02 Feb List the agency/support group

Unit 2 discussion

DQ1 Community Resources

This is a multi-step discussion:

Provide a brief description of your community including basic demographics and basic background information.

Identify 10 resources (5 community and 5 educational) in your town or county that are available to support individuals with disabilities, with a special focus on those resources available for children birth to age 8.

List the agency/support group by name, address and phone number including a brief description of the services offered by each agency and how they support individuals with disabilities.

DQ2 Assessments

From the readings, you can see that parents are often intimidated when told their child will benefit from an assessment. Their worries include thoughts such as, what will the assessment be like? Will my child be scared? What happens if my child doesn’t do well? Will I look like I’m not a good parent?

Now think about assessments from the perspective of children, especially young children – through age 8 years. How do you think they might feel? They will most likely be approached by a stranger and invited to go with him/her to a strange location. This person will take out the materials needed for the assessment and start interacting with the child. Imagine what is going through their heads. How will their feelings affect the testing results? Please be specific.

Please share any personal stories about assessments and young children.