Everything You Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask about Assessing Infants, Toddlers, and Children

Everything You Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask about Assessing Infants, Toddlers, and Children

Tuesday, April 28th | 1pm ET

This webinar provides summary information on several topics including unique considerations and factors in assessing young children, responsible assessment of young children, assessment of IDEA developmental domains, and the assessment of young children with low incidence disorders. Brief discussion about specific early childhood measures, especially the BDI-3, shall also be presented.

Continuing Education Credit:
Participants who attend the live session will be eligible to receive CEUs. Additional details regarding CE credit requirements and documentation will be provided during the webinar.

Learning Objectives: 

1. List and briefly explain characteristics of young children that require, and deserve, special attention.

2. Identify five psychometric or quantitative characteristics of early childhood measures and explain what each one is and why it is important.

3. Identify the five IDEA developmental domains, define each domain, and provide one example for each.

Featured Presenter:

Vincent C. Alfonso, Ph.D., is the Dean of the College for Education and Engaged Learning at Montclair State University. He is a former Professor in and Dean of the School of Education at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. He also served as Interim Dean of the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at Yeshiva University and Professor in and Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Education, Fordham University, New York City. Dr. Alfonso is past president of Division 16 of the American Psychological Association (APA), past secretary of the Council of Directors of School Psychology Programs (CDSPP), and past president of the Trainers of School Psychologists (TSP). He is is Fellow of Divisions 16, 5, and 43 of the APA and Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science.

In February 2014, he received the Outstanding Contributions to Training award from TSP and in August 2017, he received the Jack Bardon Distinguished Service Award from Division 16 of the APA. In May 2021 Dr. Alfonso received the faculty award for Professional Contributions from Gonzaga University and in 2026 he received the Distinguished Contributions to the Training of School Psychologists from CDSPP. Dr. Alfonso has published scholarly work for more than 30 years. His major areas of scholarly work are developmental disabilities including specific learning disabilities, early childhood assessment and intervention, and applied psychometrics.

Dr. Alfonso is co-author of the Cross-Battery Assessment Software System and co-editor of Healthy Development in Young Children: Evidence-based Interventions for Early Education published by the APA and Psychoeducational Assessment of Preschool Children (5th Edition) published by Routledge. Two Wiley co-authored publications include the 2022 Essentials of Bayley-4 Assessment and 2025 Essentials of Infant, Toddler, and Preschool Assessment.