Question

3-year old Shubhdeep tends to use her left hand when he eats. She also uses the same hand when she is coloring in the art center. You have noticed these two behaviors for several weeks. Based on the previous information, Shubhdeep is demonstrating the following:

Subject: Question-related to early childhood program.

Answer 1

Questionnaries are used to assess the left handedness , such the Waterloo Handedness questionaire that usaully subjected for this purpose . , Using such questionaire in 3 - year old child , of - course subject to the usual limitation that met in other diagnostic fields and is only possible when taking into account the level of verbal development , reading comprehension and self percepetion .

Diagnosing the left handedness in the Shubhdeep based on the more observation of play and everyday situations.

The initial validation of the hand preference test for the kindergarden , shubhdeep child , which fulfill the following requirements ;-

• Assessment of the hand preference irrespective of motor ability
• Assessment of preference via standarized observations
• Assessment of preference via an appealing test degin which fosters motivation.

For the assessing the left hand prefernce in the shubhdeep , Moreover , the content of classification of the test items into four components movement types and musculature used and two qualities execution . The  movement component compromised ;-

1. Proximal movement involving arm and shoulder or the axis of the body
2. distal movement involving the hands and the fingers ( such as child doing arts in art center )
3. gasping objects and
4. manipulating objects

Each of these components was implemented in the two execution are ;-

1. precise movement requiring skilled , often complementary use of teh hands and
2. rapid , automatic movements

MOVEMENT COMPONENTS

Qualities of execution	proximal (movement of arm and shoulder and / or torso)	Distal (movement of hand and / or finger )	Picking up	Manipulating
precise	1) throwing a ball 2) Sweeping the floor	50 drawing 6) rubber stamping	9) picking up a bead 10) picking up a chain	13) catching a fish using a magnet 14) removing the lid of a can
automatic	3) pointing a dot 4) waving	7) counting the fingers of a hand 8) rolling a dice	11) gasping candy 2) grasping stickers	15) turning a light switch on or off 16) Unzipping a zipper .

And we performing the more task by the child such as are listed below ;-

• Throwing a ball
• sweeping the floor
• pointing to a dot
• waving
• drawing
• rubber - stamping
• countings the fngers
• rolling the dice
• picking up beads
• catching a fish using a magnet
• picking up a chain  
• grasping a candy
• grasping a stickers
• removing a lid
• turning a switch
• unzipping

Since the left handed child often exhibit prolems with visual motor skills , their devlopment status was tested by using the Vienna Developmental Test . The WET test is a general development test for the children aged 3 - 6 . It is based on a social - ecological perspective of development pointing out the importance of social interaction for the acquistion of competencies for example scaffolding . focusing on the enhancement of competencies , The WET assess the actual developmental level of a child in its entire scope .It provides a profile of strength and weakness thus giving assistance in planning the remedial intervention

In order to take into account the special needs for shubhdeep of age 3 years old , the test material , task nd test sequence wre set up as a game . The WET consist of 13 subtest and a parents questionnaire , covering 6 functional areas to development .

AREA OF DEVELOPMENT	ABILITIES
Motor development	Gross motor skills fine motor skills
Visual development / visual - motor coordination	drawing abilities ' spatial perception
Memory	Short - term memory - visual processing Short - term memory - verbal processing
Cognitive development	Analyzing patterns ( block designs ) Inductive reasoning Verbal reasoning Information and knowledge
LAnguage development	Vocabulary , semantic development Receptive Lnaguage , Syntactic development
Psychosocial development	Interpreting emotional expressions , empathy Autonomy , self - control