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Description: What do the words top, center, last, before, and farthest all have in common? These relational concepts are building blocks for school readiness! Attend this webinar and not only gain insight on how assessment can be used to understand what children know about early concepts but learn how to progress monitor using an authentic early childhood assessment. Instructor: Catherine Smyth, Ph.D. Instructor s Title: Director of Research Instructor s Affiliation: Anchor Center for Blind Children Instructor s Email: csmyth@anchorcenter.org Primary Core or ECC Area: Early Concept Development in literacy, numeracy, and orientation and mobility, Assessment Target Audience: Teachers of students with visual impairment, early childhood special educators, school psychologists Pre-requisite knowledge: None Lesson Plan Goal: Introduce the tactile and big picture versions of the Boehm-3 Preschool Assessment Learning Objectives: Participants will identify the term authentic assessment and the different uses of assessments in education. Participants will observe a demonstration of the materials in the big picture and tactile version of the Boehm-3 Preschool Assessment from APH. Participants will discuss the history and various uses of Boehm-3 Preschool Assessment from APH for young children and children with additional differences with visual impairment. |
