Syllabus
· Assessment process and its phases
· Qualitative diagnostic methods– observation, interview, product analysis
· Principles of using qualitative assessment methods
· Principles of counselling
· Assessment and support of the development of gross and fine motor skills, graphomotor skills and visuo-motor coordination
· Assessment and support of the development of visual and auditory perception
· Assessment of laterality
· Assessment and support of spatial orientation development
· Assessment of School Readiness
Annotation
The course is focused on assessment and counselling in early and preschool age (developmental diagnostics, diagnostics of motor skills, perception, laterality, spatial orientation, comprehensive diagnostics of school readiness, support of the development of preschool children and prevention of specific learning disabilities). Students also get acquainted with the principles of counselling and the specifics of the administration of quantitative (standardized and non-standardized tests) and qualitative diagnostic methods (observation, interview, product analysis).