A Tool to Profile Neural, Sensory and Motor Development in Children at School Entry, Identifying Possible Barriers to Learning and Emotional Well-Being in Early Childhood

Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us

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Early Childhood Education; Young Children; Identification; Neurological Organization; Sensory Experience; Motor Development; Child Development; Barriers; Well Being; Learning; Emotional Experience; Profiles; Early Intervention; Measures (Individuals); Reliability; Validity; Usability; Psychomotor Skills; Auditory Perception

10.1111/1467-9604.12455

0268-2141
1467-9604

The objective of the study was to develop a prototype for an accessible, high quality, cost and time-effective 'Development Profiling Tool' for use in reception classes. This would build a unique picture of every individual child's developmental at the beginning of their educational journey, meaning that interventions for any comparable areas of difficulty could be started early in the child's schooling. In this study, a prototype of the tool was developed and tested for reliability, validity and usability. Through content analysis of a range of screeners and the merging of targeted expertise, a single 54 question observational questionnaire was constructed that incorporated the five developmental domains considered to impact on learning and emotional well-being: auditory skills; internal senses (proprioception and vestibular input); external senses (auditory, visual and tactile responsivity); fine motor skills and gross motor skills. Thus, the Development Profiling Tool was created.

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2023

EJ1401476