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HDFS 494: Developmental Assessment and Screening Project
Contact: Meghan Fisher mfisher2@illinois.edu
Course times- You will be assigned to one section for the semester, and will also be required to attend one of the two available orientations at the beginning of the year. (Please let Meghan know which section works best for you, or if either does.)
Section 1: Mondays @ 11-11:50am (weekly classes) and Thursdays @ 5-6:30pm (4 training sessions in September/October)
Section 2: Mondays @ 4-4:50pm (weekly classes) and Tuesdays @ 5-6:30pm (4 training sessions in September/October)
Orientations: TBA- These will be most likely held in the first week of classes. You will be required to attend 1 two hour orientation, and this orientation will be held twice. (You just need to attend one of these sessions, and you can attend either one regardless of section you are assigned.
Please note: In addition to class times, you will be spending time in the CDL classrooms with children approximately 3-4 hours a week (3 hours during the first half of the semester, 4 hours in the second half of the semester). These times will be between 8:30-12pm and 3-5pm. Due to scheduling, you should have approximately at least 5-6 hours free a week during these times
Developmental screenings are conducted each year at the Child Development Laboratory for two general purposes: 1) To alert CDL staff and parents of any potential problems children may be having so that additional attention can be given to these children, and 2) As a service for researchers who utilize CDL and need baseline data about the developmental status of the children who will participate in their studies. There are 160 children at ECDL and CDL, and the screening process could not be accomplished without the help of interested undergraduate students. This is the eighth semester that the screenings will be conducted as part of a structured research internship offered for course credit.