Three aspects of early childhood special education assessment: Family interviews, learning styles, and parent‐child interactions

Abstract

Assessment in early childhood special education needs to go beyond diagnosis of the child in isolation and include evaluation of the child using an ecological perspective. The ecological perspective will assess interactions of the child with significant people in the environment such as parents and teachers. This article will focus on three aspects of ecological early childhood assessment: the family interview, the evaluation of adult‐child learning styles, and parent‐child interactions.