Informal assessment

Your observations and interviewing skills will form an important part of your assessment. When first working with infants, it may feel overwhelming to watch the baby and administer an assessment at the same time. This will improve with experience.

Filming the session (with parental consent) may also help with this in addition to attending professional development activities and mentoring.

The use of an assessment proforma will help with directing your questioning and can later be used as a tool to assist with your documentation of the assessment.

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