Create a Portfolio to Help Others Understand Your Child
Assembling books with information about your child can help the people in your life get to know him
Assembling books with information about your child can help the people in your life get to know him
Portfolios are a great way to capture information about a child, and a way to save and track information over time. Portfolios can document milestones and progress, and provide your Admission, Review and Dismissal/ Individualized Education Program (ARD/IEP) team with information to help support your child’s learning. Teachers can make portfolios to help document children’s growth, or by a parent, who wants to share important information that would be helpful for caregivers and teachers to know.
Especially when our children are little, or have limited communication, these tools can be used to share important information to help your child succeed and be understood as an individual.
Another approach is to create an “All About Me” book, geared toward introducing your child to other children. In this book, keep language simple and age appropriate.
There is no right or wrong way to create a portfolio. Parents and teachers can help document a child's development by:
The All About Me book should have two sections; the first should present the material to share with other children; the second section should be mostly for adults, such as the parents of your child’s friends. One idea is to organize the info to present a day or a week in the life of your child.
What to include in the first section:
What to include in the second section: