Child Observation Form - Assessment Workbook, Samuel, 6 years old

This assignment is a child observation form designed for assessing children aged 2 years and above, focusing on their drawing and behavior. The student was instructed to provide drawing materials, have the child draw a picture, and then document their observations during the activity. The form includes guide questions to analyze the drawing's content, the child's attitude, understanding of instructions, and any shared stories. The student observed a 6-year-old child named Samuel, noting that the child drew monsters and exhibited signs of anxiety and nervousness. The student also incorporated anecdotal information from the child's parents, who confirmed the child's fear of strangers. The assessment includes a reference to Ford (2017) to support the analysis of the child's behavior and suggests the need for social interaction to help the child develop confidence and communication skills.

Child Observation Form - A
Certificate III in Early Childhood Education
Assessment Workbook 4
Child’s Name: Samuel
Age: 6 years
Use this form to record your interaction with children 2 years old and above. Follow the
instructions below:
1. Provide the child with drawing materials. Make sure they are child-safe
2. Instruct the child to draw any picture he would like to draw
3. Once completed, have the child explain to you his drawing
4. Jot down your observations throughout the activity. You may use the guide questions
below to assist your note taking.
5. Once done, scan the child’s work to save in his records
Guide Questions:
1. What was the drawing about?
He was drawing the picture of monsters
2.
Does the drawing reflect any possible issues or reasons for concern? Yes | No
Yes, this shows that he was having some mental issue like anxiety which is distracting his
psychology and he is expressing it by the mean of drawing monsters
3.
Describe the child’s attitude while completing the task:
Child was active while completing the task, however he was noticed to be confused and sense
of nervousness was also analysed.
4.
Was the child able to understand the instructions without difficulty? Yes | No
If not, explain the nature of his difficulty:
No, Samuel is a quick learner as he quickly grasp the instruction given regarding the drawing
activity. He responded positively and displayed his skill of art with full efficacy. The only
thing noted in Samuel that he was needs his parents around him to work with sincerity.
5.
Provide an example of a story the child shared with you that helped your assessment of the
child’s general disposition:
On investigation with Samuel about the concern he showed to be around his parents, revealed
the reason for drawing monsters. He narrated that he fear to be around strangers as once he has
been into the situation where he was tried to be harm by an unknown person. He draw monster
to portray stranger peoples.
5. Provide an anecdotal information you gathered from the child’s parent that is consistent with
your own observation:
On communicating with Samuel’s parents about his anxiety and drawing monsters, their parent
also confirmed that his child always needs someone whom he can trust. He became stressed
and anxious when he meet with any stranger person as he assumed that they will also try to
ham him. Sometime, he has been into situation where he start to yell at night out of fear. They
said that, they have tried to keep Samuel in stress free environment and that is the reason is
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Child Observation Form - A
Certificate III in Early Childhood Education
Assessment Workbook 4
quite and always draw monsters in his drawing.
NOTES
From the study of Ford (2107) it was noted that behaviour of child is affected by the combination
of internal and external stimulus. The author discussed that single change in behaviour of child is
connected with the some psychological change that need to be address by the caregiver and parents.
Therefore, the Samuel needs care and concern for fear of stranger by socialising him with other
children. This will help to him to develop as the confident child and promote his skill of
communication, drawing and learning.
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Reference
Ford, J.D., 2017. Treatment implications of altered affect regulation and information
processing following child maltreatment. Psychiatric Annals, 35(5), pp.410-419.
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