Discovery with Families


Review of Tools for Family-Based Assessments

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  1. What are the benefits of using this tool?
    Consider the learning style addressed by the tool of information gathered (e.g., routines, resources and support information, child development, family hopes and dreams) and the application to IFSP development and intervention practices.
  2. What did you like about the tool?
  3. At what point(s) in the early intervention process or your relationship with a family would you use this tool and for what purpose(s)?
  4. What are the disadvantages or drawbacks to using this tool?
    Consider what is missing or doesn’t fit with your style.
  5. If you had a chance to work with the tool, what was it like to use it?
  6. What would help you feel comfortable using this tool?
Developed for: Conversations in the kitchen: Strategies and Tools for Ongoing Discovery With Families, January 3, 2003. Wisconsin Personnel Development Project/RESource, funded by Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Birth to 3 Program.