Enhancing Early Childhood Development in Bangladesh: Translating and Assessing the Social Emotional Development of New Portage Guide
Mahbuba Akter¹
¹ Lecturer, Department of Education, Proyash Institute of Special Education and Research (PISER)
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PISER JOURNAL | Volume 1 | Issue 1 | 2024
Abstract
Children who experience developmental delays or exceptional advancements benefit greatly from thorough evaluation and timely intervention to unlock their full potential. To meet up the growing needs of early childhood development and education New Portage Guide (NPG) birth to six, a assessment and curriculum planning tool to advance the development of children with various different disabilities, has been created in 2003. New Portage Guide is an effective tool in improving the development of children with various different disabilities. This research envisaged to translate and tryout the items of Social Emotional Development of New Portage Guide which will add a new dimension in the sector of early intervention. In order to use this component of New Portage Guide in Bangladeshi culture, the research is administered by the Tool for Observation and Planning (TOP) of Social Emotional Development of New Portage Guide in Dhaka city. Performing the study the finding shows that most of the items for different age group are appropriate for Bangladesh as they achieved the target level of difficulty power (P Value). Besides there are only few items which need modification due to their unacceptable difficulty power (P value). So these items should be modified to adapt to walk with the advance world. Therefore NPG should be adapted and apply to the Bangladesh to address the challenges of delayed childhood development.
Keywords: Portage Guide to Early Education (PGEE), Social Emotional Development, Tool for Observation and Planning (TOP), New Portage Guide
