The Progress Check at Age Two has been in place since the introduction of the revised Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) in September 2012 and already practitioners are becoming used to carrying it out. However, there are still some concerns about it, and it is all set to change again in 2015. So what is the check, its challenges, the proposed changes to it, and the essentials of best practice when carrying it out?
BACKGROUND
In The Early Years: foundations for life, health and learning, Dame Clare Tickell recommended that all children aged between two and two-and-a-half should be given a short developmental check to identify those children with developmental delay and enable early interventions. She wanted parents to be fully involved and to be able to share this information with the health visitors, via each child's 'red book'.
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