In this second, entirely revised edition, we are faithful to the process-oriented emphases, so typical of experiential education (EXE). The key question still remains ‘how is every child doing in the setting?’. The answer is to be found in the assessment of the child’s well being and involvement. They serve as a guide to tailor our practice to the needs and profile of each individual child in the group. That is how we can create the optimal conditions for the development of the huge potentials children are born with.This new edition contains a number of significant improvements, amongst which the insertion of observation scales for nine developmental domains.

MYPROFILE focuses on the individual child, its well-being and involvement, and its development in 9 domains. It summarizes the observations made in the setting in order to share them with parents. That is how it inspires conversations between parents and practitioners, with the child’s well-being and talents at the centre. [Designed for children from 0 to 6 years of age]

The ‘BOX FULL OF FEELINGS’ is designed to support the social-emotional development of children aged two to seven. The set is built around four basic feelings: happiness, fear, anger and sadness. It contains the tools to get children involved in more than twenty different activities, all year round. They can be offered in a flexible way: as guided group activities, as optional activities, as part of a separate area for social-emotional development or occasionally as a response to certain events.

This training pack developed for care settings with children from 0 to 3 contains the full description of the scales for well-being and involvement, 20 video excerpts for each of these dimensions, the scores for each of them, an extensive argumentation of them and guidelines for trainers.
A video-training pack. (40 min) DVD (all regions)

One of the key indicators of quality in education is the level of engagement of children. This ‘intrinsically motivated intense mental activity’ or involvement can be regarded as a direct measure of the ‘power of the learning environment we provide’.

This training pack consists of 24 clips video-taped in a variety of early years settings in the U.K. (Kent). It is designed for practitioners, advisers and researchers to become confident and reliable observers of the levels of involvement in children between 0 to 6 years of age. These levels provide a solid ground to identify where, when, how and for which children the quality of our approach can be improved.

A series of fifteen video clips shot in everyday learning situations across the spectrum of Primary Education in a variety of settings within Kent. The clips will enable users to familiarize themselves with the Leuven Involvement Scale and evaluate their own assessments. Involvement [intrinsically motivated intense mental activity] can be regarded as a direct measure of the ‘power of the learning environment we provide’. This training pack is designed for teachers, advisers and researchers to become confident and reliable observers of the levels of involvement in children between 6 to 12 years of age. These levels provide a solid ground to identify where, when, how and for which children the quality of our approach can be improved.

The process-oriented self-evaluation instrument for care settings (SiCs) is designed to help settings to get aware of their strengths and weaknesses when it comes to create the best possible conditions for children to develop. Although heads of settings or coordinators are collecting most of the data through observation, every supervisor in the settings is actively involved in the procedure of self-assessment. The process of reflection and action is seen as the responsibility of the whole team.

Downloads: 

• Manual_Sics
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