Yulia Sorokina Cumulative Assessment Assignment Identifying Information: Name: Joy DOB: 5-23-09 Age: 4 years, 6 months, and

19 days Examiner: Yulia Sorokina Location: (Joys home) Urbana, IL, 61801 Date of Assessment: December 7, 2013 Date of Report: December 10, 2013 Test Used: APES, Adaptive and Gross Motor Language Used: English Background Information:

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Birth and medical history: I do not have access to this information; Joys parents did not disclose it. Developmental History: Joys parents chose to not disclose this information. Educational Experiences: Joy is currently in an inclusive play-based preschool classroom. She attends preschool in the mornings every week day, and then is picked up to stay at home with her mother. She has been in this classroom for a year, and Joy receives extra support from her teacher in the classroom. Her parents also supplement Joys learning by practicing letter recognition, sign language, and drawing at home, along with adaptive skills. In a previous interview, Christina, Joys mom, stated that Joy is working on toilet skills. Toilet skills have been difficult for Joy, so I followed up in this interview on her progress. Method of Assessment: From the AEPS assessment, I chose to focus on Gross Motor and Adaptive sections. Joy has a large play space at home so it is convenient to play with her there

and observe gross motor skills. Also, from a previous interview I learned that Joy is working on certain Adaptive skills such as toilet training, so I decided to observe and question her parents about her development in that area. The Gross Motor test focuses on assessing climbing, jumping, throwing and catching a ball, balancing, running, hoping, and other motions related to movement and play. The adaptive area focuses on self-help skills such as eating, preparing food, combing hair, washing, and toilet skills. Results of Assessment: Gross Motor: Joy scored an average raw score of 25, with a 73.52 Area Percent Score. From observing Joys gross motor skills, I was impressed with her ability to kick, pass, and dribble a ball. Her older brothers are very involved with soccer, so they spend a great deal of time attending games and playing as a family outside. Due to this, Joy is very advanced beyond her age. She demonstrated these skills to me when we were playing with a ball in her play area. Joy can also generally catch and throw a ball, however with some assistance. I played catch with her as well, and her father Sean helped her with catching and throwing occasionally. Joy enjoys jumping, and prompted by her father she showed her jumping and hoping skills. She was able to jump in place and from the couch, to the coffee table, and to the floor. I then modeled to Joy how to balance on one foot, and Joy with some assistance from Sean was able to do so too. After learning about her acquired and emerging skills, Sean informed me that Joy is not yet riding a bicycle with training wheels, she will be introduced to this later in her development. He stated that they want to find a very safe training bicycle, since they are not fully sure of her hand/eye/foot motion coordination.

Adaptive: Joy scored an Area Raw Score of 36, with an Area Percent Score 51.42. I was able to observe Joy eating a snack, and I also discussed many of the other skills in the assessment with her father since I was not able to observe them. Joy was eating chips and yogurt, drinking juice from a glass cup. From my previous interactions with Joy, I learned that she enjoys potatoes, and anything fried. She is not a picky eater for a child her age, and I have previously observed her eating a burger with fries from Dairy Queen. Sean stated that Joy is similar to many preschoolers in the respect that she will not eat foods she cannot easily identify, for instance a casserole. While she was eating, she used a spoon for the yogurt. Sean said that she usually can use a spoon without assistance; however for a fork or knife she does need some assistance. From Sean, I learned that Joy enjoys grooming; she can brush her teeth, bathe, comb hair, and wash her face with little to no assistance. Joy showed me her closet with her outfit, and she demonstrated putting on a coat and taking it off when Sean and Joy came to meet me. She can put on her boots and sweaters; however she still needs help with strings and ties. She likes to wear a variety of clothes, and usually knows when she should change clothing. Joy has been working on toilet goals, and from a report from Sean I learned that she sometimes can use the toilet, flush, and indicate that she needs to go. However, there are still times Christina and Sean look for nonverbal cues to identify when Joy needs to go to the toilet, and if she needs assistance. After learning about Joys acquired and emerging skills, Sean told me that Joy cannot usually prepare her food, so she has food set out before she eats (pouring, serving, spreading with a knife.) Summary: From my interactions with Joy, I learned that she is a very active child, and many of her advanced gross motor skills have emerged due to her brother Keiths involvement in soccer. Joy likes to play outside, run, and jump, so she scored a 2 in each of those categories. She is still

working on her emergent skills in throwing and catching a ball. I learned that she is not learned yet how to bounce a ball, skip, and ride a bicycle. Her parents want her to learn how to bicycle eventually, and are planning on practicing with her more on throwing and bouncing a ball. In the adaptive area Joy consistently met criteria with eating, selecting, biting, chewing, and drinking food and drink. She has emergent skills in personal hygiene that have been ongoing goals for her, and from observation and report I learned that with some assistance Joy can perform many of the functions of dressing and undressing. I also learned that Joy has not yet learned how to prepare and serve food, and these skills will be taught to her in the future. Part II: Conclusions about Joy: From the past three assessments, I learned that Joy is a very sociable and outgoing child, she loves spending time with her family, and as mentioned by Christina in a previous assessment Joy is very caring and loves cuddling. Joys strength is also that she is not a picky eater, and is also very active with her brother Keith. She can kick the ball and pass it with her feet with no assistance, and can run, jump, walk up and down stairs with no assistance. Joy is very friendly, and has been practicing her expressive language skills along with ASL as I learned in the previous assessments. Joys goals are currently related to toilet training, and using verbal cues when needs to go or needs assistance. Since she is working on expressive language, her parents want her to communicate her needs effectively by learning more words to enunciate. Joy is being raised in a very caring and loving home, and her parents keep track of her progress as she develops. Since I have not had a chance to assess Joy at school, I have not been able to assess how she is with peers. Christina stated that Joy has a friend that comes over after carpool, and she usually engages in parallel play with children at her preschool. I learned from a previous assessment that Joys letter recognition skills are very developed, since she has taken an active

interest in learning her letters. Joy also enjoys drawing, playing with toy animals, and watching Alex and Lia sign language videos on her iPad. Comparison and Critique of 3 Assessment Methods: The three assessment methods were similar in many respects for me when I administered them. Since I was able to only observe Joy at home, the assessments were based on observations and reports from her parents. It was a relaxed setting for all three assignments, Joy was also eager to play and participate. The Family Routines assessment was done in an interview between me and Christina, while Joy ate her lunch. Christina informed me about the basic areas of Joys development, and the general day to life in her family. Conducting the Environmental Assessment gave a closer look into Joys life, since I was able to see many of the aspects that Christina mentioned in the Family Routines interview. Seeing Joys home helped me connect better with Joy, since she was more comfortable and was willing to play with me. The AEPS assessment was done at Joys home, and it went well because of the continuity of conducting the assessments in an environment that Joy is relaxed in. She was comfortable with me being there, and wanted to play and show off her toys. This environment was relaxed and helped me ask Sean further questions about her development. Skills as an Examiner: Throughout this process, I learned that I am comfortable conducting home assessments. This setting was very relaxed and made me, Joy, and her parents at ease when discussing her development and goals. I was surprised at this, since I have not previously had such an experience. I would like to learn more about conducting assessments at school while teaching, since I have not had opportunity to do so yet in this assignment. I realize that there are many areas that can be only assessed at school or at home, so it is important that I have experience with school assessment as well. I was glad that I was able to let Joys family feel

comfortable with me coming to their home, and spending time with Joy. I was surprised that Joy warmed up quickly to me, however I learned later that she is used to interactions and assessments with adults on a frequent basis at school.