Early Childhood Development Intervention Plan

Language acquisition and cognitive development are complex processes that are crucial components of early childhood development. As you learned throughout this course there are many frameworks that support cognitive and language development in children from birth to age 3. Implementing early intervention services during this time is critical. Current research and referral strategies must be understood so that each and every child can be given high-quality language and cognitive experiences. For this assignment, imagine that you are a professional in an early childhood education program and you have identified a child with a language acquisition or a cognitive developmental delay or disorder from the video. You have been asked to develop a language acquisition or cognitive development intervention plan for this child with exceptionalities. For this assignment, you will be utilizing the rough draft that you created in Week 3. In order for you to stay organized and not repeat work you have already done, use your outline and incorporate any relevant detail/information into your final project.

To prepare for your project,

• Please refer to the Week 5 Guidance for further tips and examples that will support your success on this assignment.
• Refer back to your instructor feedback on your Final Project Rough Draft Outline in Week 3. You will be utilizing this information to create your Final Project.
• Review the ECD 320: Week 5 Assignment Template Download ECD 320: Week 5 Assignment Templatefor assistance in creating your assignment.
• Review the ECD 320 Case Studies Download ECD 320 Case Studiesfrom Week 3. You should use the Case Study you already created in Week 3 for your Final Project.
• Review the sample Guidelines for developing Individual Family Service PlansLinks to an external site.:
  • Locate three scholarly articles in the University of Arizona Global Campus Library that relate to referral and intervention strategies for children with exceptionalities related to language acquisition and cognitive development. Prepare to use and cite them in support of your ideas. The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible SourcesLinks to an external site. table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. Use the Choosing Articles and Revising SearchesLinks to an external site. tutorial for help in searching the databases in the University of Arizona Global Campus Library.
  • Use your draft from Week 3 (Rough Draft of Final Project), along with the feedback you received to further develop your work.
• Professional Role and Philosophy (Revise) ? Using the feedback you received from your instructor and any new learning, revise your professional role and philosophy that you created in Week 3 :
  • Describe your current or future role in early childhood education.
  • Include the setting and age level that you will be working with and your specific role.
  • Describe what theoretical framework most aligns to your professional philosophy of cognitive and language development in diverse learners.
• Develop a Case Study (Revise) ? Using the feedback you received from your instructor and any new learning, revise the case study that you created in Week 3:
  • Include a summary of the details about the child, including age and any other details you feel are important. Refer to the Case Studies included in the preparation section for examples.
  • Develop a case study including a summary of the child?s strengths in all developmental areas.
  • Finally, develop a summary of the child?s challenges including specifics on their cognitive or language delay or disorder.
  • Include specific description of what the child can and cannot do in relationship to this area. Be sure to be specific including developmental milestones in functional performance of how the child?s disability or disorder affects his/her involvement and progress in the general educational setting.
• Goals (Revise) ? Using the feedback you received from your instructor and any new learning, revise the goals that you created in Week 3:
  • Develop five specific, measurable, short-term goals for the child.
  • Develop two specific, measurable, long-term goals for the child.
• Proposed Intervention (Revise) ? Using the feedback you received from your instructor and any new learning, revise the proposed intervention that you created in Week 3:
  • Build an intervention plan including a minimum of a five specific strategies you will implement to help support the child?s growth and development in this area.
  • Discuss any influences on language acquisition and cognitive development using current research. Be sure to cite any resources you use to support your writing.
  • Elaborate on the effectiveness of the strategies in providing developmental gains in language acquisition or cognitive development.
  • Include specific resources you will utilize to support their growth.
• Modifications/Resources (New) ? Using your knowledge obtained in this course through readings, discussions, and assignments and any personal or professional experience:
  • Discuss two specific instructional modifications that will need to be made to support this child?s intervention plan.
  • Detail any specific resources that will be used and/or needed to support this intervention plan.
• Assessment (New) ? Using your knowledge obtained in this course through readings, discussions, and assignments and any personal or professional experience:
  • Describe how progress toward each goal will be measured.
  • Include how you will evaluate the child to ensure they are progressing to meet their goals.
  • Also include what you plan to do if the child is not on track to meet their goals.
• Family Involvement (New) ? Using your knowledge obtained in this course through readings, discussions, and assignments and any personal or professional experience:
  • Describe how you will incorporate a family partnership to support this intervention plan, including family support both within the educational environment as well as in the home.
  • Explain effective strategies for involving families in supporting cognitive and language development in diverse learners.
• Must be six to seven double-spaced pages in length (not including title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center. Use the APA ChecklistLinks to an external site. for additional assistance.
• 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 four scholarly sources in addition to the course text.
  • 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.
• The BA ECDDI Research GuideLinks to an external site. is a resource that has been developed to assist you in completing the library research required for this assignment. Click on the button titled ECD497 from the homepage of the research guide to gain access to additional resources that can support you with the development of your 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..