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As an entry for your Teacher Education Program Admission Portfolio, you must develop
a Student Profile of a child or adolescent of your choice. The student
you select must exhibit some type of atypical developmental characteristic
(i.e., learning disability, gifted and talented, classroom behavior
problem, etc.) or must be from a different cultural or ethnic background.
This portfolio entry has two purposes: (1) to introduce you to the
use of systematic observation as a method of studying human development
and individual dilfferences and (2) to provide an opportunity for you
to apply theories and principles about human growth and development
to a real life situation. Through your Student Profile, you will systematically
observe and gather information regarding a particular individual and
then write a report summarizing your findings.
You are expected to assess a student for your profile. Be sure you inform parents or other adults
responsible for the child that you are completing the Student Profile.
Assure the parent and/or student that you will not be using the name
of the child or family or other identifying information such as address
or telephone number, and that all information in the Student Profile
will be kept absolutely anonymous and strictly confidential.
Be sure to allow ample time to gather the information about the child. You will probably want to
interview the child’s teacher and meet with the child several times
to observe the child as he or she completes tasks. Of course, if the
child is of an appropriate age, you will want to interview him or her.
When you write your Student Profile, you must take care to preserve the confidentiality and anonymity
of the child and the family. Therefore, use fictitious names and do
not include any data relative to address or telephone number. Should
you use school records or medical records, take care that you delete
the child’s name.
Your report should include all of the elements listed on the attached page. If you are not able
to find data relative to a required element, you should state that “the
data was not available.” Take care that your report addresses each
of the required elements.
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