FDA5062 - Assessments and Interventions

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
formulate questions based on data including statistics related to health, nutrition, growth, development and welfare in young children;
relate legislation, policies, strategies and curricular guidance, to assessment and intervention practices;
summarise key principles of standard techniques in assessment and intervention practices;
plan for specific progression through setting up assessments and interventions and construct reasoned arguments relating to the use of intervention strategies;
explain workplace policies and procedures relating to direct work with diverse contexts of children and families.

Content:

The module will include a study of:
- analysis of a range of data, including statistics, related to local and national figures for young children's health, nutrition, safety, development and welfare;
- legislation and policies that guide or stipulate the use of assessment and intervention practices for children and their families, e.g. with regard to issues of safeguarding;
- a range of relevant assessment and intervention frameworks, processes, strategies and practices related to current processes, e.g. standard early years and educational assessments, and the impact and consequences of these in a multi-agency context;
- evaluation of settings' assessment and intervention policies and practice.

Within this module, students will be expected to begin to interpret statistical and thematic data.

Learning and Teaching Information:

This module will address the following Foundation Degree participants:
- Supporting Early Years
- Supporting Children and Families in Social Contexts.
Learning and teaching will include a range of methods such as lectures, seminars, e-working, workshops and tutorials, with emphasis on team experience and peer support, large and small group discussions, problem-solving activities and individual and paired working. Group learning is a key feature of this module. They will have the opportunity to develop practice skills through experiential learning.

Students will be given reading in preparation for each seminar. Students will be asked to critically apply developing knowledge and understanding to case studies. Course documentation, support materials and web based materials will be available on the VLE as appropriate.

Study skills will continue to be developed. During the course of each session there will be opportunities for tutor/student interaction to meet individual needs and help develop skills, confidence, competence, knowledge and understanding relating to the aims and objectives.

Students will continue to maintain their Personal Development Log during this module and on-going self-evaluation will be part of the students' identification of needs.

Lectures, seminars, learning activities, workshops and tutorials, e-engagement e.g. e-for a, VLE activities
Contact hours: 20
Intended Group size: cohort

Flexibly delivered assessment support/ e-support including tutorials
Contact hours: 5
Intended Group size: 6-10

Work-based tasks
Contact hours: 25
Intended Group size: 1

Guided independent study
Hours: 150

Further details relating to assessment
A leaflet presentation in the final session, accompanied by notes, is a requirement. Formative feedback informs the rationale and essay.

Assessment:

001 Poster and individual notes; 2,000 word equiv.; during block 2 50%
002 Case study critique; 2,000 words; end of block 2 50%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Syra Shakir
Level - 5
Credit Value - 20
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 5FD25FD2

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