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Early Childhood Education and Care News
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November 2, 2021
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Kia ora, this week how Maungaraki Kindergarten is using Learning Notes to communicate children's early learning and support assessment. Also, results of a pre-emptive intervention for autism by an international team at the Telethon Kids Institute in Australia yields promising results.
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Learning Notes: Supporting engagement and assessment
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Learning Stories are the most established form of assessment for early childhood education in New Zealand, yet over ten years ago academic Dr Ken Blaiklock proposed an alternative approach, Learning Notes. Propelled by Blaiklock's research, Maungaraki Kindergarten undertook a robust evaluation process and introduced Learning Notes with outstanding results.
Like Learning Stories, Learning Notes are used to help communicate children's early learning experiences. Except while Learning Stories are written in a narrative story format, Learning Notes are short observations with associated learning outcomes. They are used for formative and summative assessment.
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Early childhood autism breakthrough
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A parent-led therapy that supports the social development of babies displaying early signs of autism has significantly reduced the likelihood of an autism diagnosis being made in early childhood, according to world-first research led by CliniKids at the Telethon Kids Institute, in Australia.
The study found that a clinician diagnosis of autism at age three was only a third as likely in children who received the pre-emptive therapy (iBASIS-VIPP) compared to those who received treatment as usual.
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