations might be possible to ascertain skills in children where formal assessment may be difficult or not age appropriate
鈥onsider holistic assessment, eg social and emotional development, maths, literacy, listening, pragmatics, ToM, cognition, sensory integration
鈥pecialist assessments also involve looking at all areas for independence and access, eg equipment in the home and for university, employability, team building, etc
鈥e involved in the two-year-old progress checks
鈥e aware of involving DCYP and their families in national research projects
鈥ave the knowledge and skills to support DCYP and their families through the relevant statutory assessment processes; knowledge of time frames, writing effective requests and plans, etc
鈥e able to explain to DCYP and families specialist assessments from other professionals, eg EP, aetiology, SLT, audiology, etc.
- NDCS
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New –听It has been confirmed that QToDs can use the new Reynell Language Scales.
- (CDI 2e)
- *Specific learning difficulties (SpLD) Assessment Standards Committee (SASC) has recommended to their members the removal of this test ( ) due to the age of the publication, the test remain an assessment option for QToDs.
- primary
- (ACE 6 鈥� 11)聽 *now decommissioned, but continues to provide useful (non-standardised) information for QToDs
- (CELF-5 鈥� UK)
- (NAMES)
- (Teachers pay teachers website)
- (APT)
- (CCT1)
- – BSL and speech reading assessments
- Wolfgang Mann’s聽Dynamic assessment resource
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7a. Assessments
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Section 1聽Deaf identity
Section 2聽Communication, language, and literacy
Section 3 Understand access to sound
Section 4 聽Social, emotional, physical, and mental health
Section 5 Manage change
Section 6 Preparation for adulthood
