Rough Draft of Final Project
For this week’s assignment, you will develop a rough draft outline for your Final Project in Week 5. Looking ahead and starting to think about a language and cognition intervention plan will help you be successful later in the course. This assignment can be developed in outline form but the more detail you provide, the more feedback your instructor will be able to provide you.
o prepare for your assignment:
Please refer to the Week 3 Guidance for further tips and examples that will support your success on this assignment.
Review the ECD 320: Week 3 Assignment Template Download ECD 320: Week 3 Assignment Templatefor assistance in creating your assignment.
Review the ECD 320 Case Studies Download ECD 320 Case Studies. These case studies are an example as you will need to create your own case study in the assignment.
Develop your Intervention Plan Outline addressing the following requirements:
Professional Role and Philosophy:
Describe your current or future role as an early childhood development professional.
Include the setting and age level that you will be working with in your specific role.
Describe the theoretical framework that most aligns with your professional philosophy of cognitive and language development in diverse learners. Refer back to Week 1 Theories of Language Development and Week 2 Theories of Cognitive and Language Development discussions for support.
Case Study:
Develop a Case Study including a summary of the child’s strengths, in all developmental areas.
Develop a summary of the child’s challenges including specifics on their cognitive or language delay or disorder. Include a specific description of what the child can and cannot do. Be sure to include specific developmental milestones in functional performance of how the student’s disability or disorder affects his/her involvement and progress in the general educational setting. Refer back to Week 3 Language Development Milestones discussion for support.
Goals:
List one short-term goal that you could develop for the child. Visit the All Developmental Milestones: Guide to Baby’s Speech and Language DevelopmentLinks to an external site. for identifying one area that you could enhance to help support the child’s language and cognitive development, then develop one short-term goal. An example of a goal might be, “A vocabulary goal for [Child’s Name] will be to identify three colors using words (red, blue, green) by [Insert date].
List one long-term goal that you could develop for the child. Visit the Pathways Milestones checklist for identifying one area that you could enhance to help support the child’s language and cognitive development. An example of a goal might be, “A conversation goal for [Child’s Name] will be to have two back-and-forth dialogs with another child by [Insert date].
Proposed Intervention:
Explain at least two intervention strategies you may implement to help support the child’s language and cognitive development. Include a rationale for each strategy.
If necessary, include specific resources you will utilize to support her/his growth.
You will be exposed to additional interventions in the upcoming weeks of the course.
The Writing Center is a resource for students to help them improve their writing using college-level writing skills. After you complete this assignment, visit the Revision Checklist Download Revision Checklistand evaluate your writing using the checklist. Be sure to print this checklist out so that you can have it for your personal use to support the development of your Final Project.The Rough Draft of Final Project
Must be three to four double-spaced pages in length in outline or written form (not including title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing CenterLinks to an external site..
Must include a separate title page with the following:
Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
Must use at least three scholarly sources in addition to the course text. (This will expand to three plus the text in the Final Project).
The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible SourcesLinks to an external site. table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Writing Center.
Must include a separate reference page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center. Please see the APA References ListLinks to an external site..